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Sounds like you need an admin job that purges whatever tape happens to be in the drive. I assume you're doing full backups. I would strongly advise against this, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I suppose you are doing full backups every night, in this case. Andy Collyer wrote: > Is "Use Volume Once = yes" in your Pool definition what you mean? > > Cheers, > Andy > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of Jarrod Meyer >> Sent: 15 May 2007 12:12 >> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: [Bacula-users] Volume purging/recycling >> >> 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 >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 - -- ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer III |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGScQ+mb+gadEcsb4RAmlNAJ40PYErbAAK92CSvJxAPxGZkxALmwCeJukT 5KIawuEVBhKSIjI42KBJSgY= =bvFD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
