Hi there,
my name is Carsten and I am quite of new to Bacula.
Currently I have the following configuration:
- Bacula 5.0.3 installed on Ubuntu 11.04.
- LTO-3 tape drive connected to this machine.
- Six machines running Windows Server 2003 / 2008 to be backupped nightly
(mon-fri).
- Spooling is activated in Bacula.
The backup process by itself works. The problem I have is the recycling of the
tapes.
I am using ten tapes, labeled Mon_1, Tue_1,..., Fri_1 to be used during odd
calendar weeks respectively Mon_2, Tue_2,..., Fri_2 to be used during even
calendar weeks. Every backup is a full backup. The backup size for the six
Windows machines altogether is 250-300 GB; the capacity of one tape is 400 GB
uncompressed. The tapes are changed every morning.
After the first backup to a tape, the "VolStatus" of the tape/volume changes to
"Append". So when this tape is mounted again two weeks later, Bacula appends
the backup to this tape. Instead, how do I tell Bacula to use this tape from
the beginning?
This is my bacula-dir.conf (only the relevant parts):
-------------------------
#
# Bacula Director Configuration file
#
# For Bacula release 5.0.3 (04 August 2010) -- ubuntu 11.04
JobDefs {
Name = "BackupWindowsServer"
Type = Backup
Level = Full
Storage = LTO-3
Pool = Tape
SpoolData = yes
Messages = Standard
Priority = 10
Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/%c.bsr"
}
Job {
Name = "SERVER1"
JobDefs = "BackupWindowsServer"
Client = server1-fd
FileSet = "SERVER1-FileSet"
Schedule = "SERVER1-Schedule"
Pool = Tape
}
Job {
Name = "SERVER2"
JobDefs = "BackupWindowsServer"
Client = server2-fd
FileSet = "SERVER2-FileSet"
Schedule = "SERVER2-Schedule"
Pool = Tape
}
(...)
Job {
Name = "SERVER6"
JobDefs = "BackupWindowsServer"
Client = server6-fd
FileSet = "SERVER6-FileSet"
Schedule = "SERVER6-Schedule"
Pool = Tape
}
Schedule {
Name = "SERVER1-Schedule"
Run = Level=Full Pool=Tape mon-fri at 19:00
}
Schedule {
Name = "SERVER2-Schedule"
Run = Level=Full Pool=Tape mon-fri at 20:00
}
(...)
Schedule {
Name = "SERVER6-Schedule"
Run = Level=Full Pool=Tape mon-fri at 23:30
}
(...)
Pool {
Name = Tape
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 12 h
Maximum Volume Bytes = 0
Maximum Volumes = 0
Storage = LTO-3
}
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And this is bacula-sd.conf (only the relevant parts):
-------------------------
#
# Bacula Storage Daemon Configuration file
#
# For Bacula release 5.0.3 (04 August 2010) -- ubuntu 11.04
(...)
Device {
Name = LTO-3
Media Type = LTO-3
Archive Device = /dev/nst0
LabelMedia = yes
Device Type = Tape
Automatic Mount = yes
Always Open = yes
Removable Media = yes
Random Access = no
Maximum File Size = 2GB
Spool Directory = /media/BackupTMP
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