I am pretty sure I am missing something fairly fundamental in the way volumes are recycled, I've read through the docs, checking the list postings, but have been unable to get a handle on this.
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. OS is MDK 10.1 official. Bacula version bacula-mysql-1.38.0-1, this was a recent upgrade from the sqlite version of 1.36 (reflected in the conf files) about 2 weeks ago. Using a DDS-4 tape drive. Tapes are labelled Mon-Thurs and Fri1-5. Here's the relevant settings from my pool definition Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes Accept Any Volume = yes # write on any volume in the pool Recycle = yes Volume Retention = 6d Recycle Current Volume = yes Recycle Oldest Volume = yes Maximum Volume Jobs = 0 Link to all the relevant conf files http://www.pdscc.com/troubleshooting/ What am I missing so that I don't have to baby it? -- 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
