Re: [Bacula-users] Dynamically assign volumes to pools

2010-02-02 Thread Jesper Krogh
Uwe Schuerkamp wrote: > I think the "scratch" pool should provide what you're looking for, but > I believe once volumes have been reassigned to another pool they'll > stay there for the rest of their lifetimes (I'm still on 2.x, so > things may have changed in the meantime). No, you can set Recycl

Re: [Bacula-users] Dynamically assign volumes to pools

2010-02-02 Thread Daniel Kamm
Am 2/2/10 3:06 PM, schrieb John Drescher: >> This pool is called the Scratch pool. >> > > That is what I use with my changer. After adding any new volumes I add > them all to the scratch pool using label barcodes. Bacula then grabs > volumes from this Scratch when it needs a new volume from any of

Re: [Bacula-users] Dynamically assign volumes to pools

2010-02-02 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 01:57:52PM +0100, Daniel Kamm wrote: > Hi all > > Just an idea of mine, let me know if this is possible or not. > > Let's say I have a huge autochanger with lots of space and lots of > cartriges available. Let's also assume, that I have a uncontrollable > data groth and

Re: [Bacula-users] Dynamically assign volumes to pools

2010-02-02 Thread John Drescher
>> Is it possible to dynamically assign empty volumes from a "spare" pool >> to the actual running pool if the volumes available for doing backups >> are not sufficient? > > This pool is called the Scratch pool. > That is what I use with my changer. After adding any new volumes I add them all to t

Re: [Bacula-users] Dynamically assign volumes to pools

2010-02-02 Thread Tino Schwarze
Hi Daniel, On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 01:57:52PM +0100, Daniel Kamm wrote: > Just an idea of mine, let me know if this is possible or not. > > Let's say I have a huge autochanger with lots of space and lots of > cartriges available. Let's also assume, that I have a uncontrollable > data groth and

[Bacula-users] Dynamically assign volumes to pools

2010-02-02 Thread Daniel Kamm
Hi all Just an idea of mine, let me know if this is possible or not. Let's say I have a huge autochanger with lots of space and lots of cartriges available. Let's also assume, that I have a uncontrollable data groth and I cannot (or I am too lazy to) predict the ammount of cartridges needed to