OK, then tell me this: what is the difference between Recycle Oldest
Volume and Recycle Current Volume? Is there any overlap in their
functionality (if the oldest volume is the current volume)? What does
"Current" mean, in this case? Currently in the tape drive? Here is the
text from the manual:
/"If Bacula needs a new Volume, this directive instructs Bacula to Prune
the volume respecting the Job and File retention periods. If all Jobs
are pruned (i.e. the volume is Purged), then the Volume is recycled and
will be used as the next Volume to be written. This directive respects
any Job, File, or Volume retention periods that you may have specified,
and thus it is *much* better to use it rather than the Purge Oldest
Volume directive."
/...that's all well and good, but I still have no idea which volume "the
volume" is. I'm guessing it's the volume that it found when it was in
the tape drive.
On a very basic level, my problem is that Bacula in my configuration
/never /reuses a tape. Recyle is set (on the pool, and the tapes as
well) and Autoprune is set. If that's not what those directives do, then
what would change if they were off?
The manual is pretty good at explaining what individual functions do,
but when there are three in a row that are very similar and there's no
real black and white explaination of how they differ, there is
confusion. I would love to be able to help in this department, but I
myself don't know what they do. :)
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Kern Sibbald wrote:
I'm sorry. I do not know how to give you advice on what you want. This is
particularly true in the case of Reclycle Oldest Volume and Recycle Current
Volume, both of which I feel are directives that should be avoided.
Perhaps someone on the list, particularly someone who has used or uses these
directives can help you.
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