Il 10/03/2011 12:47, Martin Simmons ha scritto:
>>>>>> 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.
>
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Thank you Martin.

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