From 48f37f48d41fb0cdd43d3b306fab5b24d166cfec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Lauterer Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 12:18:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: reword WORM tape documentation Mainly splitting long sentences into smaller ones. Some rewording happened in the process. The changes should still transport the same information. Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer Reviewed-by: Dominik Csapak --- docs/tape-backup.rst | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/tape-backup.rst b/docs/tape-backup.rst index a3a62818..f04b1284 100644 --- a/docs/tape-backup.rst +++ b/docs/tape-backup.rst @@ -1053,17 +1053,18 @@ This command does the following: 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. +WORM (write once, read many) tapes are special cartridges that cannot be +deleted or overwritten. This 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. +If you want to use them, you must use a media pool with a retention policy of +`keep`. Otherwise, a backup job can fail when it tries to erase or overwrite +the tape. + +Proxmox Backup Server makes no distinction between normal and WORM tapes. To +avoid confusion, use a different naming scheme for WORM backups and use +dedicated media pools for them. Do not mix WORM and non-WORM tapes in the same +media pool. -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 --------------