From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E114942FE for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:59:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 28D0A2427E for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:59:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:59:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 643AF4831A for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:59:03 +0100 (CET) From: Dominik Csapak To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:59:02 +0100 Message-Id: <20230223115902.1180695-3-d.csapak@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 In-Reply-To: <20230223115902.1180695-1-d.csapak@proxmox.com> References: <20230223115902.1180695-1-d.csapak@proxmox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.062 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Subject: [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 3/3] docs: add WORM tape documentation X-BeenThere: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:59:04 -0000 a short section about how to use WORM tapes (since we currently don't handle them differently than normal tapes) Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak --- docs/tape-backup.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/tape-backup.rst b/docs/tape-backup.rst index fbc72b67..a3a62818 100644 --- a/docs/tape-backup.rst +++ b/docs/tape-backup.rst @@ -1050,6 +1050,21 @@ This command does the following: - unload the cleaning tape (to slot 3) +WORM Tapes +---------- + +WORM (write once, read many) tapes are special cartridges that cannot be deleted +or overwritten, which may be useful for legal or protection purposes. + +Since they cannot be overwritten or deleted, if you want to use them, you must +use a media pool with a retention policy of `keep`, otherwise a backup job +potentially fails when trying to erase or overwrite it. + +Proxmox Backup Server does not handle WORM tapes differently, so it is +recommended to use a different naming scheme, use only seperate media pools +and not mix WORM and non-WORM tapes in a media pool together (since it may +lead to confusion about which tapes are not overwritable). + Example Setups -------------- -- 2.30.2