> [It would be appropriate to keep this conversation on-list]
Sorry, I should've hit "Reply to all"
> You should never have to. PURGED and RECYCLED volumes will automagically
> be made appendable as needed.
I'd like for it to purge volumes older than two weeks so I know what
tapes I can use. Is it possible to forecast which tapes bacula will
purge/recycle?
> There's a good reason, and it rhymes like a carefully crafted poem.
> Did you read the section of the docs posted below? If you did, you'd
> probably understand the rhyme and reason.
Step four of the recycling algorithm says "Try recycling any purged
Volumes." - This is very worrying. It should be "Try recycling any
purged volumes with InChanger=1"
> I suspect your pools are not set up optimally.
I just have the one pool:
Pool {
Name = Daily
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 12 days #
# Volume Use Duration = 23h
Accept Any Volume = yes # write on any volume in the pool
Recycle Current Volume = Yes
}
> The only shortcoming I see at this time, is that Bacula has no knowledge
> of the availability of tapes. It would be nice if there was a flag for
> "offsite" or similar to let Bacula know that a volume exists, but isn't
> available for backup (can be for restore, however).
The "Archive" status might be what you need. Although when you do a
restore from it, you've only got one shot at it before bacula purges
everything you've just spent hours merging in because it's outside of
the retention period.
>
> > On 16/06/06, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > In response to "Dan Langille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > >
> > > > On 16 Jun 2006 at 14:25, Bill Moran wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm responding to my own post and snipping all of it out. If you
> > > > > want the
> > > > > details follow the thread backwards, otherwise, read on.
> > > > >
> > > > > Did some refresher reading this morning, and this section of the docs
> > > > > was
> > > > > particularly helpful:
> > > > > http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html
> > > > >
> > > > > The gist of it is that Bacula does not perform a pruning operation
> > > > > unless
> > > > > it must do so to free up a volume. In other words, as long as there
> > > > > are
> > > > > volumes available, Bacula doesn't autoprune.
> > > > >
> > > > > Makes perfect sense why my rotation volumes never got recycled, there
> > > > > were
> > > > > plenty of other volumes in the pool that had never been used.
> > > >
> > > > It also means that Bacula is following the strategy of "keep backups
> > > > as long as possible". IMHO, that is The Right Thing To To(tm).
> > >
> > > I agree. The problem was that Bacula wasn't aware of what was truly
> > > possible, which was a result of an inaccurate configuration on my part.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bill Moran
> > > Collaborative Fusion Inc.
> > >
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> Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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