On 04/06/10 02:36, Craig Ringer wrote:
> where they're all pretty repetitive except for the retention periods and
> volume names. I'm wondering if it'd be worth thinking about extending
> the director's pool config with a shorthand to allow easier
> configuration of full/diff/incr pool sets. Here, the Incremental{},
> Differential{} and Full{} sections inherit the defaults defined by their
> container, so you only have to define the overrides for different job
> levels.
>
> Pool {
> Name = "SystemPool"
> Storage = "File_System"
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = yes
> AutoPrune = yes
> Volume Use Duration = 1 day
> Recycle Oldest Volume = yes
> AddLevelSuffix = yes # NEW DIRECTIVE
> LabelFormat = "System-"
> Incremental {
> Volume Retention = 1 week
> }
> Differential {
> Volume Retention = 2 weeks
> }
> Full {
> Volume Retention = 2 months
> }
> }
>
>
> Does this look like a reasonable way to simplify configuration of
> retention periods for jobs? It'd basically be a configuraton that
> logically expanded into three pools with mostly-common config.
Well, actually, no, it looks like a way of complicating pool definition,
not simplifying it. Because under this scheme, the pool syntax would
have to contain level-specific overrides for essentially every
adjustable parameter.
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