On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Jo Rhett writes: > >> Sorry, Kern, but this isn't true. Recycling DOES work properly, but >> "create a new volume" is happening earlier in the decision process >> than the recycling. You have to hit max volumes to make recycling happen. > > Sometimes it does happen. Just not every time. :-( > I am going to provide Kern with the list of items he requested in the coming > days so hopefully that will help to clarify what is happening (at least in > my setup).
If a pool doesn't have maximum volumes defined then Bacula will prefer to demand new volumes over forcibly purging older volumes. If volumes become free through pruning _and_ expiration(*) then they get marked as "purged" and are immediately available for recycling - these will be used in preference to creating new volumes. (*) If Job/File/Volume expiry periods are different, then it's common to see a tape with no files or jobs listed in the database, but which is still not-yet-expired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
