Re: [Bacula-users] volume expire issue

2010-07-12 Thread John Drescher
> This is the first time the tape has been used by Bacula, I was using > NetBackup before. I did alter the offsite retention period a month or so ago. > In a bacula console issue the following command update and select pool from resource and follow the prompts. Then update and select "Volu

Re: [Bacula-users] volume expire issue

2010-07-12 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Jeremiah D. Jester wrote: >> |     104 | KL0392     | Full      |       1 | 226,775,678,976 | >> | 227 |   31,536,000 |       1 |    6 |         1 | LTO2      | >> | 2010-07-09 11:40:01 | > > Ok, so you took the VolRention secs and did this calculation to get numbe

Re: [Bacula-users] volume expire issue

2010-07-12 Thread Jeremiah D. Jester
Backup Recycle = yes AutoPrune = yes Volume Retention = 90 days } Pool { Name = Scratch Pool Type = Backup } ~ ~ -Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 1:16 PM To: Jeremiah D. Jester Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourcefo

Re: [Bacula-users] volume expire issue

2010-07-12 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Jeremiah D. Jester wrote: > > > *list media pool=Offsite > +-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ > | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | Vol

Re: [Bacula-users] volume expire issue

2010-07-12 Thread John Drescher
> Shouldn't it say 'Error' then? Is there a way I can query mysql for errors on > a per volume basis? > No. Bacula can not tell the difference from an EOT and a real error because I do not believe the api / tape drives report that. The Error state is a Bacula error usually caused by a mismatch be

Re: [Bacula-users] volume expire issue

2010-07-12 Thread Jeremiah D. Jester
Shouldn't it say 'Error' then? Is there a way I can query mysql for errors on a per volume basis? JJ -Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 1:04 PM To: Jeremiah D. Jester; bacula-users Subject: Re: [Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] volume expire issue

2010-07-12 Thread Jeremiah D. Jester
| +-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ -Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 1:01 PM To: Jeremiah D. Jester Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] volume expire issue

2010-07-12 Thread John Drescher
> Another question regarding this illustration. Why is it that Volumes KL0438 > and 91 are set to Full despite the Volume usages only at a fraction of > the available space. > > Not getting the full 200GB on a LTO2 tape is usually caused by hardware errors. SCSI errors ... When bacula hits an

Re: [Bacula-users] volume expire issue

2010-07-12 Thread John Drescher
2010/7/12 Jeremiah D. Jester : > From BAT, I’m showing that I have a tape, KLO392 that shows Vol Status as > full but Expire Date is set to expire on the same data as when it was last > written. > > > > However, if you look at KL0392, same Pool and Vol Status, the Expire period > seems to be accura