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Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about labelling tapes for certain days

2011-05-31 13:37:47
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about labelling tapes for certain days
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Stefan Günther <prolinux AT web DOT de>, bacula-users <Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 13:35:05 -0400
2011/5/31 "Stefan Günther" <prolinux AT web DOT de>:
> Hi,
>
> °Why do you want to do that? Lets Bacula manages all the tapes.
> °
> Well, I would, but my client want's to have a visible prove that the monday 
> backup has been saved on the corresponding tape.
>
> °° Do I have to create a single pool for every single day together with a 
> single entry for every day in the schedule definition?
> °°That would mean, that during labelling, I would assign the volume name 
> "monday", slot number "1" and pool "monday" ?
> °
> °IMHO - It is not required.
> °
> But how does Bacula then know which tape/volume it has to use? Just by 
> starting with the tape in slot1 on monday?
>

If you do label each day I would use separate pools otherwise at some
point (holiday, missed backup ...) you will get out of sync and bacula
will ask for a Friday tape on Monday..

John

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