Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread Pascal Clermont
John Drescher wrote: >> If I remove the tape, and do a "update slots scan" or "update slots" in >> bconsole, the media is still flagged "inchanger 1". this is an issue >> aswell, but I can live with that, since tapes are back in the library >> prior to the Volume Retention. >> > Are you using bacul

Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread John Drescher
> If I remove the tape, and do a "update slots scan" or "update slots" in > bconsole, the media is still flagged "inchanger 1". this is an issue > aswell, but I can live with that, since tapes are back in the library > prior to the Volume Retention. > Are you using bacula 2.4.X and not some ancient

Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread Pascal Clermont
John Drescher wrote: >> this is what I use, but on the next bacula run, bacula kept wanting to >> load the tape prior to take into consideration that the tape was past >> the expiration time of usage. >> >> The big issue is the fact that the tape is no longer in the library >> since it is gone for

Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread John Drescher
> this is what I use, but on the next bacula run, bacula kept wanting to > load the tape prior to take into consideration that the tape was past > the expiration time of usage. > > The big issue is the fact that the tape is no longer in the library > since it is gone for safe keeping. So bacula fin

Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread Pascal Clermont
John Drescher wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Timo Neuvonen wrote: >>> Is it possible to have bacula close a tape once last job is run >>> (backupcatalog in my case)? >>> >>> currently it leaves tapes on a "APPEND" status, then bacula wants to >>> reuse the tape instead of taking a new

Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread Pascal Clermont
John Drescher wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Pascal Clermont > wrote: >> Is it possible to have bacula close a tape once last job is run >> (backupcatalog in my case)? >> >> currently it leaves tapes on a "APPEND" status, then bacula wants to >> reuse the tape instead of taking a new o

Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread John Drescher
> I Have several jobs executed during the night (~20) and with my > comprehension of this value, every job during the same night would be > spawned to different tapes. "This is most useful when the Media is a file > and you want a new file for each backup that is done." -bacula documentation > The

Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread Pascal Clermont
Timo Neuvonen wrote: >> Is it possible to have bacula close a tape once last job is run >> (backupcatalog in my case)? >> >> currently it leaves tapes on a "APPEND" status, then bacula wants to >> reuse the tape instead of taking a new one in the library. >> > > Easiest way (before knowing what yo

Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread John Drescher
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Timo Neuvonen wrote: >> Is it possible to have bacula close a tape once last job is run >> (backupcatalog in my case)? >> >> currently it leaves tapes on a "APPEND" status, then bacula wants to >> reuse the tape instead of taking a new one in the library. >> > > E

Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread Timo Neuvonen
> Is it possible to have bacula close a tape once last job is run > (backupcatalog in my case)? > > currently it leaves tapes on a "APPEND" status, then bacula wants to > reuse the tape instead of taking a new one in the library. > Easiest way (before knowing what you mean with "last job") might b

Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread John Drescher
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Pascal Clermont wrote: > Is it possible to have bacula close a tape once last job is run > (backupcatalog in my case)? > > currently it leaves tapes on a "APPEND" status, then bacula wants to > reuse the tape instead of taking a new one in the library. > Look for

[Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 Thread Pascal Clermont
Is it possible to have bacula close a tape once last job is run (backupcatalog in my case)? currently it leaves tapes on a "APPEND" status, then bacula wants to reuse the tape instead of taking a new one in the library. Pascal ---