My reason for setting "Max Volume jobs=1" is that migrations will not occur unless a tape is marked full, used, or error. To shorten the backup window, I back up to striped SSDs, and from there migrate onto tape. Setting max jobs to 1 ensures that last disk volume is marked "used", rather than "append". I couldn't think of an easier way to do this than setting max jobs to 1; what is the preferred way to do it?
My pool definition is: Pool { Name = tempDisk-pool Pool Type = Backup Recycle = yes AutoPrune = yes Volume Retention = 5 days # We want to recycle this thing next week Maximum Volume Bytes = 100G Maximum Volumes = 20 # not all of them have to be full sized?? Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 # migrations will not occur unless volume marked full,used,error. # append won't migrate to prevent attempts to read & write simultaneously # last volume in set will be 'append', unless it's only allowed one job Volume Use Duration = 23 hours Recycle Oldest Volume = yes # This one respects retention times Label Format = "tempDisk-" Action on Purge = Truncate Storage = File1 Next Pool = weeklyMain-LTO5-pool } Thanks for looking at this, Dan Stieneke IT Specialist USDA - ARS - NWISRL 3793 N 3600 E Kimberly, ID 83341 208/423-6519 -----Original Message----- From: Phil Stracchino <ph...@caerllewys.net> Sent: Monday, October 1, 2018 2:45 PM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] MANY duplicate "Max Volume jobs=X exceeded" messages in log On 10/1/18 4:32 PM, Stieneke, Dan wrote: > 64-bit Ubuntu 18.04LTS using distro-packaged Bacula, v9.0.6. > > > Backing up to 100G disk volumes, max job=1, I get 107 lines in the > output for each volume: > ============================================================================================================ > > 01-Oct 12:47 <SERVERNAME>-dir JobId 23: Max Volume jobs=1 exceeded. > Marking Volume "<VOLNAME>-0056" as Used. > ============================================================================================================ > > The 100G disk volumes are **107**,374,158,233 bytes long, so every ~1GB > the message appears. I'd much rather have only one warning than 107. > > Is there a setting I'm missing somewhere? Please include your Pool definition. It looks as though you have misunderstood and misconfigured something, but without seeing your configuration we can only make guesses as to what. That said, "Max Volume jobs=1" is USUALLY a bad idea unless you have specific reasons for doing it that way. -- Phil Stracchino Babylon Communications ph...@caerllewys.net p...@co.ordinate.org Landline: +1.603.293.8485 Mobile: +1.603.998.6958 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users