Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] WORM Media (LTO)

2011-01-17 09:01:06
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] WORM Media (LTO)
From: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
To: Kianusch Sayah Karadji <kianusch+bacula AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:58:24 -0500
On 1/17/2011 8:44 AM, Kianusch Sayah Karadji wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>  > From: Bruno Friedmann <bruno AT ioda-net DOT ch <mailto:bruno AT ioda-net 
> DOT ch>
>  >
>  > I would put a script putting the media in read-only state after backup
>  > So bacula knows he can't touch them.
>
> Well - That's not a good solution - as you can append Data to a WORK
> drive, as long as there is free "space" on the WORM Tape.
>
> Maybe (maybe it is already implemented) a better solution would be, if
> one could choose a "default Tape state" within Bacula wich Bacula would
> set a Tape to, instead of "Full" - one could set this State to
> "Archived" for WORM Tapes - so if a WORM Tape changes from Append to
> Full - this State would not be "Full" be "Archived" ...
>
> Any Bacula developer out there reading this thread?

Why can this not be done with existing features?  Recycling is an 
option, not a requirement.  I think the 'solution' is to never recycle.

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/

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