I'm trying to get Bacula to a point that our operations guy can load tapes reliably
Basically, i've got three pools: Here's the config:
#########################################################################
# System Pools Definitions
#########################################################################
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
}
Pool {
Name = Weekly
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 25 days #
Accept Any Volume = yes # write on any volume in the pool
Recycle Current Volume = Yes
}
Pool {
Name = Monthly
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 180 days #
Accept Any Volume = yes # write on any volume in the pool
Recycle Current Volume = Yes
}
I want him to be able to load up tapes on a monday which include a tape for the Incremental MON-THU backups and two tapes for a full backup on FRI. So six tapes in total. 4 Daily tapes and Two weekly.
However, On a monday, a lot of tapes are still marked as Full. - Is there a way to predict which tapes will be used during the week? Would it be safe to actually mark the tapes MON, TUE, WED etc rather than just relying on barcodes?
Also, do I need the Recycle = Yes as i'm not really sure why bacula likes to purge a whole heap and only mark one as recycle. As far as I can tell, Recycle is more of a nuissance than anything because Bacula sometimes likes to recycle volumes which aren't in the changer, which of course causes a failed backup because Recycled tapes are higher in the pecking order when bacula is looking for tapes.
The only way i've found to do what i'm asking is to mark all tapes in the pool as used and then run a backup, which forces bacula to run it's purge algorithm.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Beren
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