On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Phil R <bacula-us...@growlybear.org> wrote: > Hope this is the right place to ask this - if not, sorry. > Yes this is the correct place.
> Using 2.4.4, automatic recycling doesn't allow tapes to be reused. > > I've discovered that if I set the tape status to "recycle" then when the > next scheduled job runs it recycles the volume - all data lost (good) > then announces that the max use duration is (already!) exeeded, and > marks the tape as "used" > > 27-May 00:03 machine-dir JobId 191: Start Backup JobId 191, > Job=testbackup.2009-05-27_00.03.31.06 > > 27-May 00:03 machine-dir JobId 191: Using Device "DDS-4" > > 27-May 00:04 machine-sd JobId 191: Recycled volume "Scratch_1" on device > "DDS-4" (/dev/nst1), all previous data lost. > > 27-May 00:04 machine-dir JobId 191: Max configured use duration > exceeded. Marking Volume "Scratch_1" as Used. > > > > ...but continues to complete the job. Then the next night, the tape's > marked as "used" and the backup fails. > The "lastWritten" shows the last written time correctly; LabelDate shows > the time the volume was recycled; but firstwritten shows the time & date > the tape was first used. Not sure if that's how it's meant to be, but in > order to use my tapes I have to set UseDuration to be more than the time > since firstwritten and now. > > So if I want to use this tape until Friday, for example, I have to set > UseDuration to be 54 days. Then when I come to reuse the tape in 4 > weeks' time, I'll need to manually change the UseDuration to be 72 days > (54+28) > > Shouldn't recycling reset the firstwritten time? Yes. > Or should it calculate > UseDuration from something else? Am I expecting something too much? > > Looks like a bug. Can you post the output of list media? John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
