> I'm not currently using web interfaces, and i prefere to understand and work > at config file levels, but thanks.
I've done some tests, but lead to nothing. I'm basing my tests (apart on official docs) also on: https://www.bacula.lat/bacula-virtual-synthetic-full-and-forever-incremental-backups/?lang=en and limiting for now on 'Virtual Full' tests (progessive will came later, if i understood well can be seen as an special case). I've setup a client (windows client, but AFAIK does not matter): Client { Name = fvg-sv-obito-fd Address = obito.dyn.sv.lnf.it FDPort = 9102 Password = "Unknown." Catalog = BaculaLNF Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1 File Retention = 21 days Job Retention = 21 days AutoPrune = yes } I've setup TWO pools, one for incrementals and one for full: Pool { Name = FVG-SV-ObitoFilePoolIncremental Pool Type = Backup Storage = SVPVE3File Maximum Volume Jobs = 6 Volume Use Duration = 1 week Recycle = yes AutoPrune = yes Action On Purge = Truncate Volume Retention = 20 days } Pool { Name = FVG-SV-ObitoFilePoolFull Pool Type = Backup Storage = SVPVE3File Recycle = yes AutoPrune = yes Action On Purge = Truncate Volume Retention = 20 days } And create three volumes in incremental pool and one volume on full pool: *list media pool=FVG-SV-ObitoFilePoolIncremental Automatically selected Catalog: BaculaLNF Using Catalog "BaculaLNF" +---------+----------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------+ | mediaid | volumename | volstatus | enabled | volbytes | volfiles | volretention | recycle | slot | inchanger | mediatype | voltype | volparts | lastwritten | expiresin | +---------+----------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------+ | 749 | Obito_Inc_0001 | Append | 1 | 5,009,655,255 | 1 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 1 | 0 | 2023-09-21 09:35:14 | 1,719,488 | | 750 | Obito_Inc_0002 | Append | 1 | 248 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 1 | 0 | | 0 | | 751 | Obito_Inc_0003 | Append | 1 | 248 | 0 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 1 | 0 | | 0 | +---------+----------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------+ *list media pool=FVG-SV-ObitoFilePoolFull +---------+-----------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------+ | mediaid | volumename | volstatus | enabled | volbytes | volfiles | volretention | recycle | slot | inchanger | mediatype | voltype | volparts | lastwritten | expiresin | +---------+-----------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------+ | 752 | Obito_Full_0001 | Purged | 1 | 4,882,592,825 | 1 | 1,728,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File | 1 | 0 | 2023-09-20 17:58:57 | 1,663,306 | +---------+-----------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------+ Then i've created a schedule and a fileset, pretty dummy one: Schedule { Name = VirtualWeeklyObito Run = Incremental Pool = FVG-SV-ObitoFilePoolIncremental mon-fri at 8:00 Run = VirtualFull Pool = FVG-SV-ObitoFilePoolFull sun at 8:00 } FileSet { Name = ObitoTestStd Include { Options { Signature = MD5 Ignore Case = yes } File = "C:/Users" } } Then so i've created a job: Job { Name = FVG-SV-Obito JobDefs = DefaultJob Storage = SVPVE3File Pool = FVG-SV-ObitoFilePoolIncremental NextPool = FVG-SV-ObitoFilePoolFull Messages = StandardClient Schedule = VirtualWeeklyObito Reschedule On Error = yes Reschedule Interval = 30 minutes Reschedule Times = 8 Max Run Sched Time = 8 hours Client = fvg-sv-obito-fd FileSet = ObitoTestStd Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/FVG-SV-Obito.bsr" } Then i've tried to run jobs; initially i've run the full job against 'FVG-SV-ObitoFilePoolFull' pool, but after that i've thinkd that in that pool i've only one volume, so coud be a problem. So i've redone the full on 'FVG-SV-ObitoFilePoolIncremental' pool, do some incrementals and run after that a Virtual Full. But does not work: 20-Sep 18:22 lnfbacula-dir JobId 11367: Start Virtual Backup JobId 11367, Job=FVG-SV-Obito.2023-09-20_18.22.33_13 20-Sep 18:22 lnfbacula-dir JobId 11367: Warning: This Job is not an Accurate backup so is not equivalent to a Full backup. 20-Sep 18:22 lnfbacula-dir JobId 11367: Consolidating JobIds=11364,11365 20-Sep 18:22 lnfbacula-dir JobId 11367: Found 41459 files to consolidate into Virtual Full. 20-Sep 18:22 lnfbacula-dir JobId 11367: Using Device "FileStorage" to read. 20-Sep 18:36 svpve3-sd JobId 11367: JobId=11367, Job FVG-SV-Obito.2023-09-20_18.22.33_13 waiting to reserve a device. 20-Sep 18:41 svpve3-sd JobId 11367: JobId=11367, Job FVG-SV-Obito.2023-09-20_18.22.33_13 waiting to reserve a device. [...] 21-Sep 02:21 svpve3-sd JobId 11367: JobId=11367, Job FVG-SV-Obito.2023-09-20_18.22.33_13 waiting to reserve a device. 21-Sep 02:22 lnfbacula-dir JobId 11367: Fatal error: Max run sched time exceeded. Job canceled. 21-Sep 02:22 lnfbacula-dir JobId 11367: Fatal error: Storage daemon didn't accept Device "FileStorage" command. 21-Sep 02:22 lnfbacula-dir JobId 11367: Bacula lnfbacula-dir 9.4.2 (04Feb19): Build OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu debian 10.5 JobId: 11367 Job: FVG-SV-Obito.2023-09-20_18.22.33_13 Backup Level: Virtual Full Client: "fvg-sv-obito-fd" 7.4.4 (28Sep16) Microsoft Professional (build 9200), 64-bit,Cross-compile,Win64 FileSet: "ObitoTestStd" 2023-09-20 17:53:32 Pool: "FVG-SV-ObitoFilePoolFul21-Sep 02:22 lnfbacula-dir JobId 0: 3000 JobId=11367 Job="FVG-SV-Obito.2023-09-20_18.22.33_13" marked to be canceled. l" (From Job resource) Catalog: "BaculaLNF" (From Client resource) Storage: "SVPVE3File" (From Job resource) Scheduled time: 20-Sep-2023 18:22:32 Start time: 20-Sep-2023 18:17:33 End time: 20-Sep-2023 18:18:52 Elapsed time: 1 min 19 secs Priority: 10 SD Files Written: 0 SD Bytes Written: 0 (0 B) Rate: 0.0 KB/s Volume name(s): Volume Session Id: 208 Volume Session Time: 1694166147 Last Volume Bytes: 0 (0 B) SD Errors: 0 SD termination status: Termination: Backup Canceled What i'm missing?! Really i don't understand... -- Il Re di Spagna fece vela, verso l'isola incantata pero` quell'isola non c'era, e mai nessuno l'ha trovata (F. Guccini) _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users