On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 11:52:35AM +0800, Troy Daniels wrote: > John, > > What tape do you want it to use? > > Unless you've removed tapes from the following table, Bacula has chosen > the one and only writable tape in the list.
At least JL6922L3 was prunable and recyclable according to the defined retention rules. > All the other volumes are marked 'Used' which Bacula will leave alone > until they are recycled. > > I think the problem might be that because Bacula has found a writable > tape (even tho it's not in the changer) it doesn't attempt to recycle > any other tapes. That does seem odd, and also seems, to me, to contradict what the documentation says. > Something often overlooked by people when planning their recycling > schemes is that bacula will not overwrite a tape until it absolutely has > to. The retention period is the minimum length of time to retain a > tape. I have since set a maximum use duration so that tapes automatically get marked Used. That seems to be helpful. Thanks for the tips. We have just added a bunch of tapes to the library, so probably won't see this crop up again for a bit. -- John ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
