Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Wed, 4/14/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote: Once purged, you can either let Bacula recycle them itself, or you can use the Update Volume command to manually change the volume status to Recycle. This is a particularly straightforward operation if you are using BAT, since you can do it on all the volumes at once. I think I have my volumes set wrong. I had an error today after every volume finally had been used at least once: == 20-May 02:05 bacula-va-sd JobId 75: Job Bacula_Server.2010-05-20_01.05.00_02 is waiting. Cannot find any appendable volumes. Please use the label command to create a new Volume for: Storage: FileStorage (/opt/bacula/volumes) Pool: File Media type: File == I thought I fixed this, but apparently not. How should the Volume Status be set in order to cycle through volumes and start over after the last one is used? When the above failure occurred, all my Volume Status's were Used. -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Wed, 4/14/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote: Once purged, you can either let Bacula recycle them itself, or you can use the Update Volume command to manually change the volume status to Recycle. This is a particularly straightforward operation if you are using BAT, since you can do it on all the volumes at once. I think I have my volumes set wrong. I had an error today after every volume finally had been used at least once: == 20-May 02:05 bacula-va-sd JobId 75: Job Bacula_Server.2010-05-20_01.05.00_02 is waiting. Cannot find any appendable volumes. Please use the label command to create a new Volume for: Storage: FileStorage (/opt/bacula/volumes) Pool: File Media type: File == I thought I fixed this, but apparently not. How should the Volume Status be set in order to cycle through volumes and start over after the last one is used? When the above failure occurred, all my Volume Status's were Used. All of the volume status of Used is good. Next look at the lastwritten time to see if any of the volumes are available for recycling. list media pool=File John -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Thu, 5/20/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: I thought I fixed this, but apparently not. How should the Volume Status be set in order to cycle through volumes and start over after the last one is used? When the above failure occurred, all my Volume Status's were Used. All of the volume status of Used is good. Next look at the lastwritten time to see if any of the volumes are available for recycling. list media pool=File Ok, I purged and set all my volumes to Recycle. I also added my new 3 volumes so now I have 3 sets of 7 instead of 3 sets of 6: *list media pool=File +-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes| VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 1 | file_0001 | Recycle | 1 | 11,680 |0 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-20 14:45:06 | | 2 | file_0002 | Recycle | 1 | 9,253,254,931 |2 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-20 14:50:48 | | 3 | file_0003 | Recycle | 1 | 103,174,447 |0 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-12 06:44:32 | | 4 | file_0004 | Recycle | 1 | 301,651,823,407 | 70 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-12 22:30:03 | | 5 | file_0005 | Recycle | 1 | 143,252,733 |0 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-12 23:10:26 | | 6 | file_0006 | Recycle | 1 | 8,068,070,781 |1 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-13 15:46:13 | | 7 | file_0007 | Recycle | 1 | 17,415,085,284 |4 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-13 19:02:48 | | 8 | file_0008 | Recycle | 1 | 24,341,622,352 |5 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-13 22:47:36 | | 9 | file_0009 | Recycle | 1 | 301,677,627,734 | 70 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-14 06:56:09 | | 10 | file_0010 | Recycle | 1 | 1,482,610,438 |0 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-14 06:56:56 | | 11 | file_0011 | Recycle | 1 | 297,785,468,267 | 69 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-15 06:14:48 | | 12 | file_0012 | Recycle | 1 | 326,827,091 |0 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-15 06:15:21 | | 13 | file_0013 | Recycle | 1 | 687,959,903 |0 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-15 23:10:10 | | 14 | file_0014 | Recycle | 1 | 700,460,095 |0 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-16 23:10:12 | | 15 | file_0015 | Recycle | 1 | 5,408,772,092 |1 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-17 14:02:57 | | 16 | file_0016 | Recycle | 1 | 85,692,487 |0 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-17 22:02:59 | | 17 | file_0017 | Recycle | 1 | 5,479,213,260 |1 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-18 14:58:46 | | 18 | file_0018 | Recycle | 1 | 7,391,498,443 |1 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-19 01:15:46 | | 19 | file_0019 | Recycle | 1 | 0 |0 | 1,728,000 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | -00-00 00:00:00 | | 20 | file_0020 | Recycle | 1 | 0 |0 | 1,728,000 | 1 |1 | 0 | File | -00-00 00:00:00 | | 21 | file_0021 | Recycle | 1 | 0 |0 | 1,728,000 | 1 |2 | 0 | File | -00-00 00:00:00 | +-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ * We'll see how that works. Thanks! -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Thu, 5/20/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: I thought I fixed this, but apparently not. How should the Volume Status be set in order to cycle through volumes and start over after the last one is used? When the above failure occurred, all my Volume Status's were Used. All of the volume status of Used is good. Next look at the lastwritten time to see if any of the volumes are available for recycling. list media pool=File Ok, I purged and set all my volumes to Recycle. I also added my new 3 volumes so now I have 3 sets of 7 instead of 3 sets of 6: *list media pool=File +-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 1 | file_0001 | Recycle | 1 | 11,680 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-20 14:45:06 | | 2 | file_0002 | Recycle | 1 | 9,253,254,931 | 2 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-20 14:50:48 | | 3 | file_0003 | Recycle | 1 | 103,174,447 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-12 06:44:32 | | 4 | file_0004 | Recycle | 1 | 301,651,823,407 | 70 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-12 22:30:03 | | 5 | file_0005 | Recycle | 1 | 143,252,733 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-12 23:10:26 | | 6 | file_0006 | Recycle | 1 | 8,068,070,781 | 1 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-13 15:46:13 | | 7 | file_0007 | Recycle | 1 | 17,415,085,284 | 4 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-13 19:02:48 | | 8 | file_0008 | Recycle | 1 | 24,341,622,352 | 5 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-13 22:47:36 | | 9 | file_0009 | Recycle | 1 | 301,677,627,734 | 70 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-14 06:56:09 | | 10 | file_0010 | Recycle | 1 | 1,482,610,438 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-14 06:56:56 | | 11 | file_0011 | Recycle | 1 | 297,785,468,267 | 69 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-15 06:14:48 | | 12 | file_0012 | Recycle | 1 | 326,827,091 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-15 06:15:21 | | 13 | file_0013 | Recycle | 1 | 687,959,903 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-15 23:10:10 | | 14 | file_0014 | Recycle | 1 | 700,460,095 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-16 23:10:12 | | 15 | file_0015 | Recycle | 1 | 5,408,772,092 | 1 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-17 14:02:57 | | 16 | file_0016 | Recycle | 1 | 85,692,487 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-17 22:02:59 | | 17 | file_0017 | Recycle | 1 | 5,479,213,260 | 1 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-18 14:58:46 | | 18 | file_0018 | Recycle | 1 | 7,391,498,443 | 1 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-05-19 01:15:46 | | 19 | file_0019 | Recycle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | -00-00 00:00:00 | | 20 | file_0020 | Recycle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | File | -00-00 00:00:00 | | 21 | file_0021 | Recycle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | File | -00-00 00:00:00 | +-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ * We'll see how that works. Thanks! It looks like the problem was that 5/12/2010 was the oldest volume and and that is not 20 days ago so it could not have been purged. John -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
Phil Stracchino schrieb: The /usr slice is about 4.8G, and shouldn't be changing-- at least not at the tune of 51M every night. Shouldn't is a powerful word. You might want to test the theory by doing something like this: find /usr /opt/bacula/bin -mtime -1 -ls to list all files that have been modified in the last 24 hours (or -mtime -2 to check the last 48 hours) and see what's changing. Another alternative would be to start up BAT, go to Jobs Run, select job 183, right-click, and select List Files On Job; Bacula will tell you precisely which files were backed up. (You can accomplish the same thing using bconsole, but it'll require a manual SQL query.) Then you can look at the specific files that you know were backed up, and determine why they got backed up. 'list files jobid=xxx' in bconsole will also show all backed up files for a jobid without a custom sql query. Ralf -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Thu, 4/22/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: From: John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media To: Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 4:04 PM On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 6:03 PM, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: I am still testing, using run at the bconsole, and selecting: 2: BackupCatalog I've run it a few times in one hour, and I see it appending the backup to the same volume. Is this because the runs are happening too fast (same cycle)? The setting: Volume Use Duration = 23h responsible? Yes. That means use the volume for up to 23 hours. Slight correction, if a job started before 23 hours was up it would not switch volumes because of time. John Ok, I just need to come up with a reasonable value. My backups will never take more than 10 hours. Thanks! -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Thu, 4/22/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote: From: Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 4:02 PM On 04/22/10 17:47, Joseph Spenner wrote: --- On Wed, 4/14/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote: Joseph, That looks much better. Now your volumes have the correct nine days retention time for your desired ten-day cycle, instead of zero, so your jobs will actually be kept around instead of being pruned as soon as they complete. (That's why you were always seeing No prior job found.) I suggest you now purge and recycle all of your existing volumes so that you're starting over from a clean slate, let it run, and see how it goes. Right now, you have only one appendable volume. I am still testing, using run at the bconsole, and selecting: 2: BackupCatalog I've run it a few times in one hour, and I see it appending the backup to the same volume. Is this because the runs are happening too fast (same cycle)? The setting: Volume Use Duration = 23h responsible? Yes. That setting says the volume is to remain writeable for 23 hours from the time it is first written. If you look back at the job results you posted earlier, you'll see that each day, the three jobs you ran were all written to the same volume, but the next day, when the next set of jobs ran 24 hours after you first wrote to the volume, the use duration was exceeded and Bacula had to recycle the next volume and use it. All of this is exactly what should be happening. Ok, thanks for the great help guys. Makes sense. I'm getting there! -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
17-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 175: Start Backup JobId 175, Job=DefaultBackupClient.2010-04-17_23.05.00_23 17-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 175: Max configured use duration exceeded. Marking Volume disk_0005 as Used. 17-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 175: Recycled volume disk_0006 17-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 175: Using Device FileStorage 17-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 175: Recycled volume disk_0006 on device FileStorage (/opt/bacula/volumes), all previous data lost. 17-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 175: Job write elapsed time = 00:00:01, Transfer rate = 0 Bytes/second 17-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 175: Bacula backula-dir 5.0.1 (24Feb10): 17-Apr-2010 23:05:04 .. .. It mentions above all previous data lost on disk_0006 But later in the messages, I see: 17-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 176: Volume disk_0006 previously written, moving to end of data. 17-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 176: Ready to append to end of Volume disk_0006 size=621 I checked the file sizes of the files, and they continue to grow every night. I would expect an incremental file to be very small, but this is not what I'm seeing. Or is this normal? From your logs It looks like it did not grow. I mean at job 175 it recycled the disk_0006 volume purging all jobs on the volume and setting its size to zero. After that it continued job 175 and then ran 176 on that volume. John -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
