28.4.2011 14:37, Martin Simmons kirjoitti: >>>>>> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:13:53 -0700, David Newman said: >> >> bacula 5.0.3, FreeBSD 8.2 >> >> While running a full backup of a file server, bacula keeps issuing >> 'Cannot find any appendable volumes' messages and prompting me to create >> a new volume. I've done that, three times, and tried rerunning the job >> but now the NAS unit attached to the bacula box is nearly full (mostly >> with hundreds of volumes from aborted full backups of this server). >> >> I don't care if this job wraps around from the final volume and starts >> overwriting the first and subsequent volumes. How can I configure bacula >> to do that so that this job can run to completion? > > You could use the purge volume command with each volume that you don't want to > keep. That will allow Bacula to recycle those volumes. > > OTOH, you don't give much information about why it failed three times, so the > same problem might happen again (hint: post the full logs). >
I have not followed this thread from start, but what is wrong with
Purge Oldest Volume = Yes
That works for me.
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