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From: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup v2 3/3] docs: add WORM tape documentation
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:17:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230228131722.955886-3-d.csapak@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230228131722.955886-1-d.csapak@proxmox.com>

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 <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
---
 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





  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-02-28 13:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-28 13:17 [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup v2 1/3] tape: inventory: don't skip unassigned tapes completely Dominik Csapak
2023-02-28 13:17 ` [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup v2 2/3] fix #4412: tape: initial WORM support Dominik Csapak
2023-02-28 13:17 ` Dominik Csapak [this message]
2023-03-01  7:24 ` [pbs-devel] applied [PATCH proxmox-backup v2 1/3] tape: inventory: don't skip unassigned tapes completely Dietmar Maurer

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