19-Apr 23:10 backula-sd JobId 183: Job write elapsed time = 00:00:01, Transfer rate = 51.14 M Bytes/second 19-Apr 23:10 backula-dir JobId 183: Bacula backula-dir 5.0.1 (24Feb10): 19-Apr-2010 23:10:04 Build OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu redhat JobId: 183 Job: BackupCatalog.2010-04-19_23.10.00_31 Backup Level: Full Client: backula-fd 5.0.1 (24Feb10) x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu,redhat, FileSet: Catalog 2010-03-09 14:09:54 Pool: File (From Job resource) Catalog: MyCatalog (From Client resource) Storage: File (From Job resource) Scheduled time: 19-Apr-2010 23:10:00 Start time: 19-Apr-2010 23:10:03 End time: 19-Apr-2010 23:10:04 Elapsed time: 1 sec Priority: 11 FD Files Written: 1 SD Files Written: 1 FD Bytes Written: 51,143,523 (51.14 MB) SD Bytes Written: 51,143,643 (51.14 MB) Rate: 51143.5 KB/s Software Compression: None VSS: no Encryption: no Accurate: no Volume name(s): disk_0002 Volume Session Id: 24 Volume Session Time: 1271098297 Last Volume Bytes: 51,182,974 (51.18 MB) Non-fatal FD errors: 0 SD Errors: 0 FD termination status: OK SD termination status: OK Termination: Backup OK 19-Apr 23:10 backula-dir JobId 183: Begin pruning Jobs older than 9 days . 19-Apr 23:10 backula-dir JobId 183: No Jobs found to prune. 19-Apr 23:10 backula-dir JobId 183: Begin pruning Jobs. 19-Apr 23:10 backula-dir JobId 183: No Files found to prune. 19-Apr 23:10 backula-dir JobId 183: End auto prune. 19-Apr 23:10 backula-dir JobId 183: shell command: run AfterJob /opt/bacula/bin/delete_catalog_backup This is your catalog backup which is 51MB. John -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On 04/21/10 19:18, Joseph Spenner wrote: --- On Wed, 4/21/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: From: John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media To: Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 12:10 PM On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: Here are the file sizes (in date order): 7009019184 Apr 14 23:21 disk_0003 51149798 Apr 15 23:10 disk_0004 51159533 Apr 16 23:10 disk_0005 51167844 Apr 17 23:10 disk_0006 51177531 Apr 18 23:10 disk_0001 51182974 Apr 19 23:10 disk_0002 There shouldn't be 51M+ of updates every night, since these systems are not doing too much. ? My bacula-dir.conf has a default Fileset which I'm using, which includes: /usr /opt/bacula/bin The /usr slice is about 4.8G, and shouldn't be changing-- at least not at the tune of 51M every night. Shouldn't is a powerful word. You might want to test the theory by doing something like this: find /usr /opt/bacula/bin -mtime -1 -ls to list all files that have been modified in the last 24 hours (or -mtime -2 to check the last 48 hours) and see what's changing. Another alternative would be to start up BAT, go to Jobs Run, select job 183, right-click, and select List Files On Job; Bacula will tell you precisely which files were backed up. (You can accomplish the same thing using bconsole, but it'll require a manual SQL query.) Then you can look at the specific files that you know were backed up, and determine why they got backed up. -- Phil Stracchino, CDK#2 DoD#299792458 ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355 ala...@caerllewys.net ala...@metrocast.net p...@co.ordinate.org Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, Free Stater It's not the years, it's the mileage. -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On 04/21/10 19:42, John Drescher wrote: 19-Apr 23:10 backula-sd JobId 183: Job write elapsed time = 00:00:01, Transfer rate = 51.14 M Bytes/second 19-Apr 23:10 backula-dir JobId 183: Bacula backula-dir 5.0.1 (24Feb10): 19-Apr-2010 23:10:04 Build OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu redhat JobId: 183 Job:BackupCatalog.2010-04-19_23.10.00_31 This is your catalog backup which is 51MB. John Doh! So it is. I missed that... The other backups, indeed, are 0 bytes exactly as they should be. Still, knowing how to determine exactly what got backed up by a specific job is a useful thing. -- Phil Stracchino, CDK#2 DoD#299792458 ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355 ala...@caerllewys.net ala...@metrocast.net p...@co.ordinate.org Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, Free Stater It's not the years, it's the mileage. -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Wed, 4/21/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote: From: Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 5:53 PM On 04/21/10 19:42, John Drescher wrote: 19-Apr 23:10 backula-sd JobId 183: Job write elapsed time = 00:00:01, Transfer rate = 51.14 M Bytes/second 19-Apr 23:10 backula-dir JobId 183: Bacula backula-dir 5.0.1 (24Feb10): 19-Apr-2010 23:10:04 Build OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu redhat JobId: 183 Job: BackupCatalog.2010-04-19_23.10.00_31 This is your catalog backup which is 51MB. John Doh! So it is. I missed that... The other backups, indeed, are 0 bytes exactly as they should be. Still, knowing how to determine exactly what got backed up by a specific job is a useful thing. Oh good point. Thanks for the clarification! I'll check it out tomorrow. Thanks again! -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Mon, 4/12/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote:
File Retention = 1 days
Job Retention = 6 months
}
===
Is the client specific File Retention causing my
problem?
Yes, that's exactly the problem.
I'm also a bit confused (obviously) with:
File Retention
Job Retention
Volume Retention
Volume Use Duration
Basically, whichever is the SHORTEST of the retention
settings will
dictate when data begins getting pruned. In most
cases, you probably
want all three retention settings to be the same.
Volume Use Duration is not a retention setting at all; it
is the time
window during which data may be written to the volume,
starting from
when it is first written after creation or recycling.
When that window
ends, the volume will be marked Used even if not full, and
no new jobs
not already running will be allowed to write to it.
(I'm honestly not
certain what happens to the running job if the use duration
expires
while a job is still writing to the volume; I've never
tried it.)
If all your clients will have the same settings, then I
would remofe the
File Retention setting from your clients altogether.
Unless a specific
client NEEDS its retention settings to be different from
the Pool
defaults, there's no reason to have retention settings in
the client
resource at all.
Phil:
It's still using a new file every night. Here's the top of the 'messages'
log, if it's any help:
===
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: No prior Full backup Job record found.
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: No prior or suitable Full backup found in
catalog. Doing FULL backup.
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: Start Backup JobId 160,
Job=DefaultBackupClient.2010-04-12_23.05.00_03
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: Using Device FileStorage
12-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 160: Volume disk_0002 previously written,
moving to end of data.
