Bacula recycles "purged" volumes, so I'm not sure what you mean by "pruned" here. What is their volstatus?
Note that a volume is not purged until its volume retention period expires, even if all the jobs have been pruned. See "Recycling Algorithm" in <http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html>. To prevent Bacula from creating more than 99 volumes, then you should set the Maximum Volumes in the pool. __Martin >>>>> On Wed, 30 May 2007 09:35:44 +0200, le dahut said: > > I've set LabelMedia = yes and Recycle = yes and there are pruned volumes > on my backup media so why doesn't bacula use those volumes instead > creating new ones ? > > My objective is to make backup totally automatic using a USB hd. It's to > make users able to backup their server without having a root access to > it, nor using the command line (web apps have been written to let users > schedule some backups). > > What should be the best solution (I've apparently missed something) ? > > > K. > > > > Martin Simmons a écrit : > > Hmm, you are right, Bacula does set the NumVols itself. > > > > So the problem is that you have less that 109 volumes in the media table > > (i.e. some missing in the sequence 1...109). The "simple" LabelFormat with > > no > > variable expansion characters expects NumVols to match the pool. There is a > > hack to allow some mismatch (up to 10 missing volumes) but you have reached > > this now. > > > > I think you need to create the missing volumes manually using the label > > command. > > > > __Martin > > > > > >>>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2007 14:22:29 +0200, le dahut said: > >> As you can see below, when I update NumVols to reflect the reality from > >> 99 to 109, NumVols value is updated by Bacula : when it starts it's put > >> back to 99. > >> I really don't understand why Bacula rewrites the value of NumVols and > >> so then generates errors about already existing volume Bacula tries to > >> create !!! > >> > >> Can someone tell me what's happening here ? I'm becoming really nervous > >> about our backups that don't occur since a week now ! > >> > >> > >> le dahut wrote : > >>> I tried but : > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] bacula]# /usr/lib/bacula/sqlite/sqlite > >>> /var/bacula/bacula.db > >>> sqlite> select * from pool; > >>> 1|Default|99|0|0|1|1|8640000|518400|0|0|2000000000|1|1|Backup|0|ScribeVolume|1|0|0|0|0|0|0 > >>> > >>> sqlite> UPDATE Pool SET NumVols=109 WHERE Name='Default'; > >>> sqlite> select * from pool; > >>> 1|Default|109|0|0|1|1|8640000|518400|0|0|2000000000|1|1|Backup|0|ScribeVolume|1|0|0|0|0|0|0 > >>> > >>> (here it has been correctly changed) > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] bacula]# /etc/init.d/bacula-dir start > >>> Starting the Bacula Director: [ OK ] > >>> > >>> *list pool > >>> Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog > >>> Using Catalog "MyCatalog" > >>> +--------+---------+---------+---------+----------+--------------+ > >>> | PoolId | Name | NumVols | MaxVols | PoolType | LabelFormat | > >>> +--------+---------+---------+---------+----------+--------------+ > >>> | 1 | Default | 99 | 0 | Backup | ScribeVolume | > >>> +--------+---------+---------+---------+----------+--------------+ > >>> > >>> > >>> Is there a limit on NumVols when using SQLITE ? > >>> > >>> K. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Martin Simmons a écrit : > >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 24 May 2007 09:35:18 +0200, le dahut said: >>>>> Here are some additional informations : > >>>>> >>>>> *list volumes >>>>> Pool: Default >>>>> ... >>>>> | 108 | ScribeVolume0108 | Full | 1 | 1999949066 | 0 >>>>> | 5184000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2007-05-06 >>>>> 02:01:39 | >>>>> | 109 | ScribeVolume0109 | Full | 1 | 1999936408 | 0 >>>>> | 5184000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 2007-05-13 >>>>> 02:20:23 | >>>>> ... > >>>>> >>>>> *list pools >>>>> +--------+---------+---------+---------+----------+--------------+ >>>>> | PoolId | Name | NumVols | MaxVols | PoolType | LabelFormat | >>>>> +--------+---------+---------+---------+----------+--------------+ >>>>> | 1 | Default | 99 | 0 | Backup | ScribeVolume | >>>>> +--------+---------+---------+---------+----------+--------------+ > >>>>> >>>>> *show pools >>>>> Pool: name=Default PoolType=Backup >>>>> use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1 >>>>> max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=3 months 10 days >>>>> VolUse=6 days recycle=1 LabelFormat=ScribeVolume >>>>> CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0 >>>>> RecyleOldest=1 PurgeOldest=0 MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 >>>>> MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0 > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> This night, Bacula tried again to create those volumes, why ???! > >>>> Because the NumVols is 99 in the catalog. You could try setting this to > >>>> 109 > >>>> using an sql command such as > >>>> > >>>> UPDATE Pool SET NumVols=109 WHERE Name='Default'; > >>>> > >>>> Do you have 109 volumes or did the Pool and Media tables get out-of-sync > >>>> somehow? > >>>> > >>>> __Martin > >>>> > >>>> >>>>> K. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> le dahut wrote : > >>>>>> Hello, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I used bacula-1.38, since I updated it to 2.0.3, it backuped 4 times > >>>>>> ok > >>>>>> and then it errors with : > >>>>>> """ > >>>>>> 23-May 15:53 127.0.0.1-dir: Client1.2007-05-23_15.32.54 Warning: > >>>>>> Wanted > >>>>>> to create Volume "ScribeVolume0109", but it already exists. Trying > >>>>>> again. > >>>>>> 23-May 15:53 127.0.0.1-dir: Client1.2007-05-23_15.32.54 Error: Too > >>>>>> many > >>>>>> failures. Giving up creating Volume name. > >>>>>> """ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I noticed that that the concerned volumes are not always the same. For > >>>>>> example today bacula errors about "ScribeVolume0100" to > >>>>>> "ScribeVolume0109" and on may 20th it errored on "ScribeVolume0090 to > >>>>>> ScribeVolume0097". > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Here's part of my SD configuration : > >>>>>> Device { > >>>>>> Name = FileStorage > >>>>>> Media Type = File > >>>>>> Archive Device = /var/sauvegardes > >>>>>> LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled > >>>>>> media > >>>>>> Random Access = Yes; > >>>>>> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it > >>>>>> RemovableMedia = no; > >>>>>> AlwaysOpen = no; > >>>>>> } > >>>>>> > >>>>>> the DIR conf : > >>>>>> Pool { > >>>>>> Name = Default > >>>>>> Pool Type = Backup > >>>>>> Recycle = yes > >>>>>> AutoPrune = yes > >>>>>> Volume Retention = 100 days > >>>>>> LabelFormat = "ScribeVolume" > >>>>>> Recycle Oldest Volume = yes > >>>>>> Maximum Volume Bytes = 2 gb > >>>>>> Volume Use Duration = 6 days > >>>>>> } > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> liste volumes shows all the concerned volumes in database ... what's > >>>>>> happening ? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> K. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. 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