On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 16:19 -0500, John Drescher wrote: > > Pool { > > Name = ThursdayPool > > Pool Type = Backup > > Recycle = yes > > AutoPrune = yes > > Volume Retention = 19d > > Volume Use Duration = 4d > > Maximum Volume Jobs = 4 > > } > > > > Since 1_Friday_Week_3 was last written 2007-11-02 and more than 4d have > > passed, it's pretty clear that if Bacula was going to mark that volume > > 'Used', it would have done so by now. It hasn't > > > > Short of marking the volume 'Used' manually, how can I ensure that the > > Volume is properly prevented from re-use during the 19 days of Volume > > Retention? > > > Did you change the Pool params after you labeled the tape? ---- I am fairly certain that I haven't - this is now my 4th setup of Bacula...but the first one where the 'Full' backup spans with 2 jobs on the first tape and then 2 jobs on the second tape.
I double checked though...nothing changed (volume_id 10 is the subject tape) see below Craig *update Update choice: 1: Volume parameters 2: Pool from resource 3: Slots from autochanger Choose catalog item to update (1-3): 1 Parameters to modify: 1: Volume Status 2: Volume Retention Period 3: Volume Use Duration 4: Maximum Volume Jobs 5: Maximum Volume Files 6: Maximum Volume Bytes 7: Recycle Flag 8: Slot 9: InChanger Flag 10: Volume Files 11: Pool 12: Volume from Pool 13: All Volumes from Pool 14: Enabled 15: RecyclePool 16: Done Select parameter to modify (1-16): 4 Defined Pools: 1: Default 2: MondayPool 3: TuesdayPool 4: WednesdayPool 5: ThursdayPool 6: FridayPool 7: CarterPool Select the Pool (1-7): 5 <<<snip>>> Enter MediaId or Volume name: 10 Updating Volume "1_Friday_Week_3" Current max jobs is: 4 Enter new Maximum Jobs: 4 New max jobs is: 4 Parameters to modify: 1: Volume Status 2: Volume Retention Period 3: Volume Use Duration 4: Maximum Volume Jobs 5: Maximum Volume Files 6: Maximum Volume Bytes 7: Recycle Flag 8: Slot 9: InChanger Flag 10: Volume Files 11: Pool 12: Volume from Pool 13: All Volumes from Pool 14: Enabled 15: RecyclePool 16: Done Select parameter to modify (1-16): 2 Defined Pools: 1: Default 2: MondayPool 3: TuesdayPool 4: WednesdayPool 5: ThursdayPool 6: FridayPool 7: CarterPool Select the Pool (1-7): 5 <<<snip>>> Enter MediaId or Volume name: 10 Updating Volume "1_Friday_Week_3" Current retention period is: 19 days Enter Volume Retention period: 19 New retention period is: 19 days Parameters to modify: 1: Volume Status 2: Volume Retention Period 3: Volume Use Duration 4: Maximum Volume Jobs 5: Maximum Volume Files 6: Maximum Volume Bytes 7: Recycle Flag 8: Slot 9: InChanger Flag 10: Volume Files 11: Pool 12: Volume from Pool 13: All Volumes from Pool 14: Enabled 15: RecyclePool 16: Done Select parameter to modify (1-16): 16 Selection terminated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users