No i haven't, but I'll try that. Also, i guess I've worked out why volume size was incorrect. Apparently, when migrating from older configs (pools were designed in different way), i accidentally left "Purge Oldest Volume = yes" in pool configuration. That is why the volumes were recycled...
Thanks Ryan, Martin. Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:34:33 +0300, Mantas M said: >>>>>> >> Hi Ryan, >> >> What i am trying to do is to force bacula not to reuse any previously >> written volume EVER. >> > > Have you tried setting the VolStatus to Archive on those volumes? > > __Martin > > > >> It's really weird that bacula thinks this volume has no data on it >> (thanks by the way, i havent noticed that myself :-) ). >> All volumes contain data, I can restore every one of them. >> >> >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> I have deleted the original e-mail that contained the problem. ;) Please >>> leave the whole e-mail text intact as it helps people who want to join >>> in mid-way, even if they have deleted earlier mail. >>> >>> Keep in mind that the Recycle flag here is different than Recycle >>> status. Again, I don't have the initial e-mail so I forget what is being >>> attempted here, but it may be tricky to keep it from writing to a volume >>> that has no data on it, because it will typically be more appealing than >>> any volume that does. >>> >>> =R >>> >>> Mantas M. wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Thanks for your reply Ryan. >>>> >>>> I am aware that volume settings are read when volume is created. Current >>>> volumes, however, were written after the settings were changed to their >>>> current values, so database should contain current settings, right? >>>> >>>> Here's the output of "update" command: >>>> +---------+-------------------+-----------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ >>>> | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | VolBytes | VolFiles | >>>> VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | >>>> LastWritten | >>>> +---------+-------------------+-----------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ >>>> | 4 | 2007-03-27-Mantas | Recycle | 1 | 0 | >>>> 5,184,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | File | 2007-03-29 04:53:15 | >>>> +---------+-------------------+-----------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ >>>> Enter MediaId or Volume name: Unexpected question has been received. >>>> 4 >>>> Updating Volume "2007-03-27-Mantas" >>>> Current recycle flag is: no >>>> Enter new Recycle status: Unexpected question has been received. >>>> No >>>> New Recycle flag is: no >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> I've tried setting the VolStatus to "Used", but in scheduled jobs bacula >>>> still indicates that it is going to use the the same volume. >>>> >>>> What am I doing wrong? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Ryan Novosielski wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>>> >>>>> Remember to always update your volumes from the pool. 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