12-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 160: Ready to append to end of Volume disk_0002
size=2566554688
12-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 160: Job write elapsed time = 00:00:19, Transfer
rate = 132.2 M Bytes/second
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: Bacula backula-dir 5.0.1 (24Feb10):
12-Apr-2010 23:05:29
===
I made all those settings be 9 days, as you suggested. So, currently, I have:
no 'retention' definitions in any of my Client sections.
# Default pool definition
Pool {
Name = Default
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Job Retention = 9 days
Volume Retention = 9 day
}
# File Pool definition
Pool {
Name = File
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Job Retention = 9 days
Volume Retention = 9 days
Volume Use Duration = 23h
Maximum Volume Bytes = 1400G
Maximum Volumes = 10
}
Could it be the Volume Use Retetion ? Currently, my backups run fast since
there are only 2 clients. So, if they're done within an hour, maybe this
setting isn't doing what it would normally do when backups take a few hours to
run?
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Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Mon, 4/12/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote:
File Retention = 1 days
Job Retention = 6 months
}
===
Is the client specific File Retention causing my
problem?
Yes, that's exactly the problem.
I'm also a bit confused (obviously) with:
File Retention
Job Retention
Volume Retention
Volume Use Duration
Basically, whichever is the SHORTEST of the retention
settings will
dictate when data begins getting pruned. In most
cases, you probably
want all three retention settings to be the same.
Volume Use Duration is not a retention setting at all; it
is the time
window during which data may be written to the volume,
starting from
when it is first written after creation or recycling.
When that window
ends, the volume will be marked Used even if not full, and
no new jobs
not already running will be allowed to write to it.
(I'm honestly not
certain what happens to the running job if the use duration
expires
while a job is still writing to the volume; I've never
tried it.)
If all your clients will have the same settings, then I
would remofe the
File Retention setting from your clients altogether.
Unless a specific
client NEEDS its retention settings to be different from
the Pool
defaults, there's no reason to have retention settings in
the client
resource at all.
Phil:
I just realized a typo. I meant to say it's still using the same file every
night. I also just noticed something after the post-- the appending
information in the log below. So, it's not re-writing over the top of the same
file every night; it's appending to it-- and not using a new file every night
as I initially wanted.
Here's the top of the 'messages' log, if it's any help:
===
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: No prior Full backup Job record found.
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: No prior or suitable Full backup found in
catalog. Doing FULL backup.
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: Start Backup JobId 160,
Job=DefaultBackupClient.2010-04-12_23.05.00_03
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: Using Device FileStorage
12-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 160: Volume disk_0002 previously written,
moving to end of data.
12-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 160: Ready to append to end of Volume disk_0002
size=2566554688
12-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 160: Job write elapsed time = 00:00:19, Transfer
rate = 132.2 M Bytes/second
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: Bacula backula-dir 5.0.1 (24Feb10):
12-Apr-2010 23:05:29
===
I made all those settings be 9 days, as you suggested. So, currently, I have:
no 'retention' definitions in any of my Client sections.
# Default pool definition
Pool {
Name = Default
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Job Retention = 9 days
Volume Retention = 9 day
}
# File Pool definition
Pool {
Name = File
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Job Retention = 9 days
Volume Retention = 9 days
Volume Use Duration = 23h
Maximum Volume Bytes = 1400G
Maximum Volumes = 10
}
Could it be the Volume Use Retetion ? Currently, my backups run fast since
there are only 2 clients. So, if they're done within an hour, maybe this
setting isn't doing what it would normally do when backups take a few hours to
run?
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Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
I just realized a typo. I meant to say it's still using the same file every night. I also just noticed something after the post-- the appending information in the log below. So, it's not re-writing over the top of the same file every night; it's appending to it-- and not using a new file every night as I initially wanted. Can you post the output of list media John -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On 04/14/10 07:51, Joseph Spenner wrote:
Phil:
I just realized a typo. I meant to say it's still using the same file
every night. I also just noticed something after the post-- the appending
information in the log below. So, it's not re-writing over the top of the
same file every night; it's appending to it-- and not using a new file
every night as I initially wanted.
Here's the top of the 'messages' log, if it's any help:
===
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: No prior Full backup Job record found.
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: No prior or suitable Full backup found in
catalog. Doing FULL backup.
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: Start Backup JobId 160,
Job=DefaultBackupClient.2010-04-12_23.05.00_03
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: Using Device FileStorage
12-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 160: Volume disk_0002 previously written,
moving to end of data.
12-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 160: Ready to append to end of Volume
disk_0002 size=2566554688
12-Apr 23:05 backula-sd JobId 160: Job write elapsed time = 00:00:19,
Transfer rate = 132.2 M Bytes/second
12-Apr 23:05 backula-dir JobId 160: Bacula backula-dir 5.0.1 (24Feb10):
12-Apr-2010 23:05:29
===
I made all those settings be 9 days, as you suggested. So, currently, I have:
no 'retention' definitions in any of my Client sections.
# Default pool definition
Pool {
Name = Default
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Job Retention = 9 days
Volume Retention = 9 day
}
# File Pool definition
Pool {
Name = File
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Job Retention = 9 days
Volume Retention = 9 days
Volume Use Duration = 23h
Maximum Volume Bytes = 1400G
Maximum Volumes = 10
}
Could it be the Volume Use Retetion ? Currently, my backups run fast since
there are only 2 clients. So, if they're done within an hour, maybe this
setting isn't doing what it would normally do when backups take a few hours
to run?
Did you Update the pools from the resources, and the volumes from the pools?
What do the 'List Volumes' and 'Show Pools' commands return?
