On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Dan Langille <d...@langille.org> wrote:
> On 5/26/2010 8:50 AM, gnowar wrote:
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I've a problem (I guess) cause bacula doesn't recycle my tape, even when
>> volume retention is over.
>>
>> Here is the pool part of my bacula-dir.conf :
>>
>> # Tape Pool definition
>> Pool {
>> Name = TapePool
>> Pool Type = Backup
>> Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle
>> Volumes
>> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
>> Volume Use Duration = 18 hours
>> Volume Retention = 20 days # one year
>> Maximum Volumes = 1 # Limit number of Volumes in Pool
>> Maximum Volume Jobs = 2
>> Label Format = "Day-"
>> }
>>
>> Look at the tape day-20A (retention period and the last written thing)
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/47940...@n08/4641302169/sizes/l/
>>
>> And now look at the error (1month after the last written thing on the tape,
>> bacula seems to not recycle the tape..)
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/47940...@n08/4641307241/sizes/l/
>>
>>
>> There is a problem, right ?
>
> No. Bacula is doing as instructed.
>
> Read more on recycling. Bacula will not recycle tapes if it can write to
> another tape instead.
>
Good point. That makes sense. When I answered that question last week
I was more hung up on Maximum Volumes =1 with many volumes created..
John
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