Ah - thank you Troy - purging the volume seems to be the magic step. :^) Troy Daniels wrote: > Hi, > > Phil R wrote: >> Hope this is the right place to ask this - if not, sorry. >> >> 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" >> > > Just to clarify what you are doing... > > You're changing the status manually? Going straight from a Used state > to a Recycle state? > > You don't mention purging the volume at all and I believe this might > be the critical step you are missing. Use the 'prune' or 'purge' > commands in bconsole to do this. (Backup your catalog first, just in > case of course) > > It's also important as it ensures the old file/job records for this > volume are removed from the catalog - without this step your catalog > would be full of records to files/jobs that are no longer on the volume. > > Cheers, > > > Troy. > > >> 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? Or should it calculate >> UseDuration from something else? Am I expecting something too much? >> > > Troy Daniels iTouch Australia, a Buongiorno company > System Administrator Ph +618 6461 4102 > troy.dani...@itouch.com.au Fax +618 6461 4199 > www.itouch.com.au >
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