On 12/9/21 09:03, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> On 12/09/2021 9:42 am, Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users wrote:
>> On 12/8/21 07:08, Larry Rosenman wrote:
>>> I have a bunch of volumes that bacula seems to have forgotten about.
>>> Can you explain why?
>>>
>>> Also, what SQL/etc can I do to fix it?
>>>
>>> Attached are a DB list for the volumes, and the ls -l.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Larry Rosenman                     http://www.lerctr.org/~ler
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>>
>> Hello Larry,
>>
>> Can you show `list pools` ?
>>
>> I suspect that you have not set a "MaximumVolumes" in your pool(s).
>>
>> If there is mo maximum volumes set, Bacula will continue to create new
>> volumes in favor of using existing volumes, even if
>> they are pruned/purged. (at least this is how it is documented and how
>> it is taught in Bacula Systems' Admin I course)
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Bill
>>
>> --
>> Bill Arlofski
>> w...@protonmail.com
>>
>>
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> ➜ bconsole
> Connecting to Director borg:9101
> 1000 OK: 10002 borg-dir Version: 11.0.5 (03 June 2021)
> Enter a period to cancel a command.
> *list pools
> Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog
> Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
> +--------+---------+---------+---------+----------+-------------+
> | poolid | name    | numvols | maxvols | pooltype | labelformat |
> +--------+---------+---------+---------+----------+-------------+
> |      1 | Default |     787 |       0 | Backup   | LERCTR-     |
> |      2 | Scratch |       0 |       0 | Backup   | *           |
> +--------+---------+---------+---------+----------+-------------+
> You have messages.
> *
>
> It HAS recycled LOTS of other volumes.  So, I don't know why these are
> "special".
>
> Thanks.

Please re-read my last email.

"MaximumVolume = 0" means unlimited, so as I said Bacula will just continue to 
create more volumes.


Best regards,
Bill

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Bill Arlofski
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