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Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Wed, 4/14/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: Can you post the output of list media John John: Here's the results of list media === *list media Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog Using Catalog MyCatalog Pool: Default No results to list. Pool: File +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 25 | disk_0001 | Used | 1 |37,353,382 |0 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:10:03 | | 26 | disk_0002 | Append| 1 | 5,125,873,046 |1 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-13 23:10:02 | | 27 | disk_0003 | Used | 1 | 4,440,507,545 |1 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:26 | | 28 | disk_0004 | Used | 1 |51,194,220 |0 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:59 | | 29 | disk_0005 | Used | 1 |10,436 |0 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:05:03 | | 30 | disk_0006 | Used | 1 | 561 |0 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:07:14 | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ Pool: Scratch No results to list. * === -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Wed, 4/14/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote: Did you Update the pools from the resources, and the volumes from the pools? What do the 'List Volumes' and 'Show Pools' commands return? Phil: Sorry. I did not do that. So, I just now did the update the pools. As far as volumes from the pools, I wasn't sure what this meant. Which commands (series of commands) perform this? Here's the output of the commands you requested: --- list volumes: --- === *list volumes Pool: Default No results to list. Pool: File +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 25 | disk_0001 | Used | 1 |37,353,382 |0 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:10:03 | | 26 | disk_0002 | Append| 1 | 5,125,873,046 |1 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-13 23:10:02 | | 27 | disk_0003 | Used | 1 | 4,440,507,545 |1 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:26 | | 28 | disk_0004 | Used | 1 |51,194,220 |0 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:59 | | 29 | disk_0005 | Used | 1 |10,436 |0 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:05:03 | | 30 | disk_0006 | Used | 1 | 561 |0 | 0 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:07:14 | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ Pool: Scratch No results to list. * === -- and show pools -- === *show pools Pool: name=Default PoolType=Backup use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1 max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=9 days VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=*None* CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0 RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0 MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=0 MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0 JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs Pool: name=File PoolType=Backup use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1 max_vols=10 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=9 days VolUse=23 hours recycle=1 LabelFormat=*None* CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0 RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0 MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=1503238553600 MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0 JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs Pool: name=Scratch PoolType=Backup use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1 max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=1 year VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=*None* CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0 RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0 MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=0 MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0 JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs * === -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Wed, 4/14/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: Can you post the output of list media John John: Here's the results of list media === *list media Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog Using Catalog MyCatalog Pool: Default No results to list. Pool: File +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 25 | disk_0001 | Used | 1 | 37,353,382 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:10:03 | | 26 | disk_0002 | Append | 1 | 5,125,873,046 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-13 23:10:02 | | 27 | disk_0003 | Used | 1 | 4,440,507,545 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:26 | | 28 | disk_0004 | Used | 1 | 51,194,220 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:59 | | 29 | disk_0005 | Used | 1 | 10,436 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:05:03 | | 30 | disk_0006 | Used | 1 | 561 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:07:14 | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ Pool: Scratch No results to list. * === All of these volumes are in the Default pool where you have no restrictions on volume usage. You placed the restrictions on the Backup pool. For these volumes you have Volume Retention of 0 which I believe means never recycle. John -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:06 AM, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Wed, 4/14/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: Can you post the output of list media John John: Here's the results of list media === *list media Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog Using Catalog MyCatalog Pool: Default No results to list. Pool: File +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 25 | disk_0001 | Used | 1 | 37,353,382 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:10:03 | | 26 | disk_0002 | Append | 1 | 5,125,873,046 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-13 23:10:02 | | 27 | disk_0003 | Used | 1 | 4,440,507,545 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:26 | | 28 | disk_0004 | Used | 1 | 51,194,220 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:59 | | 29 | disk_0005 | Used | 1 | 10,436 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:05:03 | | 30 | disk_0006 | Used | 1 | 561 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:07:14 | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ Pool: Scratch No results to list. * === All of these volumes are in the Default pool where you have no restrictions on volume usage. You placed the restrictions on the Backup pool. For these volumes you have Volume Retention of 0 which I believe means never recycle. I am sorry. I was misreading. You have the restrictions on the File pool which is what your output says. You need to execute the two update commands that Phil asked you about. update -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:09 AM, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:06 AM, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Wed, 4/14/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: Can you post the output of list media John John: Here's the results of list media === *list media Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog Using Catalog MyCatalog Pool: Default No results to list. Pool: File +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 25 | disk_0001 | Used | 1 | 37,353,382 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:10:03 | | 26 | disk_0002 | Append | 1 | 5,125,873,046 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-13 23:10:02 | | 27 | disk_0003 | Used | 1 | 4,440,507,545 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:26 | | 28 | disk_0004 | Used | 1 | 51,194,220 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:59 | | 29 | disk_0005 | Used | 1 | 10,436 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:05:03 | | 30 | disk_0006 | Used | 1 | 561 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:07:14 | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ Pool: Scratch No results to list. * === All of these volumes are in the Default pool where you have no restrictions