Hi all,
I'm running Bacula 5.0.3 on ArchLinux 64-bit with mysql 5.1, backing up
to disk volumes.
I've purged a number of volumes using commands like "purge volume=Vol-0008".
The problem is that the files on disk are not getting truncated. I've tried
both commands I saw in the manual for this purpose:
purge volume action=truncate storage=File allpools
purge volume action=all allpools storage=File
They both appear to run, but don't do anything.
The first time I tried this procedure, it worked without a hitch.
I purged the volumes and ran the first of the above two commands,
and it gave me a bunch of output like this:
*purge volume action=truncate storage=File allpools
This command can be DANGEROUS!!!
It purges (deletes) all Files from a Job,
JobId, Client or Volume; or it purges (deletes)
all Jobs from a Client or Volume without regard
to retention periods. Normally you should use the
PRUNE command, which respects retention periods.
Connecting to Storage daemon File at hope.more-right-rudder.com:9103 ...
3000 OK label. VolBytes=186 DVD=0 Volume="TempVol-0084"
Device="FileStorage" (/backup/tapes)
The volume "TempVol-0084" has been truncated
3000 OK label. VolBytes=182 DVD=0 Volume="Vol-0086" Device="FileStorage"
(/backup/tapes)
The volume "Vol-0086" has been truncated
3000 OK label. VolBytes=182 DVD=0 Volume="Vol-0087" Device="FileStorage"
(/backup/tapes)
The volume "Vol-0087" has been truncated
[ ... ]
Looking on the disk, all those volumes were nice and small (182 bytes each)
and I went about my business thinking all my problems were solved.
Now, however, I've purged a number of additional volumes, and when I try
to get them truncated, I get the following output:
*purge volume action=truncate storage=File allpools
This command can be DANGEROUS!!!
It purges (deletes) all Files from a Job,
JobId, Client or Volume; or it purges (deletes)
all Jobs from a Client or Volume without regard
to retention periods. Normally you should use the
PRUNE command, which respects retention periods.
Connecting to Storage daemon File at hope.more-right-rudder.com:9103 ...
*purge volume action=all allpools storage=File
This command can be DANGEROUS!!!
It purges (deletes) all Files from a Job,
JobId, Client or Volume; or it purges (deletes)
all Jobs from a Client or Volume without regard
to retention periods. Normally you should use the
PRUNE command, which respects retention periods.
Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
Connecting to Storage daemon File at hope.more-right-rudder.com:9103 ...
*
Note the lack of any actions taken. The volumes on disk are still the same
(large-ish) size. I've tried restarting the daemons, with no effect.
The volume status is listed as "purged" for all these volumes, as I'd expect.
The pool configuration looks like this:
Pool {
Name = File
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 80 days
Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
LabelFormat = "Vol-"
Action On Purge = Truncate
}
Here's an example volume:
*llist volume=Vol-0008
MediaId: 8
VolumeName: Vol-0008
Slot: 0
PoolId: 2
MediaType: File
FirstWritten: 2010-12-07 23:16:39
LastWritten: 2010-12-07 23:19:42
LabelDate: 2010-12-07 23:16:39
VolJobs: 1
VolFiles: 0
VolBlocks: 0
VolMounts: 3
VolBytes: 84,373,080
VolErrors: 0
VolWrites: 84,531
VolCapacityBytes: 0
VolStatus: Purged
Enabled: 1
Recycle: 1
VolRetention: 2,592,000
VolUseDuration: 0
MaxVolJobs: 1
MaxVolFiles: 0
MaxVolBytes: 5,368,709,120
InChanger: 0
EndFile: 0
EndBlock: 84,420,195
VolParts: 0
LabelType: 0
StorageId: 1
DeviceId: 0
LocationId: 0
RecycleCount: 1
InitialWrite: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
ScratchPoolId: 0
RecyclePoolId: 0
Comment: NULL
And the director's concept of the pool, if it matters:
*llist pool=File
PoolId: 2
Name: File
NumVols: 96
MaxVols: 0
UseOnce: 0
UseCatalog: 1
AcceptAnyVolume: 0
VolRetention: 6,912,000
VolUseDuration: 0
MaxVolJobs: 1
MaxVolBytes: 53,687,091,200
AutoPrune: 1
Recycle: 1
PoolType: Backup
LabelFormat: Vol-
Enabled: 1
ScratchPoolId: 0
RecyclePoolId: 0
LabelType: 0
*show pool=File
Pool: name=File PoolType=Backup
use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1
max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=2 months 20 days
VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=Vol-
CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=1
MaxVolJobs=1 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=53687091200
MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
Does anyone have any ideas why this isn't working?
Thanks in advance for any help.
-- Koshi
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