/api/v3/pools/{poolid}/update/volumes output

Plural

Hi Marcin,

In the endpoint /api/v3/pools/{poolid}/update/volumes I'm getting something like this:

{'error': 0,
 'output': ['update volume="000015L8" allfrompool="Some_Pool"',
            'Using Catalog "MyCatalog"',
            'All Volume defaults updated from "Some_Pool" Pool record.']}

But I have 8 volumes in Some_Pool and 000015L8 is the first (oldest) one. The endpoint description states "Update properties all volumes in specific pool".

My question is, the other volumes as been updated or not?

Best regards,
Rui

gani

Hi Rui,

Thanks for your question.

I think that this endpoint was created in time when the update volume bconsole command required providing the volume name even though the allfrompool parameter was provided. This was Bacula 5.x or 7.x. This way I provided the first volume from given pool to avoid prompting bconsole to select a volume.

Now I checked with Bacula 9 and 15 and I am seeing that this works fine without providing the volume name as well.

There is also probability that the update volume command had not required providing the name from the begining and using the volume name in API was used there by mistake.

Regardless what is truth, now this looks to be something to simplify in the API. This should come soon.

For your question if the only one volume is updated or all in pool, there are updated all volumes despite of this single volume passed.

Thanks again, Rui.

Best regards,
Marcin Haba (gani)

Plural

Hi Marcin,

If you go to work in the API, I propose that you include a endpoint for the command update volume fromallpools.

What do you think?

Best regards,
Rui

gani

Hi Rui,

Plural If you go to work in the API, I propose that you include a endpoint for the command update volume fromallpools.

What do you think?

Sure. Good idea. We can add it.

Thanks!

Best regards,
Marcin Haba (gani)