Looks like a bug, but it can never be 100% accurate anyway because it doesn't know about pruning and recycling.
__Martin >>>>> On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:39:17 -0500, Bill Arlofski said: > > Bacula does not seem to be correctly determining the "Volume" column in the > stat dir output. > > > ---[ tl;dr verson ]--- > When considering volumes for the expected volume of an upcoming job, Bacula > appears to be ignoring the Job/JobDef options: > > Full Backup Pool = > Incremental Backup Pool = > Differential Backup Pool = > > And only considers volumes from the "Pool = " line in the Job/JobDefs. > > > > > ---[Full Version]--- > > On the server in question I have about 20 jobs/night that run, and am using > Josh Fisher's vchanger program to write to (10) magazines (removable eSATA > Drives), each with (60) 10GB file volumes on them. > > Currently, magazine 5 is connected, Bacula knows what slot each file volume is > in, and all volumes on this magazine are "Enabled". > > > Below is a partial output of a current status dir command: > > Scheduled Jobs: > Level Type Pri Scheduled Job Name Volume > ================================================================ > ...snip... > Incremental Backup 10 26-Nov-14 20:30 dns1 c0_0005_0067 > Incremental Backup 10 26-Nov-14 20:30 Helpdesk c0_0005_0067 > Incremental Backup 10 26-Nov-14 20:30 Voip c0_0005_0067 > Full Backup 20 27-Nov-14 02:45 Catalog c0_0005_0067 > > > Most Jobs are set to run Full on the first Saturday of the month, Differential > on every other Saturday, and Incremental Sunday-Friday. > > I have one JobDefs resource, called "Defaults", which is used by all Jobs, > with some minor, per-job overrides for Fileset names, Schedules, RunScripts, > etc. > > In my "Defaults" Jobdef I have defined the Pool(s) for the Job using the > following: > > JobDefs { > Name = Defaults > Level = Incremental > Storage = c0 > Messages = Standard > Pool = Offsite-eSATA-Full > Full Backup Pool = Offsite-eSATA-Full > Incremental Backup Pool = Offsite-eSATA-Inc > Differential Backup Pool = Offsite-eSATA-Diff > ...snip... > } > > Volume c0_0005_0067 in currently in the Offsite-eSATA-Full pool, with a status > of "Append" and was the last volume used by last night's Full Catalog job... > > > Bacula knows that the first few jobs listed above are scheduled to be > Incremental, however, Bacula appears to be using the line: > > "Pool = Offsite-eSATA-Full" > > from the JobDefs, and ignoring the fact that there are specific Pool > definitions for Full, Incremental, and Differential backups. > > When I change the "Pool =" line to "Pool = Offsite-eSATA-Diff" (or Inc), > issue a reload and then status dir in bconsole, Bacula shows that the expected > volume for those Incremental jobs will be an appendable volume in whatever I > set the "Pool = " line to. > > Thanks for any thoughts on this. > > Bill > > -- > Bill Arlofski > Reverse Polarity, LLC > http://www.revpol.com/ > -- Not responsible for anything below this line -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users