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Re: [Bacula-users] Can someone help me to solve my logical problem... ?

2010-03-11 10:40:57
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Can someone help me to solve my logical problem... ?
From: gnowar <g.nowar AT gmail DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:38:34 -0800 (PST)
I don't know if it's "normal", but I can't reuse a tape if files and jobs are
not pruned, even if the volume is. Files retention and Jobs retention ar
definited in the client section.

Plus, how can I say to bacula, "use this pool every twentieth backup" ?


John M. Drescher wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:01 AM, gnowar <g.nowar AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a problem with my personnal cycle tape. Let's see how it works :
>>
>> I have 20 tapes who are changed everyday. Everytime the 20s tape comes, I
>> put it in a box during 365 days.
>>
>> It's like that :
>>
>> 1-
>> 2-
>> 3-
>> 4-
>> 5-
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> 20------> In the box during 1 year
>>
>> And so on...
>>
>> 1- (New tape)
>> 2- (Ex 1st tape)
>> 3- (Ex 2nd tape)
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> 20------> In the box during 1 year
>>
>>
>> You see my problem ? I haven't the same retention times for the tapes who
>> are rewritted every 20 days, and those who are keeped during one year.
>>
>> The problem is that I put the catalog name, the file and job retention in
>> the client definition... and as I know, I can't have two same client
>> right ?
>>
>> I can't find any solution, excepted keeping files, jobs and volumes
>> during
>> only 20 days and save the catalog in each tape, and rebuilt the catalog
>> to
>> recover datas... But that's not easy to use..
>>
>> Can someone has an idea ?
>>
> 
> Use 1 pool for the tapes you keep for 1 year and 1 pool for the tapes
> that you rotate. Adjust your schedule to make a full backup to  the
> "Year Pool" every 20 days.
> 
> John
> 
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