Re: [Bacula-users] Using the same tape for a daily full backup, overwriting

2010-01-05 Thread Phil Stracchino
Anton Albajes-Eizagirre wrote: > I set the test pool (on test tape added to it) as: > > # pool for tests > Pool { > Name = pooltest > Pool Type = Backup > AutoPrune = yes > Recycle = yes > Volume retention = 1 minute > # Use Volume Once = yes > # Volume Retention = 365 days > # Maximu

Re: [Bacula-users] Using the same tape for a daily full backup, overwriting

2010-01-05 Thread Anton Albajes-Eizagirre
Thanks John and the others for the reply, On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 13:06 -0500, John Drescher wrote: > > I'm trying to set a backup system where i'd use a single tape to store a > > full backup on a single job. > > > I would never recommend such a policy because while you are backing up > the data ea

Re: [Bacula-users] Using the same tape for a daily full backup, overwriting

2010-01-04 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > Anton Albajes-Eizagirre wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to set a backup system where i'd use a single tape to store a >> full backup on a single job. >> >> The first backup goes fine, and also the restore. The problem comes >> while trying to

Re: [Bacula-users] Using the same tape for a daily full backup, overwriting

2010-01-04 Thread Phil Stracchino
Anton Albajes-Eizagirre wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to set a backup system where i'd use a single tape to store a > full backup on a single job. > > The first backup goes fine, and also the restore. The problem comes > while trying to run again the full backup job with the same tape on the > dri

Re: [Bacula-users] Using the same tape for a daily full backup, overwriting

2010-01-04 Thread John Drescher
> I'm trying to set a backup system where i'd use a single tape to store a > full backup on a single job. > I would never recommend such a policy because while you are backing up the data each day you have no valid previous backup. > > The first backup goes fine, and also the restore. The problem