Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Recycling/rotation question
Ryan Novosielski wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jason King wrote: > >> Ok, I have a question about tape recycling and rotation. I have 9 tapes >> in a rotation. Each tape has a retention period of 2 months. The tapes >> are switched out when they are full. When I get to tape 9 and bacula >> then wants to goto the next available "appendable" volume, which should >> be tapes 1-3 or so, when I pop in tape 1, shouldn't bacula just write >> over the data that is on that tape as if the tape where a new unused >> tape? And shouldn't that tape have a status of "recycle" or "appendable" >> or something when its retention period is over? I'm having some issues >> with recycled tapes not filling up with the same amount of data as >> before. They aren't even filling up with the "native" amount of data >> (uncompressed). I'd appreciate any assistance. >> > > The progression ought to be that that tape is marked "Full" if full, or > "Used" if it goes above one of your configured thresholds. After that, > it should eventually prune all of the jobs off that tape and then you'll > be able to write to it again (and it will be in the states you've > described). If your tapes stay Appendable (sounds like not the case, > since you've been filling them), they will never recycle. > > - -- > _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ > |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer III > |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) > \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGlZ9Ymb+gadEcsb4RAqQeAJ4g31+Lq6pmfldT8N8miqpY7+U8+wCgog5m > wBtIDiaoenbumHP24VgVg4o= > =M6Zp > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > ___ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-user The state of the tapes isn't staying in "append". When the tape fills up it goes to a "full" state. After the retention period is up, it does say the tape is "recycled", then once the tape is written to again, it goes to "append", but the second time around, my tapes aren't holding but like 600M while before the were hold a little over 200G. I just don't understand. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Recycling/rotation question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jason King wrote: > Ok, I have a question about tape recycling and rotation. I have 9 tapes > in a rotation. Each tape has a retention period of 2 months. The tapes > are switched out when they are full. When I get to tape 9 and bacula > then wants to goto the next available "appendable" volume, which should > be tapes 1-3 or so, when I pop in tape 1, shouldn't bacula just write > over the data that is on that tape as if the tape where a new unused > tape? And shouldn't that tape have a status of "recycle" or "appendable" > or something when its retention period is over? I'm having some issues > with recycled tapes not filling up with the same amount of data as > before. They aren't even filling up with the "native" amount of data > (uncompressed). I'd appreciate any assistance. The progression ought to be that that tape is marked "Full" if full, or "Used" if it goes above one of your configured thresholds. After that, it should eventually prune all of the jobs off that tape and then you'll be able to write to it again (and it will be in the states you've described). If your tapes stay Appendable (sounds like not the case, since you've been filling them), they will never recycle. - -- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer III |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGlZ9Ymb+gadEcsb4RAqQeAJ4g31+Lq6pmfldT8N8miqpY7+U8+wCgog5m wBtIDiaoenbumHP24VgVg4o= =M6Zp -END PGP SIGNATURE- begin:vcard fn:Ryan Novosielski n:Novosielski;Ryan org:UMDNJ;IST/AST adr;dom:MSB C630;;185 South Orange Avenue;Newark;NJ;07103 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Systems Programmer III tel;work:(973) 972-0922 tel;fax:(973) 972-7412 tel;pager:(866) 20-UMDNJ x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Tape Recycling/rotation question
Ok, I have a question about tape recycling and rotation. I have 9 tapes in a rotation. Each tape has a retention period of 2 months. The tapes are switched out when they are full. When I get to tape 9 and bacula then wants to goto the next available "appendable" volume, which should be tapes 1-3 or so, when I pop in tape 1, shouldn't bacula just write over the data that is on that tape as if the tape where a new unused tape? And shouldn't that tape have a status of "recycle" or "appendable" or something when its retention period is over? I'm having some issues with recycled tapes not filling up with the same amount of data as before. They aren't even filling up with the "native" amount of data (uncompressed). I'd appreciate any assistance. Jason - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
