Hi Giuseppe,
Yes, this could happen if bacula couldn't find a reciclable volume and you
have the "purge oldest volume = yes" directive configured and this is, for
Bacula, the oldest volume. The purge oldest volume doesn't respect the
volume retention period.
Best regards,
Ana
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Giuseppe Vitillaro <giuse...@vitillaro.org>
wrote:
> On Friday 17 October 2014 12:05:35 Ana Emília M. Arruda wrote:
>
> > Hi Giuseppe,
>
> >
>
> > I would like to append some comments here about your "volume use
> duration"
>
> > configuration. As the directive name says, this is used to leave the
> volume
>
> > available for Bacula "during" your backup jobs (at least the ones you
> want
>
> > the data goes to that volume). Maybe you are having volume retention time
>
> > troubleshooting here. If Bacula is using 000529L4 instead of 000506L4,
> this
>
> > is because both volumes have a status (purged, append, recycle) that
>
> > permits bacula to choose which one is the best one (guided by its volume
>
> > recycling algorithm). So, it seems the 000529L4 has a last written time
>
> > older than the 000506L4.
>
> >
>
> > I recommend you to put your "volume use duration" in hours, like Josh
>
> > Fisher said, and just the time that you need the volume be available
>
> > (append) for receiving data. And take a look at your volume retention
>
> > period. If you have 10 volumes and want just one of them be available at
> a
>
> > time, set a volume use duration of 9 days (you can set in hours if you
> are
>
> > sure about the last written time of your volumes).
>
> >
>
> > Best regards,
>
> > Ana
>
> >
>
> The volume 000529L4 had status "Append" at the time the
>
> jobs started, then moved to status "Used", at the time
>
> of the "mount".
>
>
>
> Beside that the volume 000529L4 was written
>
> the day before the run, has a retention of 7 days and
>
> was not neither "pruned", neither "purged" and not
>
> marked as "Recycled".
>
>
>
> Bacula wrote over a non empty, not pruned, not purged,
>
> marked as "Used", Volume, leaving "dangling" jobs and
>
> files alive into the database.
>
>
>
> This shouldn't NEVER happen.
>
>
>
> Am I wrong?
>
>
>
> G. Vitillaro.
>
>
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