Setting the state to Recycle can also prevent recycling unfortunately. Use the purge command if you want to override the retention periods.
__Martin >>>>> On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 04:55:09 +0800, Gi Dot said: > > Weird thing is, after the long pruning, I decided to change the volume > status to recycle. Done that, the backup worked fine. After that I changed > the status of all volumes to recycle. But last night, the scheduled backup > didn't run because of pruning vol-F1. I thought when the volume is recycled > it will skip all the pruning part. > > > > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 4:41 AM, Gi Dot <gadi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > All of the volumes were full at the time, and have past the retention > > period. Bacula prunes the oldest volume, and stuck at it. > > > > Sorry if this question is trivial, but I don't really understand purging. > > If I were to purge a volume manually, I will definitely lose all of the > > backups in the volume. And all the jobs associated with the volume will be > > removed from the catalog. So how does it make me lose other backups that I > > wanted to keep? Isn't it pretty much the same if I were to recycle the > > volume? > > > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:18 AM, Martin Simmons <mar...@lispworks.com> > > wrote: > > > >> >>>>> On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 17:40:08 +0800, Gi Dot said: > >> > > >> > > What exactly do you mean by "too long"? Does bacula encounter a > >> > > timeout during the pruning from a database error? > >> > Like it runs overnight and still not done with it. Sample log: > >> > https://dpaste.de/wetb/raw > >> > >> This doesn't look like a database indexing problem to me. > >> > >> It looks like it needs an extra volume and fails to find one older than > >> the > >> retention periods. > >> > >> Did you expect vol-D1 to fill up? If so, which volume should it use next? > >> You need to look at the retention period of that volume to see why it was > >> not > >> recycled. > >> > >> BTW, forcing a volume from Used to Recycle using the update command is a > >> bad > >> idea because the database will bloat with unwanted file records. You > >> could > >> use the purge command but beware that you might lose backups that you > >> wanted > >> to keep. > >> > >> __Martin > >> > >> > >> > > >> > Thanks. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Uwe Schuerkamp < > >> uwe.schuerk...@nionex.net> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 03:18:45PM +0800, Gi Dot wrote: > >> > > > Hello, > >> > > > > >> > > > I have this problem with one of my client experiencing pruning of a > >> > > volume > >> > > > that is taking too long (and in the end I ended up recycling it > >> manuall>> > y > >> > > by > >> > > > updating the volume status). I have googled up on this and from > >> what I > >> > > > understand it is mostly due to the database indexing (to be honest I > >> > > don't > >> > > > entirely understand this part). > >> > > > > >> > > > My question is, is there any downside or side effect if I were to > >> > > include a > >> > > > script that looks up for Used volume and update it to Recycle > >> before th>> > e > >> > > > backup runs for the day. I am using this script on another client > >> and > >> > > > things are going fine over there, but I'm just worried if there is > >> any > >> > > > impact in a long run. > >> > > > > >> > > > If anyone would be so kind to explain to me what exactly it means by > >> > > > pruning; as in what bacula does when it runs pruning on a volume, > >> it is > >> > > > much appreciated as well. I have read somewhere that bacula removes > >> the > >> > > > jobs associated with the volume from the catalog. > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > Hello Gidot, > >> > > > >> > > some more info could be useful to help you in analyzing your setup > >> > > further. > >> > > > >> > > - Hardware specs of the director (assuming all components run on a > >> > > single machine) > >> > > > >> > > - Which database are you using for the catalog? > >> > > > >> > > - Amount of RAM available to the DB / backend storage (disks, ssds?) > >> > > > >> > > - Catalog size (file table rows) > >> > > > >> > > - Bacula version > >> > > > >> > > What exactly do you mean by "too long"? Does bacula encounter a > >> > > timeout during the pruning from a database error? > >> > > > >> > > All the best, > >> > > > >> > > Uwe > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > Uwe Schürkamp | email: <uwe.schuerk...@nionex.net> > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
