Hi, 02.11.2007 21:26,, Craig White wrote:: > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 15:08 -0400, John Drescher wrote: >> On 11/2/07, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I am a bit befuddled. >>> >>> I have a 'Full' backup which consists of 4 jobs but it extends onto 2 >>> tapes. >>> >>> the Pool permits 4 jobs >>> Maximum Volume Jobs = 4 >>> Volume Retention = 19d >>> Volume Use Duration = 4d >>> >> I believe "Maximum Volume Jobs" here will allow at most 4 jobs to a >> single volume and since there are only 2 jobs written to the last >> volume it can hold 2 more. > ---- > I get that. I can't change the number to 2 because then it would stop > after the second job and force me into a new tape leaving half the first > tape filled and not enough room on second tape to complete the next 2 > jobs (the second being a standard BackupCatalog job). > > I find it hard to believe that I am the only one who is spanning tapes > on a single Pool and wanting to have the last tape marked 'Used' instead > of 'Append'
True... but as it is, many users try to avoid problems they might run into when jobs are added, or don't run for whatever reason, so they don't limit the volume use by the number of jobs, but rather by the time it can be used after an initial write ;-) So my suggestion is to use "Volume Use Duration" instead of the job limit. Depending on your needs, limiting by size might also be useful - "Maximum Volume Bytes" is the corresponding option. Does that help? Arno > Craig > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
