[Bacula-users] Bacula Autochanger Questions

Hi John,

Thanks for the great advice, I have managed to lable all the tapes with label 
barcodes and see the following in the volume list now:


+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | 
VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;|
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
|&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 23 | LT1000L1&nbsp; &nbsp;| Append&nbsp; &nbsp; |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp;64,512 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 
|&nbsp; &nbsp;31,536,000 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp; 4 |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 | LTO3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | 0000-00-00 
00&#58;00&#58;00 |
|&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 24 | LT1001L1&nbsp; &nbsp;| Append&nbsp; &nbsp; |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp;64,512 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 
|&nbsp; &nbsp;31,536,000 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp; 5 |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 | LTO3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | 0000-00-00 
00&#58;00&#58;00 |
|&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 25 | LT1006L1&nbsp; &nbsp;| Append&nbsp; &nbsp; |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp;64,512 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 
|&nbsp; &nbsp;31,536,000 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp; 2 |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 | LTO3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | 0000-00-00 
00&#58;00&#58;00 |
|&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 26 | LT1007L1&nbsp; &nbsp;| Append&nbsp; &nbsp; |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp;64,512 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 
|&nbsp; &nbsp;31,536,000 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp; 3 |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 | LTO3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | 0000-00-00 
00&#58;00&#58;00 |
|&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 27 | LT1002L1&nbsp; &nbsp;| Append&nbsp; &nbsp; |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp;64,512 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 
|&nbsp; &nbsp;31,536,000 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp; 6 |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 | LTO3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | 0000-00-00 
00&#58;00&#58;00 |
|&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 28 | LT1003L1&nbsp; &nbsp;| Append&nbsp; &nbsp; |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp;64,512 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 
|&nbsp; &nbsp;31,536,000 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp; 7 |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 | LTO3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | 0000-00-00 
00&#58;00&#58;00 |
|&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 29 | LT1004L1&nbsp; &nbsp;| Append&nbsp; &nbsp; |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp;64,512 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 
|&nbsp; &nbsp;31,536,000 |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 |&nbsp; &nbsp; 8 |&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 | LTO3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | 0000-00-00 
00&#58;00&#58;00 |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+


I guess I now need to see if the tape will pick the next volume automatically 
once the first one gets filled?


> Do you have more than 1 pool that you will use for your tapes?
> 
> I ask that because if there is only 1 pool you will not need to use
> the Scratch pool. 


For now I have used one 'Default' pool only. If I am to use a tape per day, 
will I have to create separate pools (i.e. 5 pools for 5 days of the week doing 
incremental backups and 1 tape doing full backups)and in that case will I have 
to label each tape to use the appropriate pool? Something similar to this: 
http://www.bacula.org/fr/dev-manual/Backup_Strategies.html or even this 
http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=bacula_manual:weekly_tape_rotation

Just trying to figure out the next steps really. 

Thanks again for your help I really appreciate it

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