Alex F wrote:
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 2/16/09, Kern Sibbald* wrote:
>
> On Monday 16 February 2009 14:08:59 Dan Langille wrote:
> > Alex F wrote:
> > > Item 1. Delete volume on purge.
> > > Origin: Alex F, alexxzell at yahoo dot com
> > > Date: 16 February 2009
> > >
> > > What: A feature that would permit Bacula to delete a volume
> from the
> > > hard disk after it has been purged.
> > >
> > > Why: Useful for users backing up to hard disks. I for
> instance, am doing
> > > this, and have to manually list volumes, seek and delete them, and
> > > afterwards delete them from the mysql database. Woulld be
> acceptable if
> > > I had to do it for 1 client...but I have many servers being
> backed up so
> > > this is time-consuming. Maybe a new status could be defined
> when listing
> > > jobs, something like "Deleted".
> > > I know Bacula treats backups like if it were tape jobs, but
> I believe
> > > that this approach is a little outdated, and some help should
> be pointed
> > > towards the users who use Servers for the purpose of backing up.
> >
> > This is what recycling is for.
>
> >I would second both Eric's remark and Dan's remark. If you
> recycle Volumes,
> >in general, there is no need for deleting them. I suspect you
> haven't read
> >the manual carefully as there is a whole chapter devoted to this
> -- there is
> >no need to manually do anything in 99.9% of all cases.
>
> I surely agree with you, Kern, about the whole Recycling thing. I
> have also read the manual many times before and I am aware of the
> Recycling chapter.
> Why I have chosen not to recycle my volumes is because I label
> them by <JobId, date, time> etc (LabelFormat =
>
> "JobID-${JobId}_Client-${Client}_${Day:p/2/0/r}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Year}_${Hour:p/2/0/r}h:${Minute:p/2/0/r}m:${Second:p/2/0/r}s"),
> and when recycled, it just keeps the old name, it doesn't actually
> relabel the volume.
> That is why I chose to have multiple volumes all labeled nicely.
> It's better for me to have them arranged like that.
>
> >In some very special applications where the names of the volumes
> are critical
> >and must be changed rather than using recycling, or when volumes
> are purged a
> >long time before they are re-used (recycled), I can see the need
> for deleting
> >volumes, but as Eric points out, that feature has already been
> requested.
> >Regards,
> >Kern
>
> You got that right all the way! I hope you see my point now (I
> read your last paragraph after I already explained my reasons).
>
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I labeled my volumes based on the name of the servers. Since I got
several servers I thought this way I can keep track of each backup and
is easy to restore using a single and short volume.
As Kern said, in a particulary case delete volumes is needed.
Regards,
Thiago Simões
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