On 2/24/2010 12:03 PM, Administrator wrote:
> Hi,
> i use two simple usb-disks for backups. Each friday the aktive disk is
> exchanged and put in safe. Alas bacula asks me always to bring the last
> used volume online or label a new one. Labeling a new one solves the
> problem but this is not a good solution, as it involves manual
> interaction and lets the database grow if i got that right.
> I tried to use vchanger but after one week i come to the conclusion that
> this certainly great tool ads a complexity i can not handle.
> Is there any other solution, e.g. could i "close" a volume using a
> script and then change the disk? Would bacula create silently a new
> volume on the new disk if the last used volume was marked "full" before
> the disk is removed?
>    

When you swap drives, you need to go into bconsole and manually update 
the last volume used from status=Append to status=Used. The 'update 
volume' command could also be issued in a script that is run whenever 
the drives are swapped. The online docs explain how to issue Bacula 
console commands in a script. Once the volume is marked 'Used', Bacula 
will no longer try to use it and will look for another usable volume.


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