Hello, I've added this to the pending-projects, which means it is in limbo, but not forgotten unless sufficient Bacula community interest develops for it.
On Tuesday 10 April 2007 21:29, Darien Hager wrote: > Item 1: Allow Jobdefs to inherit from other Jobdefs > Origin: Darien Hager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Date submitted (e.g. 28 October 2005) > Status: Initial Request > > What: Allow JobDefs to inherit/modify settings from other JobDefs > > Why: Makes setting up jobs much easier for situations with many > clients doing similar work > > Notes: > > Example: User has several JobDefs which all need Messages=standard, > Type=Backup, and settings for "Rerun Failed Levels" and "Max * Time". > This feature would allow those "common" properties to be within a > single JobDef which each child JobDefs inherits from, before the > final Job definitions sets further specifics such as Client. > > Currently the documentation leaves open the possibility that this can > be done, but tests with Bacula 2.0.1 suggest that JobDefs entries > cannot themselves have a JobDefs property. > > Technical caveat: Should probably include rudimentary checks against > a cyclic relationship, such as a limit to the number of allowed layers. > > See also: "Job Groups or hierarchy" Feb 6 2007 > > > > -- > --Darien A. Hager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
