Hope this is the right place to ask this - if not, sorry. Using 2.4.4, automatic recycling doesn't allow tapes to be reused.
I've discovered that if I set the tape status to "recycle" then when the next scheduled job runs it recycles the volume - all data lost (good) then announces that the max use duration is (already!) exeeded, and marks the tape as "used" 27-May 00:03 machine-dir JobId 191: Start Backup JobId 191, Job=testbackup.2009-05-27_00.03.31.06 27-May 00:03 machine-dir JobId 191: Using Device "DDS-4" 27-May 00:04 machine-sd JobId 191: Recycled volume "Scratch_1" on device "DDS-4" (/dev/nst1), all previous data lost. 27-May 00:04 machine-dir JobId 191: Max configured use duration exceeded. Marking Volume "Scratch_1" as Used. ...but continues to complete the job. Then the next night, the tape's marked as "used" and the backup fails. The "lastWritten" shows the last written time correctly; LabelDate shows the time the volume was recycled; but firstwritten shows the time & date the tape was first used. Not sure if that's how it's meant to be, but in order to use my tapes I have to set UseDuration to be more than the time since firstwritten and now. So if I want to use this tape until Friday, for example, I have to set UseDuration to be 54 days. Then when I come to reuse the tape in 4 weeks' time, I'll need to manually change the UseDuration to be 72 days (54+28) Shouldn't recycling reset the firstwritten time? Or should it calculate UseDuration from something else? Am I expecting something too much? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