on volume usage. You placed the restrictions on the Backup pool. For these volumes you have Volume Retention of 0 which I believe means never recycle. I am sorry. I was misreading. You have the restrictions on the File pool which is what your output says. You need to execute the two update commands that Phil asked you about. An example of what you need to do is here: # bconsole Connecting to Director jmd0:9101 1000 OK: jmd0-dir Version: 5.0.1 (24 February 2010) Enter a period to cancel a command. *update Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog Using Catalog MyCatalog Update choice: 1: Volume parameters 2: Pool from resource 3: Slots from autochanger 4: Long term statistics Choose catalog item to update (1-4): 2 The defined Pool resources are: 1: Default 2: Catalogs 3: Users 4: Temp 5: Scratch Select Pool resource (1-5): 1 Select the File pool instead of the default pool. Then run the update the volumes from pool *update Update choice: 1: Volume parameters 2: Pool from resource 3: Slots from autochanger 4: Long term statistics Choose catalog item to update (1-4): 1 Parameters to modify: 1: Volume Status 2: Volume Retention Period 3: Volume Use Duration 4: Maximum Volume Jobs 5: Maximum Volume Files 6: Maximum Volume Bytes 7: Recycle Flag 8: Slot 9: InChanger Flag 10: Volume Files 11: Pool 12: Volume from Pool 13: All Volumes from Pool 14: All Volumes from all Pools 15: Enabled 16: RecyclePool 17: Action On Purge 18: Done Select parameter to modify (1-18): 13 The defined Pool resources are: 1: Default 2: Catalogs 3: Users 4: Temp 5: Scratch Select Pool resource (1-5): 1 All Volume defaults updated from Default Pool record. Again select the File pool instead of default. John -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Wed, 4/14/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: You need to execute the two update commands that Phil asked you about. update Ok, I ran the commands. I'll see what happens tonight. Anything else I should run to verify? Thanks! -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Wed, 4/14/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: You need to execute the two update commands that Phil asked you about. update Ok, I ran the commands. I'll see what happens tonight. Anything else I should run to verify? Post the output of list media pool=File John -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
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--- On Wed, 4/14/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: Post the output of list media pool=File John John: Here are results: === *list media pool=File +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 25 | disk_0001 | Used | 1 |37,353,382 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:10:03 | | 26 | disk_0002 | Append| 1 | 5,125,873,046 |1 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-13 23:10:02 | | 27 | disk_0003 | Used | 1 | 4,440,507,545 |1 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:26 | | 28 | disk_0004 | Used | 1 |51,194,220 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:59 | | 29 | disk_0005 | Used | 1 |10,436 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:05:03 | | 30 | disk_0006 | Used | 1 | 561 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:07:14 | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ * === -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On 04/14/10 10:55, Joseph Spenner wrote: --- On Wed, 4/14/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: Post the output of list media pool=File John John: Here are results: === *list media pool=File +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 25 | disk_0001 | Used | 1 |37,353,382 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:10:03 | | 26 | disk_0002 | Append| 1 | 5,125,873,046 |1 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-13 23:10:02 | | 27 | disk_0003 | Used | 1 | 4,440,507,545 |1 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:26 | | 28 | disk_0004 | Used | 1 |51,194,220 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:59 | | 29 | disk_0005 | Used | 1 |10,436 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:05:03 | | 30 | disk_0006 | Used | 1 | 561 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:07:14 | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ * === Joseph, That looks much better. Now your volumes have the correct nine days retention time for your desired ten-day cycle, instead of zero, so your jobs will actually be kept around instead of being pruned as soon as they complete. (That's why you were always seeing No prior job found.) I suggest you now purge and recycle all of your existing volumes so that you're starting over from a clean slate, let it run, and see how it goes. Right now, you have only one appendable volume. -- Phil Stracchino, CDK#2 DoD#299792458 ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355 ala...@caerllewys.net ala...@metrocast.net p...@co.ordinate.org Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, Free Stater It's not the years, it's the mileage. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
If life gives you lemons, keep them-- because hey.. free lemons. --- On Wed, 4/14/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote: Joseph, That looks much better. Now your volumes have the correct nine days retention time for your desired ten-day cycle, instead of zero, so your jobs will actually be kept around instead of being pruned as soon as they complete. (That's why you were always seeing No prior job found.) I suggest you now purge and recycle all of your existing volumes so that you're starting over from a clean slate, let it run, and see how it goes. Right now, you have only one appendable volume. Phil: I believe I purged the volumes correctly, but not sure how to 'recycle' volumes..? Here's what it looks like now: === *list media pool=File +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 25 | disk_0001 | Purged| 1 |37,353,382 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:10:03 | | 26 | disk_0002 | Purged| 1 | 5,125,873,046 |1 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-13 23:10:02 | | 27 | disk_0003 | Purged| 1 | 4,440,507,545 |1 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:26 | | 28 | disk_0004 | Purged| 1 |51,194,220 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:59 | | 29 | disk_0005 | Purged| 1 |10,436 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:05:03 | | 30 | disk_0006 | Purged| 1 | 561 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:07:14 | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ * === -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
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On 04/14/10 14:01, Joseph Spenner wrote: Phil: I believe I purged the volumes correctly, but not sure how to 'recycle' volumes..? Here's what it looks like now: === *list media pool=File +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 25 | disk_0001 | Purged| 1 |37,353,382 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:10:03 | | 26 | disk_0002 | Purged| 1 | 5,125,873,046 |1 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-13 23:10:02 | | 27 | disk_0003 | Purged| 1 | 4,440,507,545 |1 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:26 | | 28 | disk_0004 | Purged| 1 |51,194,220 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:59 | | 29 | disk_0005 | Purged| 1 |10,436 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:05:03 | | 30 | disk_0006 | Purged| 1 | 561 |0 | 777,600 | 1 |0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:07:14 | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ * === Once purged, you can either let Bacula recycle them itself, or you can use the Update Volume command to manually change the volume status to Recycle. This is a particularly straightforward operation if you are using BAT, since you can do it on all the volumes at once. -- Phil Stracchino, CDK#2 DoD#299792458 ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355 ala...@caerllewys.net ala...@metrocast.net p...@co.ordinate.org Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, Free Stater It's not the years, it's the mileage. