On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Tilman Schmidt wrote:

> Gregg A. Discenza schrieb:
> > I have the definition set to recycle, but they only recycle when the tape is
> > listed as "Full" and that is when the timer on "Volume Retention" starts.
>
> That statement does not match what I observe in my Bacula
> installations: there "Volume Retention" is always counted
> from the last write, no matter if the volume is "Full" or
> "Used", and Bacula happily promotes tapes from "Used" to
> "Recycle" if they have not been written to for the volume
> retention period.

Correct, but you can set a maximum period the tapes will be in use from
the first write as well. Beyond that they will be marked "Used"

AB


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