Hi Thomas,
I think you're missing an =. Should be "Volume Retention = 4 weeks"
Also try "Recycle Current Volume = yes". Bacula will use whichever volume is
mounted, but obeys the retention periods.
Hope this helps,
Matt
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 14:12, Thomas Simmons wrote:
> All tapes in my library are now filled and I expected bacula to grab a
> previous tape and overwrite it, but that didn't happen. Sometime last night
> the backups just stopped while bacula waited for me to label a tape. Here
> is my pool resource.
>
> Pool {
> Name = Full-Pool
> Recycle = yes
> AutoPrune = yes
> Volume Retention 4 weeks
> Accept Any Volume = yes
> Volume Use Duration = 6 days
> }
>
> Over half of the tapes in the library were last written over four weeks
> ago, so the retention period shouldn't be the problem. In any event, I
> stopped bacula and added "Recycle Oldest Volume = yes", and bacula did try
> to prune a tape. Unfortunately the oldest volume (the one it pruned) is
> currently stored offsite, so thats not working for me either. When bacula
> fills all the tapes in the library I would like it to prune the oldest tape
> available, is this possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
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