Hi Again,
Reread my email and realised I was a bit vague in places - corrections below.
Troy Daniels wrote:
> Your example sounds like you are trying to use it to force volumes to
> switch/rotate in the middle of one. I dont believe what you are trying to do
> will work properly anyway as the job will continue running until it finishes
> under your scenario.
>
Should have said the Job will continue writing to the original volume until it
finishes.
> "Maximum Volume Bytes" on the other hand will do what you want as once a
> Volume
> reaches that size it is marked as 'Full' (I think) and Bacula will move on to
> the next job.
>
And this should have read, Bacula will move on to the next volume.
Sorry for any confusions,
>
> Troy Daniels
> Systems Administrator.
> iTouch Australia (pty) ltd.
>
> Simon Ekstrand wrote:
>> Steen skrev:
>>> Torsdag 01 marts 2007 21:36 skrev Simon Ekstrand:
>>> Maybe not, but I think that is what your configuration does
>>>> A typical sample pool definition we're using:
>>>>
>>>> Pool {
>>>> Name = Default-Windows-94
>>>> Pool Type = Backup
>>>> Recycle = yes
>>>> AutoPrune = yes
>>>> Volume Retention = 7 days
>>>> Volume Use Duration = 23h
>>>> LabelFormat = "Vol-windows-94"
>>>> }
>>> You need to set a Maximum Volume Size in order for Bacula to "rotate" or
>>> recycle volumes properly, like:
>>>
>>> Pool {
>>> Name = Default
>>> LabelFormat = "Def"
>>> Pool Type = Backup
>>> Recycle = yes
>>> AutoPrune = yes
>>> Volume Retention = 8 days
>>> Volume Use Duration = 12 hours
>>> Accept Any Volume = yes
>>> Recycle Oldest Volume = yes
>>> Maximum Volume Bytes = 2 gb
>>> }
>> I thought that 'Maximum Volume Bytes' and 'Volume Use Duration' did the
>> exact same thing except that one limited based on size and the other on
>> a time interval, that's the way i interpret the documentation here:
>> http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Basic_Volume_Management.html#SECTION002611000000000000000
>>
>> So the way i read it setting 'Maximum Volume Bytes' wouldn't help my
>> situation. I'd be happy to be wrong though and I'll be testing it first
>> thing in the morning.
>>
>
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