If I am not mistaken, the exact rules that Bacula uses for recycling and for selecting the next tape (two different alorithms) are written in the manual. If you have those in front of you, it makes it a lot easier to understand what how Bacula chooses the next tape.
One of Bacula's methods of preserving old data is to select the Volume with the oldest last write time. Well, in looking at your list, it seems to me a good candidate would be: 3_monday, since it was apparently never written (a zero date). It is also marked to be recycled, which gives it priority over purged volumes. On Friday 16 December 2005 11:11, Chris Boyd wrote: > I only have one pool "Default". Its actually asking for another volume in > the same pool...I'm just not sure why it's doing that after running the > first job. Here's the pool: > > > Pool: Default > +---------+--------------+-----------+-----------------+----------+-------- >------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ > > | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | VolBytes | VolFiles | > | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten > | | > > +---------+--------------+-----------+-----------------+----------+-------- >------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ > > | 2 | testing | Full | 1 | 0 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 > | | 3 | soaktest | Full | 126,687,721,850 | 131 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-09-05 05:53:20 > | | 4 | tue | Full | 106,254,304,572 | 108 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-09-07 22:01:25 > | | 5 | thursday | Used | 73,664,027,880 | 74 | > | 2,592,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-12-16 01:15:53 > | | 7 | friday | Purged | 5,067,546,293 | 5 | > | 2,592,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-10-28 17:58:21 > | | 8 | Monday | Purged | 389,289,966 | 1 | > | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-10-24 16:24:17 | 9 | > | tuesday | Purged | 47,811,751,869 | 49 | 31,536,000 | > | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-10-26 00:06:00 | 10 | > | wednesday | Used | 48,169,839,110 | 50 | 31,536,000 | > | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2 > > 005-10-27 00:05:17 | > > | 11 | 2_monday | Used | 79,419,391,437 | 81 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-11-02 01:34:09 > | | 12 | 2_tuesday | Used | 80,030,314,304 | 82 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-11-03 01:36:32 > | | 13 | 2_wednesday | Used | 81,028,058,875 | 82 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-11-04 01:37:56 > | | 14 | 2_friday | Used | 81,287,903,897 | 83 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-11-05 01:37:36 > | | 15 | 3_monday | Recycle | 1 | 0 | > | 31,536,000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 > | | 16 | 3_friday | Purged | 1 | 0 | > | 31,536,000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 > | | 17 | 4_monday | Full | 82,084,932,219 | 84 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-11-15 01:41:15 > | | 18 | 4_tuesday | Full | 82,355,563,039 | 84 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-11-16 01:42:18 > | | 19 | 4_wednesday | Full | 83,616,420,981 | 85 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-11-17 01:42:55 > | | 20 | 4_thursday | Purged | 1 | 0 | > | 31,536,000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 > | | 21 | 4_friday | Full | 169,668,440,566 | 172 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-11-22 01:49:25 > | | 22 | 5_monday | Full | 124,737,903,583 | 128 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-11-29 02:09:11 > | | 23 | 5_tuesday | Full | 92,786,310,880 | 94 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-11-30 02:06:33 > | | 24 | 5_wednesday | Full | 93,861,938,084 | 96 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-12-01 02:09:08 > | | 25 | 5_th | Full | 94,128,069,159 | 96 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-12-02 02:11:44 > | | 26 | 5_friday | Full | 94,069,199,823 | 95 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-12-03 02:14:55 > | | 27 | mon_05122005 | Full | 95,174,420,658 | 96 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-12-06 02:17:52 > | | 28 | 06122005 | Full | 95,315,059,739 | 96 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-12-07 02:14:45 > | | 29 | 07122005 | Full | 95,610,403,806 | 97 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-12-08 02:16:55 > | | 30 | 08122005 | Full | 96,023,404,021 | 97 | > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-12-09 02:16:36 > | | > | > >>> Florian Schnabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/16/05 10:08 >>> > > i need mroe info to help you on that one .. your pool and media setup > would help a lot > > right now it sounds like it wanted a volume from another pool ... > > Florian > > Chris Boyd wrote: > > I've changed the retention duration to one month and it accepted the > > volume. However after backing up one server (of 3) it gives this message. > > > > 15-Dec 22:00 hq-dir: Start Backup JobId 366, > > Job=s01-full-backup.2005-12-15_22.00.00 15-Dec 22:00 hq-sd: Recycled > > volume "thursday" on device "/dev/nst0", all previous data lost. 16-Dec > > 01:15 hq-dir: Max configured use duration exceeded. Marking Volume > > "thursday" as Used. 16-Dec 01:15 hq-dir: Bacula 1.36.3 (22Apr05): > > 16-Dec-2005 01:15:54 > > > > But it still ran the job on the one client. > > On the other two jobs it gives this message... > > > > 16-Dec 01:18 hq-sd: Please mount Volume "3_monday" on Storage Device > > "110T" for Job s02-full-backup.2005-12-15_22.00.01 16-Dec 01:18 hq-dir: > > s02-full-backup.2005-12-15_22.00.01 Error: message.c:668 Operator mail > > program terminated in error. CMD=/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f > > "(Bacula) [EMAIL PROTECTED]" -s "Bacula: Intervention needed for > > s02-full-backup.2005-12-15_22.00.01" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Any ideas out there? > > > >>>> "Chris Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/15/05 10:44 >>> > > > > Using bacula 1.36.3 > > I'm trying to recycle a volume (thursday). I set the recycle flag to yes > > and I've purged the volume. Then I changed the status to Append. However > > whenever the backup job runs it will not accept volume and asks for > > another one(3_monday, which i've set the status to Full). > > > > "14-Dec 22:00 hq-sd: s01-full-backup.2005-12-14_22.00.00 Warning: > > Director wanted Volume > > "3_monday". Current Volume "wednesday" not acceptable because: > > 1998 Volume "wednesday" status is Used, but should be Append, Purged > > or Recy cle. " > > This is the status after the backup attempts to run > > > > *list media > > > > | 5 | thursday | Used | 80,628,808,007 | 82 | > > | 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-09-22 > > | 23:42:25 | > > > > 15 | 3_monday | Recycle | 1 | 0 | > > 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 > > | > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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. 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