Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.

2009-01-13 11:10:14
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] closing tape upon completion.
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Timo Neuvonen <timo-news AT tee-en DOT net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:08:07 -0500
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Timo Neuvonen <timo-news AT tee-en DOT net> 
wrote:
>> Is it possible to have bacula close a tape once last job is run
>> (backupcatalog in my case)?
>>
>> currently it leaves tapes on a "APPEND" status, then bacula wants to
>> reuse the tape instead of taking a new one in the library.
>>
>
> Easiest way (before knowing what you mean with "last job") might be defining
> for how long time Bacula may use the same tape, starting from first write
> (after recycling). For example, if your jobs (from "first" to "last") take a
> maximum of 3 hours, you could set max volume use duration (check the correct
> syntax from manual) to, say, 6 to 12 hours. While this time has expired
> (next day?), Bacula will take another tape from the library.
>
That sounds better than my answer. Since mine will only allow 1 job run...

John

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