> On 03.03.2016 11:22, Carsten Pache wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have problems in understanding how automatic recycling of tapes works.
>> My configuration uses a single tape drive and ten tapes. Five tapes are used >> for every work day of an even week (labeled MON-E, TUE-E... FRI-E), the >> other five for odd weeks (MON-O, TUE-O... FRI-O). >> There are two pools, one for even weeks and one for odd weeks, both >> configures with "Volume Retention = 8 days" and "Volume Use Duration = 23h". >> Backups works fine. However, if after two weeks the tapes are to be reused, >> I need to prune each tape manually - otherwise Bareos asks to mount a volume >> or label a new one. > What is the output of the job when the no tape can be loaded? Example: On a Monday morning, I took out the tape labeled "FRI-O-yell" and loaded the tape "MON-O": 29-Feb 19:30 dasi-sd JobId 73: Warning: Director wanted Volume "FRI-O-yell". Current Volume "MON-O" not acceptable because: 1998 Volume "MON-O" catalog status is Used, but should be Append, Purged or Recycle. 29-Feb 19:30 dasi-sd JobId 73: Please mount append Volume "FRI-O-yell" or label a new one for: Job: SRV-DATA.2016-02-29_19.30.00_05 Storage: "LTO-3" (/dev/nst0) Pool: UnEvenWeek Media type: LTO-3 29-Feb 19:34 dasi-sd JobId 73: Please mount append Volume "FRI-O-yell" or label a new one for: Job: SRV-DATA.2016-02-29_19.30.00_05 Storage: "LTO-3" (/dev/nst0) Pool: UnEvenWeek Media type: LTO-3 > What are the values of last written and volretention (use "list volumes")? Here are my pools (well, the two I use): Pool: EvenWeek +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ | mediaid | volumename | volstatus | enabled | volbytes | volfiles | volretention | recycle | slot | inchanger | mediatype | lastwritten | +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ | 9 | MON-E | Used | 1 | 192,362,760,965 | 42 | 691,200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO-3 | 2016-02-23 01:33:15 | | 10 | TUE-E | Used | 1 | 54,943,970,785 | 14 | 691,200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO-3 | 2016-02-23 21:36:20 | | 11 | WED-E | Used | 1 | 53,543,841,915 | 14 | 691,200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO-3 | 2016-02-24 21:33:29 | | 12 | THU-E | Used | 1 | 89,963,920,488 | 21 | 691,200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO-3 | 2016-02-25 22:30:11 | | 13 | FRI-E-yell | Append | 1 | 564,303,401,987 | 115 | 691,200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO-3 | 2016-02-28 13:26:13 | | 14 | FRI-E-grey | Append | 1 | 199 | 0 | 691,200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO-3 | | +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ Pool: UnEvenWeek +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ | mediaid | volumename | volstatus | enabled | volbytes | volfiles | volretention | recycle | slot | inchanger | mediatype | lastwritten | +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ | 2 | TUE-O | Used | 1 | 53,936,459,196 | 14 | 691,200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO-3 | 2016-03-01 21:32:34 | | 3 | WED-O | Append | 1 | 53,636,317,532 | 14 | 691,200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO-3 | 2016-03-02 21:29:00 | | 7 | FRI-O-yell | Append | 1 | 201 | 0 | 691,200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO-3 | | | 8 | THU-O | Append | 1 | 196 | 0 | 691,200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO-3 | | | 15 | MON-O | Used | 1 | 93,720,685,680 | 22 | 691,200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | LTO-3 | 2016-02-29 22:45:14 | +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ Hope this helps! Regards Carsten -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
