Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] running out of numbers to auto label volumes inbacula 3.0.0

2009-06-07 21:29:44
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] running out of numbers to auto label volumes inbacula 3.0.0
From: "James Harper" <james.harper AT bendigoit.com DOT au>
To: <mzheng AT uchicago DOT edu>, <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:26:25 +1000
> 
> What is going to happen when bacula used up the numbers for volumes?
Is it
> going to increase to a 5 digit format, or is it going to crash, or is
it just
> going to start from 0001?  If it restarts from 0001, is it going to
still keep
> the same number as before for each client, or is it going to start all
over
> again for all clients?  That is, is bacula going to just overwrites
the
> existing volumes, or is it going to create new and differently labeled
volume
> for each client?
> 

In the absence of any official answer, this should be an easy enough
thing to test. Create a test pool with a single digit for numbering
(TEST0, TEST1, etc) and see what happens on the next volume after TEST9.
It will either go 'TEST10', 'TEST0', or give an error.

James

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