Hey Steve, I had something similar happen to me here, bacula will respect your retention policies, and your volume limit. So if you have 200 files and you have configured a limit of 205, when the next job starts, it will recycle anything it can, use any volume that is purged, then start creating new disk volumes if the current number of volumes is below the maximum allowed. Once you reach that maximum, Bacula will sit there waiting for a usable volume. It will send out email messages to the configured address saying it needs you to create a new volume or make a new volume available. Once you do this, it will continue it's backup with the new volume.
Tim -----Original Message----- From: sbooth [mailto:bacula-fo...@backupcentral.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 3:34 AM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Bacula-users] Help with auto purging/pruning I did the volume cleanup and had just around the number of volumes needed (or I thought). Then it started to work the way I expected in that it recycled volumes that jobs had expired (7 days). But then one day someone put a 32Gb of data on so it couldn't recycle enough volumes so it auto created volumes. But now it doesn't recycle volumes it just keeps creating volumes. Is this correct behavior? If I limit the number of volumes in a pool what will happen in my case above when new volumes are needed? Thanks again for the help. Steve +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by oneway...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 This electronic mail transmission and any accompanying attachments contain confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error please immediately delete the e-mail and either notify the sender at the above e-mail address or by telephone at +1 250.386.5323. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
