2010/4/5 bentman78 <bacula-fo...@backupcentral.com>:
>
>
> drescherjm wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:03 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm < at > gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > > I have a backup that runs weekly backups for one of the directives in my
>> > > bacula-dir.conf file.
>> > >
>> > > The problem is the volumes are supposed to expire after 7 days and be
>> > > recycled. Here is the relevant parts of my conf file.
>> > >
>> > > Client {
>> > > Name = xxxx-fd
>> > > Address = xxxx.xxxx.xxx
>> > > FDPort = 9102
>> > > Catalog = MyCatalog
>> > > Password = "xxxx"
>> > > File Retention = 7 days # 7 days
>> > > Job Retention = 14 days # six months
>> > > AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Pool {
>> > > Name = Windows
>> > > Pool Type = Backup
>> > > Recycle = yes
>> > > AutoPrune = yes
>> > > LabelFormat = WinVol
>> > > Volume Retention = 7 days
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > Are these disk volumes? Did you change the retention after the volumes
>> > existed?
>> >
>> >
>> Oh, I see. You said disk.
>>
>> For disk volumes you must limit the size of the volumes or their use
>> duration because recycling only comes into play when the disk is
>> marked as Used or Full. Without setting the use duration limit the
>> volume will not be marked as Used. Without your entire hard drive
>> filling the disk volume would not be marked as Full.
>>
>> See the documentation here:
>> http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html
>>
>>
>> And remember that the retention period begins when the volume is
>> marked Used or Full not when you first write data to the volume.
>> John
>>
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>
> It also appears that they are being seen as full;
> 224 | WinVol0224 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,207 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 01:24:24 |
> | 225 | WinVol0225 | Full | 1 | 21,474,803,967 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 02:13:41 |
> | 226 | WinVol0226 | Full | 1 | 21,474,818,905 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 03:01:05 |
> | 227 | WinVol0227 | Full | 1 | 21,474,818,871 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 03:45:24 |
> | 228 | WinVol0228 | Full | 1 | 21,474,818,989 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 04:32:47 |
> | 229 | WinVol0229 | Full | 1 | 21,474,806,731 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 00:32:36 |
> | 230 | WinVol0230 | Full | 1 | 21,474,818,922 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 01:28:15 |
> | 232 | WinVol0232 | Full | 1 | 21,474,818,906 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 02:11:01 |
> | 233 | WinVol0233 | Full | 1 | 21,474,818,937 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 02:56:50 |
> | 234 | WinVol0234 | Full | 1 | 21,474,818,942 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 03:42:50 |
> | 235 | WinVol0235 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,040 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 04:27:01 |
> | 236 | WinVol0236 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,101 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 05:14:12 |
> | 237 | WinVol0237 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,047 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 05:55:36 |
> | 238 | WinVol0238 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,045 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 06:38:23 |
> | 239 | WinVol0239 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,027 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 07:25:07 |
> | 240 | WinVol0240 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,233 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 08:06:19 |
> | 241 | WinVol0241 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,137 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 08:49:55 |
> | 242 | WinVol0242 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,244 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 09:35:13 |
> | 243 | WinVol0243 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,140 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 10:16:41 |
> | 244 | WinVol0244 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,172 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 11:01:29 |
> | 245 | WinVol0245 | Full | 1 | 64,723 | 0 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-04 11:01:29 |
> | 246 | WinVol0246 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,124 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 00:42:29 |
> | 247 | WinVol0247 | Full | 1 | 21,474,818,910 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 05:19:33 |
> | 248 | WinVol0248 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,011 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 06:02:04 |
> | 249 | WinVol0249 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,006 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 06:51:14 |
> | 250 | WinVol0250 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,182 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 07:33:39 |
> | 251 | WinVol0251 | Full | 1 | 21,474,818,900 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 08:16:31 |
> | 252 | WinVol0252 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,116 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 08:58:44 |
> | 253 | WinVol0253 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,122 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 09:39:57 |
> | 254 | WinVol0254 | Full | 1 | 21,474,819,204 | 4 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 10:26:27 |
> | 255 | WinVol0255 | Full | 1 | 12,780,859,514 | 2 |
> 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-05 10:51:16 |
>
None of these however are available for recycling. I mean all were
last used in the last 2 days.
John
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