2 This file contains Feature Requests that either were not
3 accepted because the project manager veto'ed them (not Bacula
4 philosophy, impossible to implement, ...) or that did not have
5 adequate support by the Bacula community.
7 Item 1: Allow Jobdefs to inherit from other Jobdefs
8 Origin: Darien Hager <darien@etelos.com>
10 Status: Initial Request
12 What: Allow JobDefs to inherit/modify settings from other JobDefs
14 Why: Makes setting up jobs much easier for situations with many
15 clients doing similar work
19 Example: User has several JobDefs which all need Messages=standard,
20 Type=Backup, and settings for "Rerun Failed Levels" and "Max * Time".
21 This feature would allow those "common" properties to be within a
22 single JobDef which each child JobDefs inherits from, before the
23 final Job definitions sets further specifics such as Client.
25 Currently the documentation leaves open the possibility that this can
26 be done, but tests with Bacula 2.0.1 suggest that JobDefs entries
27 cannot themselves have a JobDefs property.
29 Technical caveat: Should probably include rudimentary checks against
30 a cyclic relationship, such as a limit to the number of allowed layers.
32 See also: "Job Groups or hierarchy" Feb 6 2007