On 29 Nov 2005 at 21:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Basically, if I start with a new set of volumes, with a retention period of 6 > days, all is good until the 2nd week, then the tapes fill up and are not > automatically recycled. Then I end up having to manually PURGE the volumes so > that backups work properly. Basically, we can consistently fit 26-27gb on a > tape. Normal daily backup is about 23gb. If I do a manual purge, only then does the messages command show the volume being recycled 29-Nov 22:08 fileserver-dir: Start Backup JobId 33, Job=BackupCatalog.2005-11- 29_21.35.00 29-Nov 22:08 fileserver-sd: BackupCatalog.2005-11-29_21.35.00 Warning: Director wanted Volume "Friday4". Current Volume "Tuesday" not acceptable because: 1998 Volume "Tuesday" status is Full, but should be Append, Purged or Recycle. 29-Nov 22:08 fileserver-sd: Please mount Volume "Friday4" on Storage Device "DDS-4" (/dev/nst0) for Job BackupCatalog.2005-11-29_21.35.00 > I did a purge of the current tape in here. < 29-Nov 22:10 fileserver-dir: Recycled current volume "Tuesday" 29-Nov 22:10 fileserver-sd: Recycled volume "Tuesday" on device "DDS-4" (/dev/nst0), all previous data lost. -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users