Re: [Bacula-devel] DVD num_parts too high (was Re: Latest CVS)

[Kern S. <ke...@si...>]

On Wednesday 30 August 2006 14:49, Richard Mortimer wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kern Sibbald [mailto:ke...@si...] 
> > I'm also thinking about removing all the rather tricky code 
> > that ensures that 
> > nothing else is written on the DVD.  This seems to me totally 
> > unnecessary.  I 
> > don't see why we cannot have other data on the DVD including 
> > other Bacula 
> > Volumes.  The only restriction is that two jobs cannot be 
> > writing the same 
> > DVD at the same time due to the problems computing the freespace.
> 
> >From a personal perspective I'm not sure that I like the idea of
> removing those checks. First off I would hate to inadvertantly
> blow some stuff onto the "wrong" DVD (I tend to use the drive for
> other things when bacula isn't running). Also one of my pet peeves with
> my existing backup to DVD solution is that I currently spool to file
> and manually blow to DVD when I get enough data. But given that ISO
> doesn't like >2Gb files I end up with two volumes per DVD and bacula
> always recycles a volume from two different DVDs rather than both
> that I put on one DVD. Truncating a volume becomes difficult if
> the DVD is shared and finally if you plan to do that why bother
> with the "vol parts" stuff anyway just append separate volumes.
> For me having multiple volumes on one disk would just become a
> logistical nightmare.
> 
> ...
> 
> > 
> > > I've got the full -sd debug logs if that helps but they are on a
> > > different computer and I will not be able to get them until 
> > the morning.
> > 
> > OK, for the moment, there is no rush.  It seems I have a 
> > number of things to 
> > work on and to test.
> > 
> > > 
> Did you want the logs?

I wasn't sure, but it appears that I have the same problem here with 
autolabel, so I need to fix that then let you test it.  I'm working on it 
now.  I believe that I have solved the append problem, but there is some 
problem with labeling and not immediately writing the part.

> 
> ...
> 
> > > More testing tomorrow
> > 
> > Thanks!   You might hold the testing for just a bit since you 
> > have given me a 
> > few pointers, I'd like to correct those problems before you 
> > test again since 
> > any changes I make are likely to have a sort of ripple effect 
> > causing changes 
> > (good and bad) elsewhere.
> No problem. Just let me know.
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
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