Update:

i've found that VolStatus field in Media table has it's value set to 
'Recycle'. That's why bacula is reusing the volumes.
However, the question remains: why the hell this field is set to Recycle 
when recycle is disabled ?


Mantas M. wrote:
> Hello people,
>
> I have a problem with bacula 1.38.11 ignoring retention periods and 
> reusing the same volumes over and over again. I've checked the database, 
> volume retention periods have the correct values (the same as configs).
>
> Configuration follows:
>
> Pools:
> Maximum volumes = 0 #unlimited
> Maximum volume jobs = 1
> Volume retention = 60 days
> Recycle = No
>
> Clients:
> File retention = 60 days
> Job retention = 1 year
>
>
> Help appreciated, I've ran out of ideas what is the cause of this behavior.
>
> Thanks!
>
> p.s. the idea was not to recycle any volume, even when the retention 
> period has passed. Please correct me if I should configure bacula 
> somehow differently to achieve that.
>
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