I have been trying to get Bacula to do one thing for some time now, and cannot come right even after reading most of the manual (well, at least some), searching the mailing lists, and of course Google.
The Setup: I have a set of volumes for each of my sites and each night a FULL backup of the included directories is done and the tape is marked 'Used'. When the tape is re-inserted, the volume must be 'Purged', 'Recycled', and overwritten. The Problem: Since each site cannot be counted on to have the correct tape inserted on the correct day, and since I cannot afford for a backup not to run on those occasions, I need to ensure that whatever tape is in the drive can be overwritten without complaint or intervention. That means the volume must have almost no retention period, because if the same tape is inserted the next day, it will not be 'Recycled'. Also, 'AutoPrune' is needed to continually ensure the volumes are ready for recycling, but this purges volumes almost as soon as they are written; of course, even though the data is still there, this is not at all helpful for any restores since the entire tape must be scanned etc. I am posting to find out if this scenario is possible with Bacula, or what the best solution to the problem would be; hope I have not left anything important out. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you in advance. Jarrod Meyer Product Development Engineer Thusa Business Support (Pty) LTD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
