I don't know if it's "normal", but I can't reuse a tape if files and jobs are not pruned, even if the volume is. Files retention and Jobs retention ar definited in the client section.
Plus, how can I say to bacula, "use this pool every twentieth backup" ? John M. Drescher wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:01 AM, gnowar <g.no...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I have a problem with my personnal cycle tape. Let's see how it works : >> >> I have 20 tapes who are changed everyday. Everytime the 20s tape comes, I >> put it in a box during 365 days. >> >> It's like that : >> >> 1- >> 2- >> 3- >> 4- >> 5- >> . >> . >> . >> 20------> In the box during 1 year >> >> And so on... >> >> 1- (New tape) >> 2- (Ex 1st tape) >> 3- (Ex 2nd tape) >> . >> . >> . >> 20------> In the box during 1 year >> >> >> You see my problem ? I haven't the same retention times for the tapes who >> are rewritted every 20 days, and those who are keeped during one year. >> >> The problem is that I put the catalog name, the file and job retention in >> the client definition... and as I know, I can't have two same client >> right ? >> >> I can't find any solution, excepted keeping files, jobs and volumes >> during >> only 20 days and save the catalog in each tape, and rebuilt the catalog >> to >> recover datas... But that's not easy to use.. >> >> Can someone has an idea ? >> > > Use 1 pool for the tapes you keep for 1 year and 1 pool for the tapes > that you rotate. Adjust your schedule to make a full backup to the > "Year Pool" every 20 days. > > John > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Can-someone-help-me-to-solve-my-logical-problem...---tp27864557p27865142.html Sent from the Bacula - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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