Ah yes, it really is *yes* by default according to manual, but actually that's
not the case. I've read it multiple times, but I've always misread it :)
--
Silver
On Monday 05 October 2009 13:45:11 Nicolae Mihalache wrote:
> Well, the manual reads like this:
>
>
>
> Allow Higher Duplicates = <yes|no>
>
> If this directive is set to *yes* (default) the job with a higher
> priority (lower priority number) will be permitted to run. If the
> priorities of the two jobs are the same, the outcome is determined by
> other directives (see below).
>
>
> At the minimum, it should read "If the priorities of the two jobs are
> the same *and this directive is set to no*, the outcome is determined..."
>
> In my opinion the other two directives should apply for jobs with the
> same priority even when AllowHigherDuplicates is set to yes (and then
> the manual would be correct).
>
>
> nicolae
>
> Silver Salonen wrote:
> > On Friday 31 July 2009 11:41:29 Bram Vandoren wrote:
> >> Dear All,
> >> Bacula (3.0.2) is configured to make daily backups of some systems. Full
> >> backups unfortunately take more then one day to complete and I want to
> >> avoid that duplicate jobs start (or are queued) before the full backup
> >> is completed.
> >>
> >> No duplicate job control directives are configured. If I understand the
> >> manual correctly (perhaps it's an interpretation error of me)
> >> http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/New_Features.html#SECTION00310000000
> >>000 0000000 this should not happen.
> >>
> >> I had a quick look in the source code and found this code in
> >> src/dird/job.c:
> >>
> >> bool allow_duplicate_job(JCR *jcr)
> >> {
> >> JOB *job = jcr->job;
> >> JCR *djcr; /* possible duplicate */
> >>
> >> if (job->AllowDuplicateJobs) {
> >> return true;
> >> }
> >> if (!job->AllowHigherDuplicates) {
> >> --> code related to "Cancel Queued Duplicates: and "Cancel Running
> >> Duplicates" here
> >> }
> >> return true;
> >> }
> >>
> >> Apparently "Cancel Queued Duplicates" and "Cancel Running Duplicates"
> >> are only evaluated when "Allow Higher Duplicates" is set to "no" - not
> >> default. Is this an error in the documentation, code or me not correctly
> >> understanding the manual or code?
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >> Bram Vandoren.
> >
> > Well, yes, this is how Bacula handles duplicate jobs. To my experience.
> > What's the error in documentation?
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