Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Getting bacula to relabel (=rename) disk volumes when recycling

2008-06-02 15:11:46
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Getting bacula to relabel (=rename) disk volumes when recycling
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik AT iki DOT fi>
To: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:11:27 +0300
On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 02:32:24PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote:
> >
> >So.. bacula recycles the volume, but the name of the volume stays the same 
> >as it was given
> >when it was used for the first time.. 
> >
> >Any tips for this? 
> 
> In short, give up on getting labels redone when recycling.
> 
> To do that is not recycling.
> 
> If you are absolutely dead keen on relabeling, delete the volumes 
> yourself, via script or otherwise.  ignoring recycling.  i.e. Do not 
> Recycle.
> 
> If it was me, I'd allow recycling and ignore the labels.  Labels are 
> just labels and in my humble opinion, and your milage may vary, having 
> the date in the volume name is not useful to me.  I can see the last 
> written date for a given volume by inspecting the output of 'list media'.
> 

Ok.. I can see your point.

I know I can and will see all the information from the database and/or
bconsole, but I was thinking if it's possible it would be nice to be able to
see all the info from the shell also.. using just ls/du etc.

If I set recycle to no, then I'd have to make a custom script to handle the
file/volume purging manually..

-- Pasi

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