Re: Spool Data per job type

Lloyd Brown <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:28:47 -0600
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On 7/15/26 10:23, eric--- via Bacula-users wrote:
>> No. You can override the job level, storage, pool, and message resources to use, but not the spooling.
>>
> Sorry Josh, but I believe that the spooldata parameter can be set in command line and in the schedule. Maybe the documentation is not accurate on this point.
>
> Best Regards,
> Eric


It doesn't seem to be documented in the "Schedule" resource 
documentation [1], but it is in the "Data Spooling" documentation [2] 
where it says this:

>
>     Data Spooling Directives
>
> The following directives can be used to control data spooling.
> ...
>
>  *
>
>     To override the Job specification in a Schedule Run directive in
>     the Director’s conf file.
>
> *SpoolData = <yes|no>*
>


[1] 
https://docs.baculasystems.com/BETechnicalReference/Director/DirectorResourceTypes/StorageResource/index.html

[2] 
https://docs.baculasystems.com/BEAdvancedFeaturesUsage/TapeAutochangerSetup/DataSpooling/index.html#data-spooling-directives

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Lloyd Brown
HPC Systems Administrator
Office of Research Computing
Brigham Young University
http://rc.byu.edu

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/15/26 10:23, eric--- via
      Bacula-users wrote:<br>
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      <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""><blockquote type="cite" style="color: #007cff;"><pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">No. You can override the job level, storage, pool, and message resources to use, but not the spooling.

</pre></blockquote><pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">Sorry Josh, but I believe that the spooldata parameter can be set in command line and in the schedule. Maybe the documentation is not accurate on this point.

Best Regards,
Eric</pre></pre>
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    <p>It doesn't seem to be documented in the &quot;Schedule&quot; resource
      documentation [1], but it is in the &quot;Data Spooling&quot; documentation
      [2] where it says this:<br>
      <br>
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      <blockquote type="cite">
        <h2>Data Spooling Directives</h2>
        <p>The following directives can be used to control data
          spooling.<br>
          ...</p>
        <ul class="simple">
          <li>
            <p>To override the Job specification in a Schedule Run
              directive in the Director’s
              conf file.</p>
          </li>
        </ul>
        <p><strong>SpoolData = &lt;yes|no&gt;</strong></p>
      </blockquote>
      <br>
      <br>
      [1]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.baculasystems.com/BETechnicalReference/Director/DirectorResourceTypes/StorageResource/index.html">https://docs.baculasystems.com/BETechnicalReference/Director/DirectorResourceTypes/StorageResource/index.html</a></p>
    <p>[2]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.baculasystems.com/BEAdvancedFeaturesUsage/TapeAutochangerSetup/DataSpooling/index.html#data-spooling-directives">https://docs.baculasystems.com/BEAdvancedFeaturesUsage/TapeAutochangerSetup/DataSpooling/index.html#data-spooling-directives</a></p>
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Lloyd Brown
HPC Systems Administrator
Office of Research Computing
Brigham Young University
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rc.byu.edu">http://rc.byu.edu</a></pre>
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