Hello, I am using bacula 1.37.30 on a Solaris 9 system with a mysql db backend.
I have set my monthly pools to have "Volume Use Duration" of 3 days. Three days was an arbitrary number - all full backups complete in about 8 hours - I picked three days in case there was a problem I would have time to correct and still let bacula write to the tape. I want the monthly tapes taken offsite. It looked like Volume Use Duration is the key I want - Once I start writing to tape after three days the tape will be marked "Used" and bacula will use the next volume in the pool. After the monthly full backups complete I remove the tapes from the changer and put it in the offsite box. At this time the monthly tapes have gone offsite but bacula still has the tapes marked as "Append". I know I could mark the tapes by hand as "Used" but I really would like bacula to do this for me. I am wondering when the tape will be marked "Used"? Will this be a problem if the tape is not in the changer and bacula wants to change the tape status? What Am I doing wrong? Or what have I missed that "Volume Use Duration" is not marking the tapes as used? Should I just mark the tapes used by hand? Really I want our operator to pull the tapes and put them in the offsite box without my intervention. And when we get up to our cycle period when the "old" full monthly backup tapes return they will be put back into the changer so they can be recycled and reused. Thank you for your help. Tom. ---- Thomas Boyda Consultant Daou Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 276-739-2314 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
