[Bacula-users] self contained tapes

2005-12-01 Thread Baldur Norddahl
Hi, My tapes usually last 14-21 days with full backups every sunday and incremental othervise. I just let the system keep using the tape until it is full. But when it fills, I would like if I could get bacula to abandon the current jobs and start over with a full backup as the first thing on

Re: [Bacula-users] self contained tapes

2005-11-28 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, This is an interesting idea. Unfortunately, it is impossible to make self-contained tapes unless you abort the last job that is writing on the tape when the tape files since 99.999% of the time when a tape fills there will always be more to write before the job ends. If that is what you

[Bacula-users] self contained tapes

2005-11-28 Thread Baldur Norddahl
Hi, My tapes usually last 14-21 days with full backups every sunday and incremental othervise. I just let the system keep using the tape until it is full. But when it fills, I would like if I could get bacula to abandon the current jobs and start over with a full backup as the first thing on the