>>>>> On Wed, 27 May 2009 15:44:07 +0200, Olaf Zevenboom said:
>
> Basically I think I have the following options:
> 1. Have a admin job call a script which enables/disables volumes
> comparing dates with holiday dates to be run in advance of every backup
> session.
> Requires extensive scripting and does not allow for manual disablement
> of volumes.
> 2. Move a week pool definition to system where every day has it's own Pool.
> Not difficult. Just many extra lines in bacula-dir.conf and requires
> catalog maintenance.
> 3. add to my config: Recycle Current Volume = yes
>
> I think that is also the sequence of options which requires most work to
> the least work.
> Option 2 sounds the safest.
> However on the subject of option 3:
> Will it honor retention times:
Yes, Recycle Current Volume = yes does honor retention times. It also only
recycles if the current volume is marked as Full or Used.
> If for instance tape "Monday" is inserted on Tuesday will Bacula error
> and demand the Tuesday-volume/tape to be inserted or will it overwrite
> the Monday tape although the Monday-volume-retentiontime is not yet reached?
No, it will append to the Monday tape, which I assume is what happens with
your current configuration as well.
If you want Bacula to demand the Tuesday tape, then you will need to use
option 1 or 2.
__Martin
> Martin Simmons wrote:
> >>>>>> On Tue, 26 May 2009 15:17:50 +0200, Olaf Zevenboom said:
> >>>>>>
> >> Dear List,
> >>
> >> We have got a single-slot tapedrive and therefor do not have the luxury
> >> of letting Bacula decide which volume/tape to use. So our configuration
> >> forces Bacula to use a Monday-volume(tape), a Tuesday-volume(tape) etc.
> >> I have implemented a RunBeforeJob which checks if the current date is a
> >> holiday or not and forces the backup to be canceled if needed.
> >> However this leads to the need of multiple manual interventions as soon
> >> as the holidayperiod has ended: when a pool of volumes is pruned for
> >> instance the Monday volume gets pruned and on Tuesday (not being a
> >> holiday) Bacula want the oldest available volume being the Monday
> >> volume. The next day same issue. This obviously continues until the
> >> retention-period in that pool is reached again.
> >>
> >> How can I let Bacula skip that volume one more entire retention period
> >> (through a script)?
> >>
> >
> > Have you tried adding
> >
> > Recycle Current Volume = yes
> >
> > to the pool?
> >
> > Alternatively, you could have a pool for each day of the week.
> >
> > __Martin
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