On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:05 AM, Arno Lehmann <
al AT its-lehmann DOT de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 12.09.2008 07:36, John Drescher wrote:
>>>> Doesn't the volume parameters get reset to whatever is in the config
>>>> files when the tape is first used after a purge though?
>>>>
>>> At first, I guess you are using the term "purge" here against Bacula
>>> conventions, my guess is you merely mean "prune". It may cause confusion.
>>>
>> I should have said recycled.
>>
>>> What comes into volume etc settings, they won't get into effect with
>>> existing volumes etc automatically.
>>>
>> Yes, this is true but I believe after a tape is recycled and then
>> written to the first time the volume will automatically be updated
>> with the new pool parameters provided the config was reloaded.
>
> I don't think so... at least not *all* the volume metadata. Retention
> times, recycling settings, and so on remain unchanged as far as I know
> - with one exception: When a volume is taken from the screatch pool,
> it get's assigned the parameters from the target pool.
>
>
>> Maybe I
>> am wrong. I do remember someone on the list saying this recently. I'm
>> thinking Kern. I guess this is easy to verify when I get time.
>
> That would be nice :-)
>
