On 2/24/2010 12:03 PM, Administrator wrote: > Hi, > i use two simple usb-disks for backups. Each friday the aktive disk is > exchanged and put in safe. Alas bacula asks me always to bring the last > used volume online or label a new one. Labeling a new one solves the > problem but this is not a good solution, as it involves manual > interaction and lets the database grow if i got that right. > I tried to use vchanger but after one week i come to the conclusion that > this certainly great tool ads a complexity i can not handle. > Is there any other solution, e.g. could i "close" a volume using a > script and then change the disk? Would bacula create silently a new > volume on the new disk if the last used volume was marked "full" before > the disk is removed? >
When you swap drives, you need to go into bconsole and manually update the last volume used from status=Append to status=Used. The 'update volume' command could also be issued in a script that is run whenever the drives are swapped. The online docs explain how to issue Bacula console commands in a script. Once the volume is marked 'Used', Bacula will no longer try to use it and will look for another usable volume. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
