2009/4/18 Daniel Bareiro <daniel-lis...@gmx.net>: > On Monday, 30 March 2009 23:31:13 -0300, > Daniel Bareiro wrote: > >> During the last process of backup scheduled by Bacula, I received the >> following notification by email. >> >> 30-Mar 08:27 backup1-sd: Please mount Volume "EducarFull0004" on Storage >> Device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) for Job Cygnus.2009-03-28_00.00.19 >> >> Reviewing the state of the volumes, I found the following situation: >> >> Pool: Full >> +---------+----------------+-----------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ >> | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | VolBytes | VolFiles | >> VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | >> +---------+----------------+-----------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ >> | 1,036 | EducarFull0002 | Append | 31,702,518,884 | 44 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | DLT-7000 | 2008-05-13 22:26:53 | >> | 1,038 | EducarFull0001 | Purged | 34,189,164,863 | 50 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | DLT-7000 | 2008-04-07 00:48:17 | >> | 1,039 | EducarFull0003 | Purged | 38,584,790,717 | 69 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 3 | 0 | DLT-7000 | 2008-05-04 23:32:04 | >> | 1,042 | EducarFull0005 | Purged | 34,119,283,723 | 66 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | DLT-7000 | 2008-08-04 00:01:13 | >> | 1,043 | EducarFull0006 | Purged | 35,871,291,720 | 44 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | DLT-7000 | 2008-09-08 01:28:55 | >> | 1,046 | EducarFull0009 | Purged | 38,888,730,357 | 77 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 3 | 0 | DLT-7000 | 2008-09-07 22:56:25 | >> | 1,047 | EducarFull0004 | Append | 18,302,518,203 | 43 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | DLT-7000 | 2008-11-18 00:23:00 | >> | 1,048 | EducarFull0007 | Purged | 38,663,188,669 | 69 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | DLT-7000 | 2008-11-02 00:39:19 | >> | 1,049 | EducarFull0008 | Purged | 33,354,768,116 | 39 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 3 | 0 | DLT-7000 | 2008-11-02 03:03:03 | >> | 1,050 | EducarFull0010 | Full | 35,826,198,945 | 62 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DLT-7000 | 2009-03-28 01:26:49 | >> | 1,051 | EducarFull0011 | Full | 34,782,209,484 | 62 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 2 | 1 | DLT-7000 | 2009-03-01 01:12:40 | >> | 1,052 | EducarFull0012 | Full | 43,395,971,463 | 52 | >> 7,776,000 | 1 | 3 | 1 | DLT-7000 | 2009-03-01 03:44:33 | >> +---------+----------------+-----------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ >> >> Apparently Bacula is wanting to use a volume that is not in autochanger and >> whose state is Append when being all the volumes in autochanger in Full >> state. > > I was reading in the Bacula's manual about the algorithm that Bacula > uses when it needs a new volume, and comparing it with the behavior that > mentioned above, there is something is not clear to me of the steps > that the algorithm follows: > > * "If the request is for an Autochanger device, look only for Volumes in > the Autochanger (i.e. with InChanger set and that have the correct > Storage device)". > > Then why it can be that a volume with InChanger=0 has been chosen? > None of the volumes with InChanger=1 were suitable.
> > * "Search the Pool for a Volume with VolStatus=Append (if there is more > than one, the Volume with the oldest date last written is chosen. If > two have the same date then the one with the lowest MediaId is > chosen)". > > With that criterion I think that it must have chosen the > EducarFull0002 volume. Why it can be that EducarFull0004 has been > chosen? > That I do not know. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
