Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Dynamically assign volumes to pools

2010-02-02 09:08:30
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Dynamically assign volumes to pools
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:06:01 -0500
>> Is it possible to dynamically assign empty volumes from a "spare" pool
>> to the actual running pool if the volumes available for doing backups
>> are not sufficient?
>
> This pool is called the Scratch pool.
>

That is what I use with my changer. After adding any new volumes I add
them all to the scratch pool using label barcodes. Bacula then grabs
volumes from this Scratch when it needs a new volume from any of my
10+ pools that I use in the changer.

John

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