If this directive is set to {\bf yes} (default no), the Storage daemon will
be requested to spool the data for this Job to disk rather than write it
- directly to tape. Once all the data arrives or the spool files' maximum sizes
- are reached, the data will be despooled and written to tape. Spooling data
- prevents tape shoe-shine (start and stop) during
- Incremental saves. If you are writing to a disk file using this option
- will probably just slow down the backup jobs.
+ directly to the Volume (normally a tape).
+
+ Thus the data is written in large blocks to the Volume rather than small
+ blocks. This directive is particularly useful when running multiple
+ simultaneous backups to tape. Once all the data arrives or the spool
+ files' maximum sizes are reached, the data will be despooled and written
+ to tape.
+
+ Spooling data prevents interleaving date from several job and reduces or
+ eliminates tape drive stop and start commonly known as "shoe-shine".
+
+ We don't recommend using this option if you are writing to a disk file
+ using this option will probably just slow down the backup jobs.
NOTE: When this directive is set to yes, Spool Attributes is also
automatically set to yes.
+\item [SpoolData=yes\vb{}no]
+ \index[dir]{SpoolData}
+ \index[dir]{Directive!SpoolData}
+ tells Bacula to request the Storage daemon to spool data to a disk file
+ before writing it to the Volume (normally a tape).
+
\item [Spool Attributes = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
\index[dir]{Spool Attributes}
\index[dir]{Directive!Spool Attributes}
NOTE: When Spool Data is set to yes, Spool Attributes is also
automatically set to yes.
+\item [SpoolSize={\it bytes}]
+ \index[dir]{SpoolSize}
+ \index[dir]{Directive!SpoolSize}
+ where the bytes specify the maximum spool size for this job.
+ The default is take from Device Maximum Spool Size limit.
+ This directive is available only in Bacula version 2.3.5 or
+ later.
+
+
\item [Where = \lt{}directory\gt{}]
\index[dir]{Where}
\index[dir]{Directive!Where}
specifies to use the Pool named {\bf Incremental} if the job is an
incremental backup.
-\item [SpoolData=yes\vb{}no]
- \index[dir]{SpoolData}
- \index[dir]{Directive!SpoolData}
- tells Bacula to request the Storage daemon to spool data to a disk file
- before writing it to the Volume (normally a tape). Thus the data is
- written in large blocks to the Volume rather than small blocks. This
- directive is particularly useful when running multiple simultaneous
- backups to tape. It prevents interleaving of the job data and reduces
- or eliminates tape drive stop and start commonly known as "shoe-shine".
-
-\item [SpoolSize={\it bytes}]
- \index[dir]{SpoolSize}
- \index[dir]{Directive!SpoolSize}
- where the bytes specify the maximum spool size for this job.
- The default is take from Device Maximum Spool Size limit.
- This directive is available only in Bacula version 2.3.5 or
- later.
\item [WritePartAfterJob=yes\vb{}no]
\index[dir]{WritePartAfterJob}