---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Drescher <dresche...@gmail.com> Date: 2011/5/6 Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Automatic Recycling Methods To: João Alberto Kuchnier <joao.kuchn...@dataprom.com>
2011/5/6 João Alberto Kuchnier <joao.kuchn...@dataprom.com>: > Hi everyone! > > I was having to many problems working with one pool for each day of the > week. So, recently, I reconfigure all my bacula director to use ten > tapes with only one pool. It's working fine now. I don't have a tape > library, so manual changes are done every day (except weekends). From > Monday to Saturday, I run differential jobs. On Sunday, only full jobs. > However, the Monday's tapes are doing the Saturday diff, Sunday full and > Monday diff jobs. Obviously, I need more space for this. These three day > tapes (the two Monday one's) aren't capable of doing more than one > backup. So, every Friday I have the delete one of the Monday's volume > and rewind the tape manually. I can't use Maximum Volume Jobs option. I > tough in the Maximum Volume Bytes instead. The other tapes, I can handle > for up to two or three months > Maximum Volume Bytes really is not meant to be used with tapes at all. > My doubt is if that will work properly or not. For example: Maximum > Volume Bytes is 150g. In one three day tape jobs, it consumes 140g. Next > time the tape will be used, it will erase before passing the 150g No, bacula will not erase the tape unless the tape was already marked as Full or Used and the retention period expired. >or it > will ask for a new tape when the job that overlaps the 150g ends? It will ask for a new tape. > I need > bacula to detect this proximity to the volume bytes limit and recycle > the tape before having and error or asking for another volume. > > Maybe I will have problems when a new holiday come-up, however, that > will be another case to think and fix. > > Any suggestions? > Go back to using 1 pool per day. John -- John M. Drescher ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
