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. >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users