Hi, 01.10.2007 11:28,, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:: > Hey list, > > I've just upgraded from 2.0.3 to 2.2.4. I have a scheme with a different > pool for each day. Each daily pool consist of 2 tapes, so we have a > retention for 2 weeks (except a friday-full backup has 6 tapes). This is > done so we can store every daily backup in a safe place, away from the > servers. > > In my Pool parameters I've entered the following parameters: > > Volume Retention = 13 days > Volume Use Duration = 1 day > > In version 2.0.3, the 14th day, the tape got auto-recycled, and when I > typed in 'status director', I could see that the next backup was going to > happen on tape XXXX (the recycled tape, autoselected from the right pool > by Bacula). > > Now I've upgraded to 2.2.4 and when I choose 'status director', Bacula > says the Volume for the next backup is 'unknown', for example : > > Differential Backup 10 01-Oct-07 18:55 Tape *unknown* > > When this backup will take place (so tonight at 18:55), Bacula *will* > recycle the correct volume, and if the right tape is inserted, the backup > will work. However, this tape normally should already be recycled (like in > 2.0.3 behaviour), since the volume retention is 13 days.
This is probably due to Bacula being much less aggressively recycling. This is, as far as I recall, mentioned in the ReleaseNotes file. > So now, I manually have to lookup the correct tape in the pool, check > which one is the oldest to know which one will be recycled. As I > understand it, the previous behaviour from Bacula 2.0.3 is the correct > behaviour (after 13 days-> recycle, so, the tape should be free already > and I should see it in bconsole). Is this a bug in 2.0.4, or is it > explicitly changed to make tapes available as long as possible? The latter. > If so, > what is the easiest way for me to know the right tape in advance? Either just believe you set things up correctly :-) Or use a script which finds the oldest volume for you, so you can prepare the tape change. There might be other options I didn't think of right now... Arno > Thanks! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
