I don't think Bacula ever sets volstatus to Archive automatically, so maybe you have some script that is doing it?
__Martin >>>>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:36:03 +0100, Jeffrey Di Domenico said: > > Hi, > > Can someone tell me how Bacula decides to archive a tape? Recently we > seem to have tapes being archived with less and less data on them and > its wasting a lot of space and therefore tapes. > > In the output below Bacula is archiving tapes that don't even have a GB > written. I'm guessing it has something to do with archiving a tape after > a run of incremental backups that may not have much data to backup, but > any insight would be helpful. > > > | 2,298 | IGL527L5 | Archive | 1 | 1,696,897,958,912 | > 32 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LTO5 | 2021-02-02 > 05:26:20 | > | 2,299 | IGL506L5 | Archive | 1 | 1,080,736,493,568 | > 25 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LTO5 | 2021-02-06 > 09:06:51 | > | 2,300 | IGL525L5 | Archive | 1 | 4,729,838,592 > | 5 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LTO5 | > 2021-02-06 09:22:08 | > | 2,301 | IGL510L5 | Archive | 1 | 1,521,545,216 > | 3 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LTO5 | > 2021-02-14 16:11:02 | > | 2,302 | IGL508L5 | Archive | 1 | 1,517,976,576 > | 3 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LTO5 | > 2021-02-21 16:45:48 | > | 2,303 | IGL507L5 | Archive | 1 | 1,513,255,936 > | 3 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LTO5 | > 2021-02-28 17:20:20 | > | 2,304 | IGL524L5 | Archive | 1 | 1,559,821,312 > | 3 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LTO5 | > 2021-03-06 06:32:45 | > | 2,305 | IGL509L5 | Archive | 1 | 1,509,424,128 > | 3 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LTO5 | > 2021-03-14 18:24:45 | > | 2,306 | IGL511L5 | Archive | 1 | 1,511,696,384 > | 4 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LTO5 | > 2021-03-21 22:50:33 | > | 2,307 | IGL512L5 | Archive | 1 | 960,307,200 > | 8 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | LTO5 | > 2021-04-07 15:11:36 | > | 2,308 | IGL522L5 | Archive | 1 | 294,984,704 > | 9 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LTO5 | > 2021-03-29 11:40:21 | > | 2,309 | IGL523L5 | Archive | 1 | 52,637,713,408 > | 7 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | LTO5 | > 2021-06-02 18:01:36 | > | 2,310 | IGL514L5 | Archive | 1 | 53,958,126,592 > | 3 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 47 | 1 | LTO5 | > 2021-06-05 04:55:20 | > | 2,311 | IGL513L5 | Archive | 1 | 18,108,457,984 > | 3 | 3,153,600,000 | 0 | 3 | 1 | LTO5 | > 2021-06-13 15:14:06 | > > > Thanks, > > -- > Jeffrey Di Domenico > Systems Administrator > > Direct: +44 020 7608 7463 > > Email: jdidomen...@integrafin.co.uk > Transact - take control > > Phone: +44 (0)20 7608 4900 > Web: www.transact-online.co.uk > Address: 29 Clement's Lane, London EC4N 7AE > Please consider the environment before printing this email > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