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Wed, 4/14/10, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote: OK, my next backup ran and it used the next volume. Success! However.. it appended. Here's what my volumes look like now: *list volumes Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog Using Catalog MyCatalog Pool: Default No results to list. Pool: File +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | 25 | disk_0001 | Purged | 1 | 37,353,382 | 0 | 777,600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:10:03 | | 26 | disk_0002 | Purged | 1 | 5,125,873,046 | 1 | 777,600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-13 23:10:02 | | 27 | disk_0003 | Append | 1 | 7,009,019,184 | 1 | 777,600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-14 23:21:34 | | 28 | disk_0004 | Purged | 1 | 51,194,220 | 0 | 777,600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-07 23:21:59 | | 29 | disk_0005 | Purged | 1 | 10,436 | 0 | 777,600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:05:03 | | 30 | disk_0006 | Purged | 1 | 561 | 0 | 777,600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2010-04-08 23:07:14 | +-++---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ Pool: Scratch No results to list. * Whatever was on disk_0003 was left in place, and the new backup data appended to that volume. Is there a way to make it wipe the volume clean before writing? It should have done that. Are you sure you did not backup 7G of data? Perhaps I should let it run a few days to know for sure. I'll keep everyone posted. Thanks! -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On 04/11/10 23:14, Joseph Spenner wrote: Phil: Thanks for the help! Getting closer. It's not breaking up the backup, but now it uses the same file/device every night. Maybe the Volume Use Duration is too short? Did you fix the retention period yet? If it's immediately reusing the first volume, it probably means your retention is too short. If you're trying to use these volumes in daily rotation, then the volume use duration should be set so that it expires just before the next day's backup (23 hours being a good number for that), and your retention period needs to be set such that the first volume becomes available again just after the last volume is used (for a ten-day rotation, nine days should be right). Make sure that after you update the Pool resource, you FIRST update the Pool from the resource, THEN update ALL of the Volumes from the Pool. -- Phil Stracchino, CDK#2 DoD#299792458 ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355 ala...@caerllewys.net ala...@metrocast.net p...@co.ordinate.org Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, Free Stater It's not the years, it's the mileage. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Mon, 4/12/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote:
Did you fix the retention period yet? If it's
immediately reusing the
first volume, it probably means your retention is too
short. If you're
trying to use these volumes in daily rotation, then the
volume use
duration should be set so that it expires just before the
next day's
backup (23 hours being a good number for that), and your
retention
period needs to be set such that the first volume becomes
available
again just after the last volume is used (for a ten-day
rotation, nine
days should be right).
Make sure that after you update the Pool resource, you
FIRST update the
Pool from the resource, THEN update ALL of the Volumes from
the Pool.
Phil:
Here are my retention settings:
===
Client {
Name = backula-fd
Address = backula
File Retention = 1 days
Job Retention = 6 months
}
Pool {
Name = Default
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 1 days
}
Pool {
Name = File
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 9 days
Volume Use Duration = 23h
Maximum Volume Bytes = 1400G
Maximum Volumes = 10
}
Client {
Name = tycho-fd
Address = tycho
File Retention = 1 days
Job Retention = 6 months
}
===
Is the client specific File Retention causing my problem? I suspect since
I'm making 'retention' definitions withing the Client {} it might be the root
of my problem. I know all my clients will be backed up the same, so I'd like
to have global settings inherited by all clients. I'm also a bit confused
(obviously) with:
File Retention
Job Retention
Volume Retention
Volume Use Duration
Thanks again!
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Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On 04/12/10 11:58, Joseph Spenner wrote:
--- On Mon, 4/12/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote:
Did you fix the retention period yet? If it's
immediately reusing the
first volume, it probably means your retention is too
short. If you're
trying to use these volumes in daily rotation, then the
volume use
duration should be set so that it expires just before the
next day's
backup (23 hours being a good number for that), and your
retention
period needs to be set such that the first volume becomes
available
again just after the last volume is used (for a ten-day
rotation, nine
days should be right).
Make sure that after you update the Pool resource, you
FIRST update the
Pool from the resource, THEN update ALL of the Volumes from
the Pool.
Phil:
Here are my retention settings:
===
Client {
Name = backula-fd
Address = backula
File Retention = 1 days
Job Retention = 6 months
}
Pool {
Name = Default
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 1 days
}
Pool {
Name = File
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 9 days
Volume Use Duration = 23h
Maximum Volume Bytes = 1400G
Maximum Volumes = 10
}
Client {
Name = tycho-fd
Address = tycho
File Retention = 1 days
Job Retention = 6 months
}
===
Is the client specific File Retention causing my problem?
Yes, that's exactly the problem.
I'm also a bit confused (obviously) with:
File Retention
Job Retention
Volume Retention
Volume Use Duration
Basically, whichever is the SHORTEST of the retention settings will
dictate when data begins getting pruned. In most cases, you probably
want all three retention settings to be the same.
Volume Use Duration is not a retention setting at all; it is the time
window during which data may be written to the volume, starting from
when it is first written after creation or recycling. When that window
ends, the volume will be marked Used even if not full, and no new jobs
not already running will be allowed to write to it. (I'm honestly not
certain what happens to the running job if the use duration expires
while a job is still writing to the volume; I've never tried it.)
If all your clients will have the same settings, then I would remofe the
File Retention setting from your clients altogether. Unless a specific
client NEEDS its retention settings to be different from the Pool
defaults, there's no reason to have retention settings in the client
resource at all.
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Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Fri, 4/9/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote:
From: Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Friday, April 9, 2010, 12:47 PM
On 04/09/10 11:57, Joseph Spenner
wrote:
Phil:
Thanks for the reply. Here's my
Pool and Storage defs:
=
# Definition of file storage device
Storage {
Name = File
Address = backula-va
SDPort = 9103
Password = somepass
Device = FileStorage
Media Type = File
}
# File Pool definition
Pool {
Name = File
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 1 days
Use Volume Once = yes
^^^
Maximum Volume Bytes = 1400G
Maximum Volumes = 10
}
That's your problem, right there. I had a suspicion
that would be what
was wrong.
You've told it to use each volume once, and it's doing
exactly what you
told it to. The problem is, that directive doesn't
mean what you
probably think it does. You presumably meant Use
this volume for one
set of backups only. But what that directive
actually means is Allow
EXACTLY ONE JOB on this volume.
Try replacing that directive with this one:
Volume Use Duration = 23h
And you'll want to fix that Volume Retention directive,
too, unless you
really want the volume to be pruned the day after the
backup. If your
plan is to use the volumes in a 10-day rotation, try
setting the Volume
Retention to 9 days.
