On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Brian Clarkson <bri...@lnstar.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 16:11 -0500, John Drescher wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Brian Clarkson <bri...@lnstar.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 15:06 -0500, John Drescher wrote:
>> >> >> Make the volume retention much longer. And then apply that to all of
>> >> >> your volumes.
>> >> >
>> >> > Wouldn't the volume retention period need to be shorter?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Retention period is how long to keep the volume before it can be reused.
>> >
>> > So if I don't want to reuse volumes I should set the retention period to
>> > zero?
>> >
>>
>> Definitely not. I know telling bacula to keep your backup data for 0
>> seconds is not what you want. Set this to the amount of time you want
>> to keep your data after the backup is finished.
>>
>> > Reusing the files (a volume is just a collection of 512m files per my
>> > configuration) is what I want to stop.
>> >
>>
>> I got you there. As you mentioned you need to turn off automatic
>> volume recycling. Please post your configs. Have you had bacula reload
>> the config file after you have changed it?
>
> I restarted the bacula director after making the changes. Subsequent
> backup jobs still re-used files.
>
> >From bacula-dir.conf
>
> Pool {
> Name = Default
> Label Format = "${JobName}-${Level}-${NumVols}"
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = no
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
> Use Volume Once = yes
> Volume Retention = 25 days
> MaximumVolumeBytes = 512m
> Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
> }
>
> Client {
> Name = client-fd
> Address = server.com
> FDPort = 9102
> Catalog = MyCatalog
> Password = "***"
> File Retention = 21 days
> Job Retention = 21 days
> AutoPrune = yes
> }
>
> Job {
> Name = "Backup Server"
> Type = Backup
> Client = server-fd
> FileSet = "Full Set"
> Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
> Storage = Storage
> Messages = Standard
> Pool = Default
> Write Bootstrap = "/usr/local/bacula/var/bacula/working/server.bsr"
> }
>
> Storage {
> Name = Storage
> Address = storage.server.com
> SDPort = 9103
> Password = "***"
> Device = StorageServer
> Media Type = File
> }
>
> >From bacula-sd.conf
>
> Device {
> Name = StorageServer
> Media Type = File
> Archive Device = /home/bacula-data/
> LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled
> media
> Random Access = Yes;
> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
> RemovableMedia = no;
> AlwaysOpen = no;
> }
>
I think I see why this is happening.
Do the following
list media pool=Default
and see if Recycle=1 is set in any of the volumes.
if so
update
and then select "Pool from resource"
and follow the prompts.
John
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