--- On Tue, 5/20/08, Arno Lehmann <al AT its-lehmann DOT de> wrote:

> From: Arno Lehmann <al AT its-lehmann DOT de>
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Description of volume status?
> To: "baculausers" <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
> Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 2:28 PM
> Hi,
> 
> 20.05.2008 21:12, Hemant Shah wrote:
> > Folks,
> > 
> >   Where can I find the description of the each of the
> volume status? 
> >   I looked at the online manual but could not find it.
> 
> Hmm... I don't want to look now but I believe there is
> no such listing.
> 
> The most important states are
> Append - Volume is still appendable
> Full - Volume is full and will not be written to
> Error - Some error occured. This volume will not be used
> for backups. 
> For restores - good luck :-)
> Used - Volume is no longer appendable by configuration (Max
> Volume 
> something settings).
> Purged - Volume has been purged, i.e. the volume contents
> is no longer 
> in the catalog
> Recycled - Volume is currently being recycled. Typically
> you should 
> not see this state as it's used only during tape
> selection and 
> recycled tapes are usually appended immediately
> 
> The other states are not so interesting currently...
> 
> >   After my full backups are done, the tape has
> volstatus of Append. I would like to change it so that it
> cannot be used again. Should I change it to
> "Used" or "Full".
> 
> Used is the better choice. Full will work the same but, if
> you gather 
> volume usage statistics these statistics will be broken :-)
> 
> Arno
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Hemant Shah
> > E-mail: hjrrs AT yahoo DOT com
> > 
> > 
> >       
> > 
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That's what I was looking for. Thanks.

Hemant Shah
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