Phil:
Thanks for the help! Getting closer. It's not breaking up the backup, but
now it uses the same file/device every night. Maybe the Volume Use Duration
is too short?
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Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
--- On Thu, 4/8/10, Phil Stracchino ala...@metrocast.net wrote:
On 04/08/10 14:05, Joseph Spenner
wrote:
But when the backup runs at the default time, it uses
a different disk_ file for each system being backed up
on the same day. So, in 1 day, client 1 will use
disk_0001 and client 2 will use disk_0002. I would
want client 1, client 2, and all future clients to use the
same disk on that day. Then, the next day, those same
clients use the next disk, and so on.
I believe the problem is in the bacula-dir.conf and/or
bacula-sd.conf.
Which setting would cause it to use a different
disk/device for every client on every run?
I suspect it is at least 1 of the following:
File Retention
Job Retention
AutoPrune
Recycle
Volume Retention
I strongly doubt it has anything to do with any of those
settings. Why
not post your actual Pool and Storage definitions?
Then we won't have
to guess.
Phil:
Thanks for the reply. Here's my Pool and Storage defs:
=
# Definition of file storage device
Storage {
Name = File
Address = backula-va
SDPort = 9103
Password = somepass
Device = FileStorage
Media Type = File
}
# File Pool definition
Pool {
Name = File
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 1 days
Use Volume Once = yes
Maximum Volume Bytes = 1400G
Maximum Volumes = 10
}
=
Thanks!
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Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On 04/09/10 11:57, Joseph Spenner wrote:
Phil:
Thanks for the reply. Here's my Pool and Storage defs:
=
# Definition of file storage device
Storage {
Name = File
Address = backula-va
SDPort = 9103
Password = somepass
Device = FileStorage
Media Type = File
}
# File Pool definition
Pool {
Name = File
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 1 days
Use Volume Once = yes
^^^
Maximum Volume Bytes = 1400G
Maximum Volumes = 10
}
That's your problem, right there. I had a suspicion that would be what
was wrong.
You've told it to use each volume once, and it's doing exactly what you
told it to. The problem is, that directive doesn't mean what you
probably think it does. You presumably meant Use this volume for one
set of backups only. But what that directive actually means is Allow
EXACTLY ONE JOB on this volume.
Try replacing that directive with this one:
Volume Use Duration = 23h
And you'll want to fix that Volume Retention directive, too, unless you
really want the volume to be pruned the day after the backup. If your
plan is to use the volumes in a 10-day rotation, try setting the Volume
Retention to 9 days.
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[Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
I'm working on running bacula-5.0.1 in a configuration where my removable media are 1.5TB SATA disks with shuttles. My system: SuperMicro chasis with 8 removable SATA disks QUAD core 2.66GHz CPU CentOS 5.4, 64bit 8G memory My goal is to have 6 of the 8 disks rotated in/out, with 2 more 'sets of 6' drives-- one of which will always be kept physically off site, and the other set ready to go, for a total of 18 removable disks. The other 2 disks are always kept in the system (OS, and misc storage). I want a setup where the disks are not spanned from night to night. In other words, every night I want a disk used no matter how full it is. If only 30% is used, I want the next disk to be used the next night. If on any given night I need MORE than 1 disk, this is fine; spanning is acceptable. As far as bacula is concerned, there will be 18 removable devices: /opt/bacula/volumes/disk_0001 ... /opt/bacula/volumes/disk_0018 the disk_ are links to a single file on each removable disk: /opt/bacula/volumes/disk_0001 -- file in /dev/sdc1 (/mnt/disk1/disk_0001) /opt/bacula/volumes/disk_0002 -- file in /dev/sdd1 (/mnt/disk2/disk_0002) ... /opt/bacula/volumes/disk_0007 -- file in /dev/sdc1 (/mnt/disk1/disk_0007) /opt/bacula/volumes/disk_0008 -- file in /dev/sdd1 (/mnt/disk2/disk_0008) etc.. So, as far as bacula knows, there are always the files 0001 through 0018, and the automounter takes care of making 0001, 0007, 0013 be disk_0001. I already have the devices created, and can do backups, but the behavior isn't what I want. I currently have 2 clients (for testing): 1) the bacula server itself 2) a Suse 10.3 system But when the backup runs at the default time, it uses a different disk_ file for each system being backed up on the same day. So, in 1 day, client 1 will use disk_0001 and client 2 will use disk_0002. I would want client 1, client 2, and all future clients to use the same disk on that day. Then, the next day, those same clients use the next disk, and so on. I believe the problem is in the bacula-dir.conf and/or bacula-sd.conf. Which setting would cause it to use a different disk/device for every client on every run? I suspect it is at least 1 of the following: File Retention Job Retention AutoPrune Recycle Volume Retention I hope this is somewhat clear. If not, let me know! Any help would be great. Thanks! -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
On 04/08/10 14:05, Joseph Spenner wrote: But when the backup runs at the default time, it uses a different disk_ file for each system being backed up on the same day. So, in 1 day, client 1 will use disk_0001 and client 2 will use disk_0002. I would want client 1, client 2, and all future clients to use the same disk on that day. Then, the next day, those same clients use the next disk, and so on. I believe the problem is in the bacula-dir.conf and/or bacula-sd.conf. Which setting would cause it to use a different disk/device for every client on every run? I suspect it is at least 1 of the following: File Retention Job Retention AutoPrune Recycle Volume Retention I strongly doubt it has anything to do with any of those settings. Why not post your actual Pool and Storage definitions? Then we won't have to guess. -- Phil Stracchino, CDK#2 DoD#299792458 ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355 ala...@caerllewys.net ala...@metrocast.net p...@co.ordinate.org Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, Free Stater It's not the years, it's the mileage. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
