> > By library I mean tape library or autoloader. My library holds 23 tapes, > slots 1-3 were empty as these tapes are offsite. When I ran a test backup > yesterday with "Recycle Oldest Volume = yes" defined, bacula tried to > recycle one of the three volumes that are offsite, I assume because it was > the oldest volume.
Aha, sorry, wasn't reading properly. Think I understand now. If the oldest one is offsite and is in the same pool as the onsite ones then bacula will recycle that one regardless. I think maybe you'll need to write some script to check if the tape is in the loader or not, but I've no idea how to do that! Maybe somebody else can help with this. I don't have an autolader so have no experience with this kind of setup. Would it fit into your tape cycling system / backup strategy to have the offsite ones in a separate pool? Or are they not always the same ones going offiste? Did you try with "Recycle Current Volume = yes"? That way, as long as your tapes have passed their retention periods they will be used. Not exactly what you wanted but could work, no? -- Matthew Buckland, Network / Support Analyst Wordbank Limited 33 Charlotte Street, London W1T 1RR Direct line: +44 (0) 20 7903 8847 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7903 8888 <http://www.wordbank.com/> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
