On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 07:59:08AM -0800, Christopher Dick wrote:
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> Thanks for the quick response!
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> Just to ease my discomfort, how will Bacula deal with a need to restore
> from a volume that is no longer in the library in the event of a need
> to restore? Will it just prompt for
> i do this manually. in bconsole, i umount the drives, then at the library i
> export the tapes
> i want to remove and import new or recycled tapes. then in bconsole, i run
> update slots and label
> any new tapes if needed.
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You said it much better than me. That is what I do.
John
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> Thanks for the quick response!
>
> Just to ease my discomfort, how will Bacula deal with a need to restore
> from a volume that is no longer in the library in the event of a need
> to restore? Will it just prompt for the volume and wait until I have
> inserted it and moved it to an available slo
- Original Message
From: John Drescher
To: Christopher Dick ; bacula-users
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:34:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Tape handling with an autoloader
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Christopher Dick wrote:
> I have an LTO-2 library with 20 slots
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 07:23:31AM -0800, Christopher Dick wrote:
> I have an LTO-2 library with 20 slots and have a question about tape handling
> in Bacula. I have been running backups for about two weeks now, and I've
> about filled my tapes. I have two free slots yet, and then I am going to
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Christopher Dick wrote:
> I have an LTO-2 library with 20 slots and have a question about tape handling
> in Bacula. I have been running backups for about two weeks now, and I've
> about filled my tapes. I have two free slots yet, and then I am going to
> hav
I have an LTO-2 library with 20 slots and have a question about tape handling
in Bacula. I have been running backups for about two weeks now, and I've about
filled my tapes. I have two free slots yet, and then I am going to have to
"check out" tapes and refill the library. The first fulls wer
