> Initially I set the Volume Retention to 14 days, but I reduced it to 12 > days, just to be safe that the tape will definitely get recycled. Thing is, > sometimes there are issues that cause the backup not running on time. > Backup jobs got pending, and they ran at a later date. Sometimes the jobs > got pending for a bit too long and this causes the number of days between > the last written date and the incoming backup date to be less than 12 days. > When this happens, the incoming backup job will not be able to run because > the volume status is 'Used', and it is waiting for me to create a new label. >
Just redeuce the volume retention in one day? E. g.: 11 days? > I have set Volume Use Duration to 2 days, hoping that after 2 days, it > will be marked as Used, and if in any way that the backup needs to be > performed in less than 12 days, it will be automatically purged. > If the first backup runs on time, Recycle and AutoPrune = yes, this is the expected behavior. Observe that Bacula doesn't update its Catalog each second. The volume may appear used after the retention period is over, but if you submit a job that needs writing space if may recycle the volumes. > Unfortunately, this is not happening. The volume status is used, and I > will have to create a new label in order to get the backup job to run (I > prefer just to manually purge it). So what should I do to tell bacula to > run the backup job, even when it hasn't exceed the retention period? > If you want to just ignore the retention you can use the Purge Oldest Volume = yes option on pool. I don't like it, since It may lead you to a volume usages loop. > Thanks. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > -- ============================================ Heitor Medrado de Faria | Need Bacula training? 10% discount coupon code at Udemy: bacula-users <https://www.udemy.com/bacula-backup-software/?couponCode=bacula-users> +55 61 2021-8260 +55 61 8268-4220 Site: www.bacula.com.br Facebook: heitor.faria <http://www.facebook.com/heitor.faria> Gtalk: heitorfa...@gmail.com ============================================
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