Sean Carolan wrote:
>> you need to edit the "Pool" resource ("Maximum Volume Jobs" and "Volume
>> Retention") in bacula-dir.conf
>
> Thank you, Thomas. I have read through the manual section on the Pool
> resource. Here is one of my pool definitions:
>
> Pool {
> Name = BackupPC_pool
> Pool Type = Backup
> Volume Retention = 5 days
> Recycle = yes
> AutoPrune = yes
> MaximumVolumeJobs = 1
> }
>
> Shouldn't this configuration automatically recycle volumes if I run my
> backup once a week? My current process goes something like this:
>
> 1. Unmount tape that is in the drive
> 2. Run the "purge" command to wipe the volumes for my next backup
> 3. Run "mtx -f /dev/sg0 load #" to load up the next tape
> 4. Run "mount" to get the tape ready
> 5. Run my backup
>
there should be no need to do anything manually.
did you restart bacula-dir (or "reload" on bconsole) and "update volumes
from resource" in bconsole (or bat) after changing the bacula-dir.conf ?
- Thomas
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