Hi,
30.06.2007 00:11,, Optik Overdose wrote::
> Oh whoops I overlooked that, that was dumb. So is there a way to
> make Bacula just delete the volume after the retention period has
> expired instead of reusing it?
No.
> 'Recycle=No' just leaves the file
> there doesnt it? then I get into the same situation.
Yes.
My usual advice is to not rely on telling volume names but rather let
Bacula handle how it uses its volumes.
Note that the LabelFormat-stuff is deprecated.
Arno
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message ---- From: Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007
> 2:17:31 PM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula doesnt recycle and/or
> hangs
>
> Hi,
>
> 29.06.2007 22:09,, Optik Overdose wrote::
>> I'm running Bacula 2.03 on a Fedora 5 x86 system. For test
>> purposes I only have one client configured and the /etc directory
>> being backed up to a SATA hard drive in the system. I have set
>> the backups to run every 10min and I set max volumes to 24,
>
> Thanks - finally (again) a usable overview of your system in an
> error report!
>
>> so that should be 6 hours of backup and then it should start
>> recycling the volumes as I understand it.
>
> Yes and no. Your configuration looks a bit different, but that's
> not important here :-)
>
> The main thing is this: <big snip>
>
>> Pool { Name = Wkst09-Inc-Pool Pool Type = Backup Recycle = yes
>> # automatically recycle Volumes AutoPrune = yes #
>> Prune expired volumes Volume Retention = 30 days Maximum Volume
>> Jobs = 6 # 5 Inc jobs in 1 volume Maximum Volumes = 4 #
>> Theres only 4 weeks(1vol = 1week) LabelFormat =
>> "Wkst09-Inc-Started-${Year}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}-${JobId}"
>> }
>
> You set up the pool to automatically create up to four volumes. You
> allow six jobs per volume. You can store 24 jobs in this pool. You
> run four jobs per hour to this pool.
>
> The pool is full after six hours. The first volume can be recycled
> 30 days (Volume Retention) after it was last written.
>
> Everything clear now?
>
> For your case, I'd suggest to set the retention time to 4.5 hours,
> reload the director's configuration, update the volumes to reflect
> the new default settings, and see what happens.
>
> Arno
>
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Arno Lehmann
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www.its-lehmann.de
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