Hello Martin, > I think the doc is correct because "forcibly purging" only happens if you set > the Purge Oldest Volume or Recycle Oldest Volume directives to yes. The > purging you are seeing below happens because the volume has no current jobs > (e.g. they were pruned) so that is normal recycling.
Well observed. I believe you are right: *show pool=Test Pool: name=Test PoolType=Backup use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1 max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=0 secs VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=${Pool}-${NumVols} CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0 RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=1 ActionOnPurge=1 MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=5368709120 MaxPoolBytes=0 MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0 CacheRetention=0 secs JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs --> Autochanger: name=DedupDisk address=192.168.0.205 SDport=9103 MaxJobs=10 NumJobs=0 DeviceName=FileChgr1 MediaType=Dedup StorageId=3 Autochanger=1 AC group=3 ShareStore=*none* *list media pool=Test +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------+ | mediaid | volumename | volstatus | enabled | volbytes | volfiles | volretention | recycle | slot | inchanger | mediatype | voltype | volparts | lastwritten | expiresin | +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------+ | 1,039 | Test-0 | Used | 1 | 1,442,156 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Dedup | 15 | 0 | 2021-12-17 10:54:57 | 0 | | 1,040 | Test-1 | Used | 1 | 682,207 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Dedup | 15 | 0 | 2021-12-17 10:56:08 | 0 | *list joblog jobid=9561 Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog Using Catalog "MyCatalog" +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | logtext | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | enterprisebacula-dir JobId 9561: Start Backup JobId 9561, Job=BaculaConfs.2021-12-17_13.03.27_51 | | enterprisebacula-dir JobId 9561: Connected to Storage "DedupDisk" at 192.168.0.205:9103 with TLS | | enterprisebacula-dir JobId 9561: Created new Volume="Test-2", Pool="Test", MediaType="Dedup" in catalog. | | enterprisebacula-dir JobId 9561: Connected to Client "enterprisebacula-fd" at enterprisebacula:9102 with TLS | | enterprisebacula-fd JobId 9561: Connected to Storage at 192.168.0.205:9103 with TLS | | enterprisebacula-dir JobId 9561: Sending Accurate information to the FD. | | enterprisebacula-sd JobId 9561: Labeled new Volume "Test-2" on Dedup device "FileChgr1-Dev2" (/mnt/dedup). | | enterprisebacula-sd JobId 9561: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume "Test-2" on Dedup device "FileChgr1-Dev2" (/mnt/dedup) | | enterprisebacula-sd JobId 9561: Elapsed time=00:00:25, Transfer rate=27.36 K Bytes/second | | enterprisebacula-sd JobId 9561: Sending spooled attrs to the Director. Despooling 675 bytes ... | | enterprisebacula-dir JobId 9561: Bacula Enterprise enterprisebacula-dir 12.8.1 (30Jun21): Build OS: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-bacula-enterprise redhat (Core) JobId: 9561 Job: BaculaConfs.2021-12-17_13.03.27_51 Backup Level: Incremental, since=2021-12-17 10:55:43 Client: "enterprisebacula-fd" 12.8.3 (28Sep21) x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-bacula-enterprise,redhat,(Core) FileSet: "BaculaConfigurations" 2021-06-22 08:13:03 Pool: "Test" (From Command input) Catalog: "MyCatalog" (From Client resource) Storage: "DedupDisk" (From Pool resource) Scheduled time: 17-Dec-2021 13:03:27 Start time: 17-Dec-2021 13:03:30 End time: 17-Dec-2021 13:03:55 Elapsed time: 25 secs Priority: 10 FD Files Written: 3 SD Files Written: 3 FD Bytes Written: 683,842 (683.8 KB) SD Bytes Written: 684,232 (684.2 KB) Rate: 27.4 KB/s Software Compression: 99.9% 1470.6:1 Comm Line Compression: 82.1% 5.6:1 Snapshot/VSS: no Encryption: no Accurate: yes Volume name(s): Test-2 Volume Session Id: 1765 Volume Session Time: 1628965590 Last Volume Bytes: 685,469 (685.4 KB) Non-fatal FD errors: 0 SD Errors: 0 FD termination status: OK SD termination status: OK Termination: Backup OK | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------+-------------+---------------------+------+-------+----------+----------+-----------+ | jobid | name | starttime | type | level | jobfiles | jobbytes | jobstatus | +-------+-------------+---------------------+------+-------+----------+----------+-----------+ | 9,561 | BaculaConfs | 2021-12-17 13:03:30 | B | I | 3 | 683,842 | T | +-------+-------------+---------------------+------+-------+----------+----------+-----------+ > __Martin Perhaps that documentation line should explicity citate the PurgeOldestVolume directive. Regards, -- MSc Heitor Faria (Miami/USA) Bacula LATAM CIO mobile1: + 1 909 655-8971 mobile2: + 55 61 98268-4220 [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/msc-heitor-faria-5ba51b3 ] [ http://www.bacula.com.br/ ] América Latina [ http://bacula.lat/ | bacula.lat ] | [ http://www.bacula.com.br/ | bacula.com.br ] _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users