Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Friday 02 March 2007 00:59, Simon Ekstrand wrote: >> Steen skrev:
[...] >>> You need to set a Maximum Volume Size in order for Bacula to "rotate" or >>> recycle volumes properly, like: [...] >> I thought that 'Maximum Volume Bytes' and 'Volume Use Duration' did the >> exact same thing except that one limited based on size and the other on >> a time interval, that's the way i interpret the documentation here: >> http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Basic_Volume_Management.html#SECTION002611 >> 000000000000000 >> >> So the way i read it setting 'Maximum Volume Bytes' wouldn't help my >> situation. I'd be happy to be wrong though and I'll be testing it first >> thing in the morning. > > I think the comments made by Steen are correct, and in principle (logically) > what you say is correct too, but in practice, Bacula handles Maximum Volume > Bytes rather gracefully -- it notifies all concurrent jobs of the volume > change, whereas Volume Use Duration does not. > > Anyway, the best is to test it ... I've run multiple tests with 'Maximum Volume Bytes' set to 5 gb today with very good results. With multiple clients running, clients started after the first volume rotation etc. All jobs switched volume(s) without any problems and all jobs completed successfully. Restores of the jobs in question also worked without any problems. This also helped cut down the restore times by alot due to the smaller volume sizes which is a big win. It might be a good idea to document the difference between how bacula deals with Maximum Volume Bytes and Volume Use Duration in the volume management section of the documentation so others can avoid this issue in the future. Thanks all for the quick help. -- Simon Ekstrand ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
