> I guess I need to load 12 -16 tapes into my pool and set the retention > period to a month?
Remember that the retention period is counted from the time the last job was run on the volume after it was marked Used or Full so a month may be too long. > Once the full backup is completed each week take out > the tapes that have been written to and allow Bacula to write to the > next tape in the pool? I wouldn't want the last tape to be appendable, > so would have to mark that tape as Full some how? > Specify Volume Use Duration and/or Maximum Volume Jobs to have the tapes automatically marked used after your backup completes. http://bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Configuring_Director.html#SECTION0018150000000000000000 > I left out the other questions because I do not have time to address those at the moment. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
