Hi,
i think the RetentionTime (20h) is too long.
After writing 6-8 hours to the media,
and then adding the Retention of 20 hours,
the volume is reusable after 26-28 hours.
why not using RetentionTime of 1 minute?
bacula will recycle the volumes at jobstart, when no appendable volume
is available.
Thomas
Peter Selc schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having problems with configuring one backup. It should be every-day
> full
> backup, runned at 00:05, where about 100GB of files are backed up
> (compressed approx. 50GB). It takes about 6-8 hours (client and storage are
> 2 different servers on the same network).
> The backup should use the same volumes, which are 4GB files, that means
> recycle and rewrite them by next run, because it's sufficient to hold the
> last-day state of files.
>
> Thanks a a lot,
> Peter
>
>
> Here is my configuration, i suppose i have some mistakes in the pool
> resource. When the backup runs the next day, it doesn't reuse the already
> written media and asks for operator intervention
>
> Client {
> Name = mail-fd
> Address = *****
> FDPort = 9102
> Catalog = MyCatalog
> Password = "****"
> File Retention = 1 day
> Job Retention = 10 days
> AutoPrune = yes
> }
>
> Job {
> Name = "mail-backup"
> Client = mail-fd
> Type = Backup
> Level = Full
> FileSet = "mail-fileset"
> Schedule = "DailyCycle"
> Storage = ***
> Messages = Standard
> Pool = mail-pool
> Priority = 13
> Write Bootstrap = "/mnt/backup/protect/mail.bsr"
> }
>
>
> FileSet {
> Name = "mail-fileset"
> Include {
> Options {
> signature = MD5
> compression=GZIP8
> onefs = no
> }
> File = /etc
> File = ...
> File = ...
> }
>
> Exclude {
> File = /proc
> File = /tmp
> File = lost+found
> File = /.journal
> File = /.fsck
> }
> }
>
> Pool {
> Name = mail-pool
> Pool Type = Backup
> Label format ="mail-backup-"
> Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle
> Volumes
> AutoPrune = yes
> Recycle Oldest Volume = yes # Prune expired volumes
> Recycle Current Volume = yes
> Volume Retention = 20 hours
> Maximum Volume Bytes = 4g
> Maximum Volumes = 40
> UseVolumeOnce = yes
> Volume Use Duration = 20 hours
> }
>
> Schedule {
> Name = "DailyCycle"
> Run = Full daily at 00:05
> }
>
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