{"id":1359,"date":"2009-11-25T14:50:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T04:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsrd.wordpress.com\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2009-11-25T14:50:04","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T04:50:04","slug":"quibbles-the-maddening-shortfall-of-adv_file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2009\/11\/25\/quibbles-the-maddening-shortfall-of-adv_file\/","title":{"rendered":"Quibbles &#8211; The maddening shortfall of ADV_FILE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone who has worked with ADV_FILE devices knows this situation: a disk backup unit fills, and the saveset(s) being written hang until you clear up space, because as we know savesets in progress can&#8217;t be moved from one device to another:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nsrd.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/maddening_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1360\" title=\"Savesets hung on full ADV_FILE device until space is cleared\" src=\"http:\/\/nsrd.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/maddening_2.png?w=300\" alt=\"Savesets hung on full ADV_FILE device until space is cleared\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/maddening_2.png 575w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/maddening_2-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/maddening_2-338x300.png 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Honestly, what makes me really angry (I&#8217;m talking <a title=\"Marvin the Martian\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marvin_the_martian\" target=\"_blank\">Marvin the Martian<\/a> really angry here) is that if a <em>tape device <\/em>fills and another tape of the same pool is currently mounted, NetWorker will continue to write the saveset on the next available device:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nsrd.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/maddening.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1361\" title=\"Saveset moving from one tape device to another\" src=\"http:\/\/nsrd.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/maddening.png?w=270\" alt=\"Saveset moving from one tape device to another\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, if it fills and there&#8217;s a drive that currently does have a tape mounted, NetWorker will mount a new tape in that drive and continue the backup in preference to dismounting the full tape and reloading a volume in the current drive.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s an expression for the behavioural discrepancy here: <em>That sucks<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone wonders why I say VTLs shouldn&#8217;t need to exist, but I still go and recommend them and use them, <strong><em>that&#8217;s your number one reason<\/em><span style=\"font-weight:normal;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone who has worked with ADV_FILE devices knows this situation: a disk backup unit fills, and the saveset(s) being 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