>>>>> On Tue, 26 May 2009 15:17:50 +0200, Olaf Zevenboom said: > > Dear List, > > We have got a single-slot tapedrive and therefor do not have the luxury > of letting Bacula decide which volume/tape to use. So our configuration > forces Bacula to use a Monday-volume(tape), a Tuesday-volume(tape) etc. > I have implemented a RunBeforeJob which checks if the current date is a > holiday or not and forces the backup to be canceled if needed. > However this leads to the need of multiple manual interventions as soon > as the holidayperiod has ended: when a pool of volumes is pruned for > instance the Monday volume gets pruned and on Tuesday (not being a > holiday) Bacula want the oldest available volume being the Monday > volume. The next day same issue. This obviously continues until the > retention-period in that pool is reached again. > > How can I let Bacula skip that volume one more entire retention period > (through a script)?
Have you tried adding Recycle Current Volume = yes to the pool? Alternatively, you could have a pool for each day of the week. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
