Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-08 Thread Paulo Martinez
Am 07.02.2011 um 16:02 schrieb Josh Fisher: > On 2/7/2011 6:53 AM, Dan Langille wrote: >> >> The answer depends on your Pool configuration directives. >> >> It is important to read and understand the volume recycling >> algorithm, >> particularly the fact that Bacula will prefer to create a new v

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-08 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 01:13:58PM -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: > On 2/7/2011 10:43 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: >> It occurs to me that I might prefer to run the 'truncate all' command via >> a cron job, at some point in the day that bacula doesn't know about. >> >> Is there a reason, or reasons, that I

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Dan Langille
On 2/7/2011 7:05 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:53:50AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: >> On 2/7/2011 4:11 AM, xunil321 wrote: >>> >>> I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file >>> volume to >>> avoid a disk overflow. >> >> A simple strategy: Ma

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Josh Fisher
On 2/7/2011 10:43 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 03:31:20PM +, Graham Keeling wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 10:09:12AM -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: >>> On 2/7/2011 6:54 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:43:17AM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 03:31:20PM +, Graham Keeling wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 10:09:12AM -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: > > On 2/7/2011 6:54 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:43:17AM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: > >>> On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: > I have

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 10:09:12AM -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: > On 2/7/2011 6:54 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:43:17AM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: >>> On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Josh Fisher
On 2/7/2011 6:54 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:43:17AM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: >> On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: >>> I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file >>> volume to >>> avoid a disk overflow. Let's say there is a 100MB fil

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Josh Fisher
On 2/7/2011 6:53 AM, Dan Langille wrote: > On 2/7/2011 4:11 AM, xunil321 wrote: >> I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file >> volume to >> avoid a disk overflow. > A simple strategy: Max Num Volumes * Max Vol Space = amount of space you > want to use. Why not us

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:53:50AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > On 2/7/2011 4:11 AM, xunil321 wrote: > > > > I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file > > volume to > > avoid a disk overflow. > > A simple strategy: Max Num Volumes * Max Vol Space = amount of space

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Dan Langille
On 2/7/2011 6:43 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: >> >> I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file >> volume to >> avoid a disk overflow. Let's say there is a 100MB file volume "Volume-1". >> What will be >> happen after the Volume Ret

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:43:17AM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: > > > > I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file > > volume to > > avoid a disk overflow. Let's say there is a 100MB file volume "Volume-1". > > What will be >

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Dan Langille
On 2/7/2011 4:11 AM, xunil321 wrote: > > I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file > volume to > avoid a disk overflow. A simple strategy: Max Num Volumes * Max Vol Space = amount of space you want to use. Why not use that? > Let's say there is a 100MB file vo

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: > > I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file > volume to > avoid a disk overflow. Let's say there is a 100MB file volume "Volume-1". > What will be > happen after the Volume Retention Period when the Recycle and AutoPrune are >

[Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread xunil321
I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file volume to avoid a disk overflow. Let's say there is a 100MB file volume "Volume-1". What will be happen after the Volume Retention Period when the Recycle and AutoPrune are set to "Yes" in our Pool setup? Will Bacula 5.0