Kjetil Torgrim Homme writes: >hymie! <hy...@lactose.homelinux.net> writes: >> GreatPlains-Backup job: >> (*) did not name the Volume correctly >> GreatPlains-Backup.2011-01-29_23.05.00_08 >> instead of >> GreatPlains-Backup.2011-01-29_23.05.00_08-Full
>I can't explain this (I don't use this kind of Label Format myself). I >don't recommend doing it this way, since Bacula will *never* delete old >files. check out "Action On Purge = truncate", though, it helps somewhat. My home installation of Bacula uses generic Vol0001 - Vol0200. That has the added benefit that my backups should never outgrow the disk. My boss prefers this method; not sure exactly why. I will look into the AOP. Thanks for the tip. >> (*) failed to automatically create the Volume that it needed. >> I had to go into the bacula-console and label a volume, after which >> it immediately began processing the backup. >you need to specify "Label Media = yes" in bacula-sd.conf. It is: Device { Name = FileStorage Device Type = File Media Type = File Archive Device = /storage LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media Random Access = Yes; AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it RemovableMedia = yes; AlwaysOpen = yes; } That was part of my original confusion -- 5 other backups all auto- labeled the volumes, but this one was stuck. But it worked last night, so either it was "just a thing," or it's a full-vs-incremental issue, or I somehow fixed it and don't know what I did. >> Further, the "BackupCatalog" job appears to be using the names of random >> jobs for its volumes, rather than its own name: > >you specified "Recycle", so Bacula will reuse old volumes. Thank you! I thought "Maximum Volume Jobs = 1" would prevent that, but once the job is purged, then there are no jobs in that volume, so it becomes fair game. --hymie! http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie hy...@lactose.homelinux.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users