I don't use disk-based backups, but I have read a couple of times how file-based volumes aren't truncated or over-written when new data is written to them.
As I don't use disk-based backups, I can't get into specifics, but I believe that if you: 2. Create a labeling schema that will create a NEW volume for each job (perhaps something that will include a date, like "Wednesday5_30Nov07" you'd get volumes more in line with the sizes you're expecting. 3. Write a RunBefore script for each day's job that will delete any old volumes, free-ing up space on your disk(s) for the new backup you're running. I think File-based volumes require that kind of file-management interaction. I'm sure folks who work with them more will chime in with details/corrections. --Tim On Thursday 29 November 2007 5:47:20 pm David Gardner wrote: > John, > > As a matter of fact, I did (which is a different issue.) When I started the > back up, I had 50GB left on the volume. The typical backup consumes only 25 > GB The size of the Wednesday5 volume. When I issued "list volumes" within > bconsole, Wednesday volume was at 77GB and of course the "media" was fully > consumed. So, the Wednesday5 volume should have been overwritten instead of > tripling it's size (no, 50GB of new data was not created yesterday.) > > For the record, this happens several times per week and I have to manually > delete old volumes. > > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > David Gardner > email: djgardner(at)yahoo.com > Yahoo! IM: djgardner > AIM: dgardner09 > "Everything is a learning experience, even a mistake." -- -- Flak Magnet (Tim) www.flakmagnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
