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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