Hi,
There is a very good explanation about automatic volume recycling here:
http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/main/main/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html
Regards,
Ana
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Deepak <dee...@palincorporates.com> wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> While testing Recycling configuration for volumes. I am facing a issue.
>
> My volumes are in Full status even after expiration of Volume
> Retention period.
>
> I have used "Volume Retention = 3 hours" in pools
>
> "Job Retention = 4 months" and "File Retention = 4 months" in client
> but 6 hours after last written my volume is still in Full status where
> as I think it should be in Purge state.
>
> my pool configuration is:
>
>
> Pool {
> Name = BACKUP
> Label Format = "Backup"
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
> Storage = Autochanger
> Volume Retention = 3 hours
> Cleaning Prefix = "CLN"
> Recycle Oldest Volume = yes
> }
>
> my client configuration is:
>
> Client {
> Name = backup-fd
> Address = localhost
> FDPort = 9102
> Password = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" #
> password for FileDaemon
> Catalog = DefaultCatalog
> File Retention = 4 months
> Job Retention = 4 months
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
> }
>
> in bconsole list media command shows below output:
>
> *list media
> Pool: BACKUP
>
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes |
> VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType |
> LastWritten |
>
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> | 2 | A00040L4 | Append | 1 | 825,924,685,824 |
> 832 | 10,800 | 1 | 1 | 1 | LTO-4 |
> 2013-09-24 00:45:46 |
> | 3 | A00041L4 | Append | 1 | 64,512 |
> 0 | 10,800 | 1 | 2 | 1 | LTO-4 |
> 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 4 | A00042L4 | Full | 1 | 845,369,247,744 |
> 852 | 10,800 | 1 | 3 | 1 | LTO-4 |
> 2013-09-23 19:20:01 |
>
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
>
> As it can be seen that last written time on this volume is 19:20:01 it
> is mote than 6 hours.
>
> Please tell me why it is in Full status . when it will be in purge
> state.
> Will it be a problem for volume recycling
>
>
> Thanks in advance...!!!
>
>
>
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