Once the file-volume has been purged/pruned/recycled, the next job that
uses it theoretically opens it for write/overwrite at 0-byte descriptor.
Its just a PITA waiting for that -- of course if it was a real tape, it
would have to "mt erase" the volume, but for virtual tape files, a
feature to zero the file at purge/expire would be nice. ~BAS
~BAS
On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 15:11 -0700, Optik Overdose wrote:
> Oh whoops I overlooked that, that was dumb. So is there a way to make Bacula
> just delete the volume after the retention period has expired instead of
> reusing it? 'Recycle=No' just leaves the file there doesnt it? then I get
> into the same situation.
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 2:17:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula doesnt recycle and/or hangs
>
> Hi,
>
> 29.06.2007 22:09,, Optik Overdose wrote::
> > I'm running Bacula 2.03 on a Fedora 5 x86 system. For test purposes
> > I only have one client configured and the /etc directory being
> > backed up to a SATA hard drive in the system. I have set the
> > backups to run every 10min and I set max volumes to 24,
>
> Thanks - finally (again) a usable overview of your system in an error
> report!
>
> > so that
> > should be 6 hours of backup and then it should start recycling the
> > volumes as I understand it.
>
> Yes and no.
> Your configuration looks a bit different, but that's not important
> here :-)
>
> The main thing is this:
> <big snip>
>
> > Pool {
> > Name = Wkst09-Inc-Pool
> > Pool Type = Backup
> > Recycle = yes # automatically recycle Volumes
> > AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
> > Volume Retention = 30 days
> > Maximum Volume Jobs = 6 # 5 Inc jobs in 1 volume
> > Maximum Volumes = 4 # Theres only 4 weeks(1vol = 1week)
> > LabelFormat =
> > "Wkst09-Inc-Started-${Year}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}-${JobId}"
> > }
>
> You set up the pool to automatically create up to four volumes.
> You allow six jobs per volume.
> You can store 24 jobs in this pool.
> You run four jobs per hour to this pool.
>
> The pool is full after six hours.
> The first volume can be recycled 30 days (Volume Retention) after it
> was last written.
>
> Everything clear now?
>
> For your case, I'd suggest to set the retention time to 4.5 hours,
> reload the director's configuration, update the volumes to reflect the
> new default settings, and see what happens.
>
> Arno
>
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