Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] No Full backup before ${date} found (SOLVED)

2013-10-28 11:00:08
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] No Full backup before ${date} found (SOLVED)
From: Bill Arlofski <waa-bacula AT revpol DOT com>
To: Kern Sibbald <kern AT sibbald DOT com>, Bacula Users <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:57:11 -0400
On 10/26/13 12:27, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In response to your question.  The Enabled flag in the
> Volume (Media) record is for use in disabling from any
> kind of use whatsoever.  This is the only way we can guarantee
> that a really bad Volume can never be mounted, and the use
> of it as we currently use it, is in my opinion correct.
> 
> From what I understand, you are trying for force Bacula to
> ignore all volumes but those that are explicitly in some magazine.
> In that case, it seems to me that you might be better off defining
> each magazine to be a different Pool.  Of course, if you are using
> Pools for other things that could cause problems.
> 
> Another way of doing it would be to change the Volume status to
> Disabled, or Busy, and then those volumes will not be used, except
> for read purposes (I think).
> 
> There needs to be a way to disable a volume, and your suggestion
> will remove it, so I think implementing would cause a lot of problems.
> 
> Best regards,
> Kern


Hi Kern,

Thank you for the thoughtful response.   Yes, I see now where using the
"enabled" field for a volume would probably be an incorrect use of it.

I will investigate setting the status of the volume(s) to "disabled",
"read-only", or maybe "Busy" instead of manipuating the "enabled" field and
see if that works to fix my "No Full backup found" issue as well as to keep
Bacula from requesting or attempting to use these volumes during a backup - My
guess is that it will solve both issues and will be a more appropriate solution.

Thanks again.

-- 
Bill Arlofski
Reverse Polarity, LLC
http://www.revpol.com/
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