On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Lamp Zy <lampzy AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How do I configure Bacula to use a new set of tapes for each month?
>
> I'm trying to configure Bacula to not use tapes across months. This way
> for each month I'll have a set of tapes that I can send off-side.
>
> For example on the 1st of February all tapes that were used in January
> should be marked "used" and Bacula should try to find other appendable
> tapes to use for February's backups.
>
> I tried to use "Volume Use Duration = 1 months" but this is not very
> accurate. Some months are longer then others and if for some reason a
> tape is marked in "error" then Bacula pulls another tape and the cycle
> starts in the middle of the month.
>
> Is there any way to tell Bacula that if it's the 1st of the month mark
> the append-able tapes as "used" and look for other tapes?
>
> Or any other idea to handle the off-side issue?
>

Here is 1 idea:
Odd / even month pools. Use schedule resource to schedule jobs to the
appropriate pool depending if you are in an odd or even month.

John

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