Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Does "Duplicate Jobs" interact with backup level?

2009-04-27 15:51:14
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Does "Duplicate Jobs" interact with backup level?
From: Arno Lehmann <al AT its-lehmann DOT de>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:44:48 +0200
Hello, neighbor ;-)

27.04.2009 19:04, Heinz Ulrich Stille wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> What I want is somewhat like the description for the new "Allow
> Duplicate Jobs" functionality, but not quite:
> I'd like an upcoming Full (or Differential) backup to cancel all
> queued jobs of lower level (Differential and Incremental or
> Incremental). E.g. if my current tape from "daily" pool is
> full and the monthly backup kicks in before I get around to
> insert the next one.
> But lower levels mustn't cancel higher ones, like the next
> daily (incremental) backup a pending monthly (full) one, if that's
> still waiting for it's tape.

Hmm... I haven't tried this, but "Cancel Queued Duplicates" together 
with "Rerun Failed Levels" *might* work.

> As far as I can see, the duplicate control only uses priorities, which
> I can't set from the schedule's run directive? Can I achive this in
> another way?

No simple one... the previously posted solution with a script to check 
the list of running jobs should work, though.

Arno

> MfG, Ulrich
> 

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Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
Sandstr. 6, 49080 Osnabrück
www.its-lehmann.de

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