Bacula is now a fairly mature product, and to ensure its long
term survival, I believe it should start to pay its own way.
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- As a consequence, it is now possible for you
- to contribute to the Bacula project.
- All funds collected will be used to help further the Bacula project
- by covering out of pocket expenses incurred by the project (no salaries).
- Examples are, hardware, software licenses (yes Micro$oft), and possibly
- a portion of travel/conference expenses.
+ As a consequence, it is now possible for you to contribute to
+ the Bacula project. All funds collected will be used to help
+ further the Bacula project by covering out of pocket expenses
+ incurred by the project (no salaries). Examples are,
+ hardware, software licenses (yes Micro$oft), and possibly a
+ portion of travel/conference expenses.
+
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The project actually has the following needs (approximate costs): <br>
Three Microsoft Visual C++ licenses: $3000<br>
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To make a contribution, please click on the donate button at the
top of the screen, and your transaction will be secured and
- confirmed directly by PayPal.
+ confirmed directly by PayPal. Since only check the account once a
+ week, if you want me to know sooner that you have contributed, please
+ send me an email directly: kern at sibbald dot com.
+
+ If you need an invoice, I can send you one, but in order to limit my
+ administrative work, I kindly request you to make a donation of at least
+ $200 before requesting an invoice. To obtain one, simply email me the exact
+ name to appear on the invoice as well as the mailing address, the amount
+ you want to contribute, and the project you are supporting (or simply
+ Bacula development).
+
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To see the donations made to date, please click on the
\label{PoolRecycle}
\item [Recycle = \lt{}yes|no\gt{}]
\index[dir]{Recycle }
- This directive specifies whether or not Purged Volumes will be recycled.
+ This directive specifies whether or not Purged Volumes may be recycled.
If it is set to {\bf yes} (default) and Bacula needs a volume but finds
none that are appendable, it will search for and recycle (reuse) Purged
Volumes (i.e. volumes with all the Jobs and Files expired and thus
deleted from the Catalog). If the Volume is recycled, all previous data
written to that Volume will be overwritten. If Recycle is set to {\bf
- no} you must manually set the recycle flag (update command) for
- a Volume to be reused.
+ no}, the Volume will not be recycled, and hence, the data will remain
+ valid. If you want to reuse (re-write) the Volume, and the recycle flag
+ is no (0 in the catalog), you may manually set the recycle flag (update
+ command) for a Volume to be reused.
Please note that the value defined by this directive in the
bacula-dir.conf file is the default value used when a Volume is created.