>>>>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:55:26 +0100, Marcello Romani said:
> 
>      searching the 'net for how to setup a one-tape-per-day schedule, I 
> found in many places the suggestion to set the Volume Use Duration 
> parameter to 23 hours. If I remember correctly, these are counted from 
> the "last written" timestamp of the tape.
> So my question is: shouldn't this value take into account the time it 
> takes for the backup to complete (otherwise subsequent backups are 
> delayed until the previous day's tape becomes 'used') ? Is it correct to 
> set it to something like 12 hours to remain on the safe side ?

No, the Volume Use Duration is counted from the "first written" timestamp, so
the only delay is the time between the scheduled time and the start time of
the job.

You were probably thinking of the Volume Retention, which /is/ counted from
the "last written" time.

__Martin

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