On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Dan Langille <d...@langille.org> wrote:
> A bit of confusion regarding job migration today on IRC:
>
> >From : http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Migration_Copy.html
>
> "The term Migration, as used in the context of Bacula, means moving data
> from one Volume to another"
>
> Strictly speaking, the data is always copied as far as I can tell.  The
> source Volume remains unchanged.  Catalog data is moved around (for a
> Migration; not a Copy).
>
> I think that first sentence is misleading some people who are expecting
> their source Volumes to be reduced in size.
>
> Agreed?
>
Originally I did not have a problem with the first sentence because I
know bacula does not reduce the size of a volume except in the special
case where a disk volume is purged. But I can see how some users will
be confused.

>
> Another question:
>
Not sure about that. I have never done a Migration or Copy yet.

John

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