> On 15.09.2005 09:06, Joe Rhett wrote:
>
> >Okay, bacula seems to do two things that I believe are configured to not
> >happen. It's probably me, so clue me in here:
> >
> >1. It isn't recycling a volume that is way past it's retension time
> >
> >2. It keep creating new volumes that don't exist. I think this is
> >controlled by "LabelMedia" ? That's a fairly misleading function...
> >
> >Someone clue me in where I'm going wrong here?
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:34:13AM +0200, Arno Lehmann wrote:
> Without actually going through your configuration:
> Bacula only recycles a volumewhen it really needs to, i.e. when there is
> (almost) no other way for it to continue.
Right. All volumes are used, this is the oldest. Recycling is the only
possible/sensible option.
> Your best thing to do might be to limit the number of volumes in the
> pools. After that, bacula will reuse the existing volumes when the
> available space fills.
"limit the number of volumes in the pools" <- that limitation would be
obviously done by not creating any new volumes, right?
What confuses me is this "Oh, I'll just make up a new volume" approach.
Where does it expect this new volume to be? There is no such labeled
volume. (and changing LabelMedia didn't help either)
> >14-Sep-2005 03:10 maiasaura-sd:
> > Current Volume "liz5" not acceptable because:
> > 1998 Volume "liz5" status is Full, but should be Append, Purged or
> >Recycle.
> >
> >However, "list media" shows that it's way past retention time...
> >
> >Pool: Tape
> >+---------+------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+---------------------+
> >| MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention
> >| Recycle | Slot | MediaType | LastWritten |
> >+---------+------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+---------------------+
> >| 9 | liz5 | Full | 14155350617 | 17 | 7776000
> >| 1 | 0 | DDS-3 | 2005-06-27 23:12:20 |
> >| 10 | liz6 | Full | 10000907376 | 12 | 7776000
> >| 1 | 0 | DDS-3 | 2005-07-19 16:35:47 |
> >| 18 | liz4 | Full | 10882141539 | 13 | 2592000
> >| 1 | 0 | DDS-3 | 2005-09-13 04:09:41 |
> >| 19 | liz7 | Full | 10480425083 | 12 | 2592000
> >| 1 | 0 | DDS-3 | 2005-08-11 02:19:32 |
> >| 20 | liz8 | Full | 10731505815 | 13 | 2592000
> >| 1 | 0 | DDS-3 | 2005-08-23 04:20:11 |
> >| 21 | liz9 | Full | 11255199791 | 16 | 2592000
> >| 1 | 0 | DDS-3 | 2005-08-28 11:26:10 |
> >| 22 | liz10 | Full | 9675960782 | 11 | 2592000
> >| 1 | 0 | DDS-3 | 2005-08-30 00:58:57 |
> >| 23 | liz1 | Full | 8895815459 | 12 | 2592000
> >| 1 | 0 | DDS-3 | 2005-09-05 08:19:11 |
> >| 24 | liz2 | Full | 8477650556 | 11 | 2592000
> >| 1 | 0 | DDS-3 | 2005-09-07 07:51:22 |
> >| 25 | liz3 | Full | 12049471114 | 28 | 2592000
> >| 1 | 0 | DDS-3 | 2005-09-11 10:33:23 |
> >+---------+------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+---------------------+
> >
> >
> ># Job templates
> >JobDefs {
> > Name = "UnixTemplate"
> > Type = Backup
> > Level = Incremental
> > FileSet = "Unix Files"
> > Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
> > Storage = Seagate-DDS3
> > Messages = Standard
> > Pool = Tape
> > Priority = 10
> > Reschedule On Error = yes
> > Reschedule Interval = 1d
> > SpoolData = yes
> >}
> >
> ># Tape pool definition
> >Pool {
> > Name = Tape
> > Pool Type = Backup
> > Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle
> > Recycle Oldest Volume = yes
> > AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
> > Volume Retention = 1 months # one month
> > Accept Any Volume = yes # write on any volume in the pool
> > LabelFormat = "liz"
> >}
> >
> >
> >Device {
> > Name = Seagate
> > Description = "DDS-3 for FreeBSD"
> > Media Type = DDS-3
> > Archive Device = /dev/nsa0
> > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
> > AlwaysOpen = no
> > Offline On Unmount = no
> > Hardware End of Medium = no
> > BSF at EOM = yes
> > Backward Space Record = no
> > Fast Forward Space File = no
> > TWO EOF = yes
> > LabelMedia = no;
> > Spool Directory = /space/backups
> > Maximum Spool Size = 15000000000
> >}
> >
>
> --
> IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de
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Joe Rhett
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