>> Are the file based backups supposed to increase and decrease the file >> size for the vtape depending on what's used for a particular run or >> once the file size is set there is no resize for them?? >>
>They are supposed to increase up to whatever limit were set on them when the volume was created (or if you issued the bconsole commands >to change the volume's maximum size). That is unless you are using use volume once or some other usage limit. Volumes will only decrease size >on recycle if you have the truncate on purge enabled. >John Well, the volumes were purged and recycled before they were used on May-19. But for some reason the volume did not grow in size to accommodate the new increased size of this differential run. For this pool I have not set any usage limit other than Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 as I want each of the 3 differential runs to be on its own vtape. Pool: MailPool-Diff-tape +---------+---------------+-----------+---------+----------------+---------- +--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+------------------- --+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +---------+---------------+-----------+---------+----------------+---------- +--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+------------------- --+ | 11 | H22-Diff-0011 | Full | 1 | 4,836,464,737 | 1 | 2,592,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2012-05-19 14:18:40 | | 30 | H22-Diff-0030 | Full | 1 | 4,297,466,908 | 1 | 2,592,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2012-05-19 14:25:44 | | 49 | H22-Diff-0049 | Full | 1 | 22,872,857,850 | 5 | 2,592,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2012-05-19 14:11:44 | +---------+---------------+-----------+---------+----------------+---------- +--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+------------------- --+ As shown above, it started with mediaId 49 and it used all of it without ever increasing its size. And it did the same for the other 2 vtapes. Do I need to set any max size in order for the vtape to be able to increase its size?? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
