>>>>> On Wed, 27 May 2009 15:44:07 +0200, Olaf Zevenboom said: > > Basically I think I have the following options: > 1. Have a admin job call a script which enables/disables volumes > comparing dates with holiday dates to be run in advance of every backup > session. > Requires extensive scripting and does not allow for manual disablement > of volumes. > 2. Move a week pool definition to system where every day has it's own Pool. > Not difficult. Just many extra lines in bacula-dir.conf and requires > catalog maintenance. > 3. add to my config: Recycle Current Volume = yes > > I think that is also the sequence of options which requires most work to > the least work. > Option 2 sounds the safest. > However on the subject of option 3: > Will it honor retention times:
Yes, Recycle Current Volume = yes does honor retention times. It also only recycles if the current volume is marked as Full or Used. > If for instance tape "Monday" is inserted on Tuesday will Bacula error > and demand the Tuesday-volume/tape to be inserted or will it overwrite > the Monday tape although the Monday-volume-retentiontime is not yet reached? No, it will append to the Monday tape, which I assume is what happens with your current configuration as well. If you want Bacula to demand the Tuesday tape, then you will need to use option 1 or 2. __Martin > Martin Simmons wrote: > >>>>>> 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 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
