Hi, I'm having the hardest time getting volumes to be recycled, under version 2.4.4-1 (Debian 5.0).
I feel like I have double-checked every item mentionned in chapters 22 and 23 (Automatic Volume Recycling / Basic Volume Management), have forced what seems like all the relevant values with 'update media', and have changed many relevant pool options. I've restarted the daemons, and the jobs after each change. Even following the manual purging/recycling procedure did not change the software's behaviour. Every time, the storage daemon prints the message "Cannot find any appendable volumes. Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume". I've been using Bacula for a couple of years, and I realize that I've never gotten through a full yearly cycle before, because of having blanked all my catalogs and volumes a few times before because I wasn't satisfied with my setup. So I've never seen the volume recycling in action before. Things are apparently not as simple as stated in the manual and in numerous messages on the list. What might I be overlooking ? Here are excerpts of my setup for the relevant pool : Pool: LBC Software Archive Tapes +---------+-------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+--------------+---------------------+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +---------+-------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+--------------+---------------------+ | 1 | Fujifilm_01 | Purged | 1 | 178,965,709,824 | 179 | 7,776,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO2 Ultrium | 2009-03-10 08:19:21 | | 2 | Fujifilm_02 | Full | 1 | 40,301,968,384 | 41 | 7,862,400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO2 Ultrium | 2009-03-10 10:39:00 | | 3 | Fujifilm_03 | Full | 1 | 187,139,884,032 | 188 | 15,724,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO2 Ultrium | 2009-05-20 10:52:30 | | 4 | Fujifilm_04 | Used | 1 | 75,389,556,736 | 77 | 15,724,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO2 Ultrium | 2009-05-21 08:23:47 | +---------+-------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+--------------+---------------------+ Pool { Name = "LBC Software Archive Tapes" Pool Type = Backup Maximum Volumes = 4 # was disabled, changed to 4 with no success Recycle = yes #RecyclePool = Scratch Recycle Oldest Volume = yes #Recyle Current Volume = no Purge Oldest Volume = yes AutoPrune = yes Volume Retention = 14 weeks Storage = "Tandberg Data LTO2 Ultrium Half-Height Tape Drive" #Use Volume Once = no # deprecated Maximum Volume Jobs = 0 Maximum Volume Files = 0 Maximum Volume Bytes = 0 Volume Use Duration = 13 weeks Catalog Files = yes #Cleaning Prefix = CLN #Label Format # deprecated since v1.31, see Python script } Lucas Cohen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users