Hi,
On 5/9/2007 11:26 PM, Sandro Mendes wrote:
> Arno, I checked the n. of jobs with list command and that's correct.
> Now, when the volume gets the maximum n. of jobs, it has the content
> removed and start from the zero.
The effect of the 0 retention time...
> I would like, in this case, don't
> use the same volume. Instead of that, create another one and starts
> the job, keeping the last volume. What could be wrong?
Disable recycling for this volume, using the 'update volume' command.
Arno
> Thanks!
>
>> Hi Sandro,
>>
>> please reply to the list...
>>
>> On 5/9/2007 10:24 PM, Sandro Mendes wrote:
>>> Hello Arno, thanks for help. I'm using Volume Retention=0 just
>>> for testing.... I checked the volume status and there is a lot of
>>> jobs in that volume.
>> Did you check the volume settings with llist, so you can see the
>> configure Max. number of Jobs on that volume?
>>
>>> What do you think if I create a new volume and do some tests?
>> Probably also helpful.
>>
>> Arno
>>
>>> Thanks again!
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On 5/9/2007 10:06 PM, Sandro Mendes wrote:
>>>>> Hello, I'm trying to make Bacula automatically create a new
>>>>> volume (file) after a volume has already 5 jobs. After the 5
>>>>> jobs, the volume still increasing the size and not create
>>>>> another volume. There is my pool config.: Pool { Name = Test
>>>>> Pool Type = Backup LabelFormat = "CATALOG-" Recycle = yes
>>>>> AutoPrune = yes Volume Retention = 0 day Maximum Volume Jobs
>>>>> = 5 Maximum Volumes = 5 }
>>>> I suspect it's reusing the volumes already... a retention time
>>>> of 0 allows that to happen (and is not really suitable for a
>>>> production backup :-)
>>>>
>>>> Check the volume status with the llist command, or by using the
>>>> query to show which jobs are stored on the volume.
>>>>
>>>> Arno
>>>>
>>>>> Device { Name = FileStorage Media Type = File Archive Device
>>>>> = "C:\\Tmp" LabelMedia = yes # lets Bacula
>>>>> label unlabeled media Random Access = Yes AutomaticMount =
>>>>> yes # when device opened, read it
>>>>> RemovableMedia = no AlwaysOpen = no }
>>>>>
>>>>> I already run pool update in bconsole after the changes, but
>>>>> still the same.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for help! Sandro
>>>>>
>>>>>> Luca Ferrari wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tuesday 08 May 2007 Darien Hager's cat, walking on the
>>>>>>> keyboard, wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Luca Ferrari wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 08-mag 17:41 backup-sd: User defined maximum volume
>>>>>>>>> capacity 4,000,000 exceeded on device
>>>>>>>>> "sede_samba_storage" (/backup/sede/samba).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So far, so good. But since you're backing up to plain
>>>>>>>> old files, you cannot create a new file on the disk
>>>>>>>> without creating a new volume. In other words, unless
>>>>>>>> you use an external tool to slice the file up, each
>>>>>>>> file on the SD's disk is one volume. (Now, a job can
>>>>>>>> have multiple volumes, and vice-versa...)
>>>>>>> it's not clear to me what does it mean that all the files
>>>>>>> will be on a volume and how to impose that a volume can
>>>>>>> have more than one file. Could you please explain it
>>>>>>> better?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shorthand: "SD-file": A file on a disk on the Storage
>>>>>> Daemon, this file is where data is backed up to, not from.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bacula is built around the idea of Volumes. Generally and
>>>>>> historically, a Volume corresponds to one physical tape
>>>>>> cartridge. When you are using SD-file backups, each SD-file
>>>>>> in the directory is considered a "virtual tape".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The key is: Volume = SD-File = Virtual Tape Cartridge
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All of the files *which are being backed up* are part of a
>>>>>> job. A job can span multiple volumes(tapes), or multiple
>>>>>> jobs can be on a single volume(tape), or both at the same
>>>>>> time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your system has "Maximum Volume Size" at 4GB. This means
>>>>>> that after /backup/sede/samba has grown past 4GB, it's like
>>>>>> a tape cartridge which has no more space on it. Your system
>>>>>> needs another Volume to put the data onto. However, I'm
>>>>>> guessing you did not turn on automatic labeling, so the
>>>>>> system is waiting saying "Uh, I've got more data, but... I
>>>>>> need a new Volume. Where is it?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You need to enable automatic labeling so that Bacula will
>>>>>> make a series of files, like so:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /backup/sede/samba01 /backup/sede/samba02
>>>>>> /backup/sede/samba03 /backup/sede/samba04
>>>>>> /backup/sede/samba05
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ... creating a new file as needed, where each of the listed
>>>>>> files is one single Volume. For instructions, see the
>>>>>> manual here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Darien Hager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>
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