Re: [Bacula-users] Reducing the maximum number of volumes in a pool
> some more observations on reducing the numbers of volumes in a pool: I > changed the max volumes from 14 to 8 for a disk based incremental > pool, reloaded the director config and then started manually deleting > volumes using bconsole. > > "list pool" still showed numvols = maxvols = 14 until I manually > started the "update pool from resource" command, then the volume count > for both numvols and maxvols would decrease by one for each volume > deleted. > > Now I'm asking myself is this a bug or a feature? Sure bacula tries to > keep my data as long as possible (which is nice), but I'd expect the > following to happen: I believe this is a feature. John -- Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Reducing the maximum number of volumes in a pool
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 08:11:44AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > > In bconsole, did you issue the reload command before issuing the update > command? > Hi folks, some more observations on reducing the numbers of volumes in a pool: I changed the max volumes from 14 to 8 for a disk based incremental pool, reloaded the director config and then started manually deleting volumes using bconsole. "list pool" still showed numvols = maxvols = 14 until I manually started the "update pool from resource" command, then the volume count for both numvols and maxvols would decrease by one for each volume deleted. Now I'm asking myself is this a bug or a feature? Sure bacula tries to keep my data as long as possible (which is nice), but I'd expect the following to happen: - Bacula sees numvols > maxvols once it's starting a job (maxjobs = 1 per volume), so it deletes the oldest volume from the pool and recycles the next oldest until numvols is equal maxvols again. What really bugs me about this is that even after reloading the config and updating the pool from resource manually, "maxvols" is still on the old value and not the one found in bacula-dir.conf, so one has no indication on a database level that the pool contains more volumes that it should. All the best, Uwe -- NIONEX --- Ein Unternehmen der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA -- Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Reducing the maximum number of volumes in a pool
In my experience changing pool/volume configurations on Bacula (whether max volume or max volume size) the changes do not reflect until after a new volume is created; meaning ONLY after the current volumes in use are marked full/used and a new volume is created that's the only time i see the new configuration changes on the volumes. (I reload and restart bacuala-dir/fd/sd even restart with no luck as well ). Good Luck! On 02/27/2013 09:05 AM, Uwe Schuerkamp wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 08:11:44AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: for the incremental pools, but following an "update pool from resource" the db record still shows the previous number of volumes in the pool for Max, not the one defined in the director config. Any idea why this would happen or how to fix it, short of writing some custom sql to manually set the new value in the database? I've also tried to restart bacula, but that hasn't helped, either. All the best & thanks in advance for your help, In bconsole, did you issue the reload command before issuing the update command? -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ Yep, I did, I even restarted all bacula components, still the number of maximum volumes remains the same as before. Some additional info on the situation: Some of the pools have not yet reached their previous max volume count, could this interfere with the update pool from resource command? All the best, Uwe <>-- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Reducing the maximum number of volumes in a pool
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 08:11:44AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > > > >for the incremental pools, but following an "update pool from > >resource" the db record still shows the previous number of volumes in > >the pool for Max, not the one defined in the director config. > > > >Any idea why this would happen or how to fix it, short of writing > >some > >custom sql to manually set the new value in the database? I've also > >tried to restart bacula, but that hasn't helped, either. > > > >All the best & thanks in advance for your help, > > In bconsole, did you issue the reload command before issuing the update > command? > > -- > Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ Yep, I did, I even restarted all bacula components, still the number of maximum volumes remains the same as before. Some additional info on the situation: Some of the pools have not yet reached their previous max volume count, could this interfere with the update pool from resource command? All the best, Uwe -- NIONEX --- Ein Unternehmen der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Reducing the maximum number of volumes in a pool
On 2013-02-27 03:57, Uwe Schuerkamp wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm trying to save a bit of disk space by reducing the number of > volumes in the "incremental" pool (we use separate pools for for full > and incremental backups for each client, bacula 5.2.13 compiled from > source). Previously we had 15 incremental volumes per pool, now I'd > like to retain 7 for each client. > > I've changed all the pool definitions in the director config from > > Maximum Volumes = 15 > > to > > Maximum Volumes = 7 > > for the incremental pools, but following an "update pool from > resource" the db record still shows the previous number of volumes in > the pool for Max, not the one defined in the director config. > > Any idea why this would happen or how to fix it, short of writing > some > custom sql to manually set the new value in the database? I've also > tried to restart bacula, but that hasn't helped, either. > > All the best & thanks in advance for your help, In bconsole, did you issue the reload command before issuing the update command? -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
