Hi!
You are correct Luc.
He needs a "stop using volume directive", and I paste here the options from
manual:
The above three directives are all you need assuming that you fill each of
your Volumes then wait the Volume Retention period before reusing them. If
you want Bacula to stop using a Volume and recycle it before it is full,
you will need to use one or more additional directives such as:
- Use Volume Once = yes
- Volume Use Duration = ttt
- Maximum Volume Jobs = nnn
- Maximum Volume Bytes = mmm
Particularly, I like the "volume use duration" when you have more than one
job writing to volume. It works like a charm for me.
But, with Volume retention = 1 month and a "stop using volume
directive"configured, all the jobs and files are pruned when the volume
retention period is reached. So he will not have jobs and files for a year,
but for a month too.
Regards,
Ana
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Luc Van der Veken
<luc...@wimionline.com>wrote:
> I’m not the expert, so I could be wrong, but these are a few things I
> noticed.
>
> I hope if I’m wrong, whether it be completely or in a detail, someone will
> correct me so I learn something from it myself.
>
>
>
> - Looks like it’s a disk volume, and there’s no limit on volume size or
> job count or time, nor a “Use Volume Once”. I think it will just keep
> appending without ever starting a new volume.
>
> - File & job retention 1 year, would span 12 full backups.
>
> - Volume retention 1 month: that starts counting after the last write to
> the volume, not at day one. It also may never happen (or at least later
> than you expect, I don’t know if there’s a default maximum size) because
> there’s no limit on volume use.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Henrique Machado [mailto:henri....@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 23 May 2014 14:52
> *To:* bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* [Bacula-users] Volume not recycling?
>
>
>
> Hello!
>
>
>
> I'm backuping a windows 2008 R2 64bits fileserver. I just want a full
> backup at 1st friday and incremental at another days.
>
>
>
> Current Windows Used disk: 1.13 TB
>
> Current Full backup Volume: 3.4 TB
>
> Current Incremental backup Volume: 167 GB
>
>
>
> Why my full backup volume is 3x more than my backuped disk?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> OS: CentOS release 6.5
>
> Bacula Version: 5.0.0
>
>
>
>
>
> #fileserver.conf
>
>
>
> Client {
>
> Name = fileserver-fd
>
> Password = 123456789
>
> Address = fileserver.domain.local
>
> FDPort = 9102
>
> Catalog = MyCatalog
>
> File Retention = 1 year
>
> Job Retention = 1 year
>
> }
>
>
>
> Job {
>
> Name = fileserverDefault-Job
>
> Type = Backup
>
> Level = Incremental
>
> Client = fileserver-fd
>
> FileSet = fileserverDefault-Fileset
>
> Schedule = fileserverDefault-Schedule
>
> Storage = Default
>
> Pool = Default
>
> Full Backup Pool = "fileserverFull-Pool"
>
> Incremental Backup Pool = "fileserverIncremental-Pool"
>
> Messages = Standard
>
> }
>
>
>
> Pool {
>
> Name = fileserverFull-Pool
>
> Pool Type = Backup
>
> Volume Retention = 1 month
>
> Recycle = yes
>
> AutoPrune = yes
>
> LabelFormat = fileserverFull-
>
> }
>
>
>
> Pool {
>
> Name = fileserverIncremental-Pool
>
> Pool Type = Backup
>
> Volume Retention = 1 month
>
> Recycle = yes
>
> AutoPrune = yes
>
> LabelFormat = fileserverIncremental-
>
> }
>
>
>
> FileSet {
>
> Name = fileserverDefault-Fileset
>
> Include {
>
> File = D:/Public
>
> File = D:/Users
>
> Options {
>
> Signature = MD5
>
> Compression = GZIP5
>
>
>
> }
>
> }
>
> }
>
>
>
>
>
> Schedule {
>
> Name = fileserverDefault-Schedule
>
> Run = Level=Full Pool=fileserverFull-Pool 1st fri at 19:00
>
> Run = Level=Incremental Pool=fileserverIncremental-Pool daily at 22:00
>
> }
>
>
>
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