Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-08 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 01:13:58PM -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: On 2/7/2011 10:43 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: It occurs to me that I might prefer to run the 'truncate all' command via a cron job, at some point in the day that bacula doesn't know about. Is there a reason, or reasons, that I should

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-08 Thread Paulo Martinez
Am 07.02.2011 um 16:02 schrieb Josh Fisher: On 2/7/2011 6:53 AM, Dan Langille wrote: The answer depends on your Pool configuration directives. It is important to read and understand the volume recycling algorithm, particularly the fact that Bacula will prefer to create a new volume

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file volume to avoid a disk overflow. Let's say there is a 100MB file volume Volume-1. What will be happen after the Volume Retention Period when the Recycle and AutoPrune are set to

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Dan Langille
On 2/7/2011 4:11 AM, xunil321 wrote: I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file volume to avoid a disk overflow. A simple strategy: Max Num Volumes * Max Vol Space = amount of space you want to use. Why not use that? Let's say there is a 100MB file volume

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:43:17AM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file volume to avoid a disk overflow. Let's say there is a 100MB file volume Volume-1. What will be happen after

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Dan Langille
On 2/7/2011 6:43 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote: On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file volume to avoid a disk overflow. Let's say there is a 100MB file volume Volume-1. What will be happen after the Volume Retention Period

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:53:50AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: On 2/7/2011 4:11 AM, xunil321 wrote: I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file volume to avoid a disk overflow. A simple strategy: Max Num Volumes * Max Vol Space = amount of space you

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Josh Fisher
On 2/7/2011 6:53 AM, Dan Langille wrote: On 2/7/2011 4:11 AM, xunil321 wrote: I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file volume to avoid a disk overflow. A simple strategy: Max Num Volumes * Max Vol Space = amount of space you want to use. Why not use that?

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Josh Fisher
On 2/7/2011 6:54 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:43:17AM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file volume to avoid a disk overflow. Let's say there is a 100MB file volume

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 10:09:12AM -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: On 2/7/2011 6:54 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:43:17AM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file volume to

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 03:31:20PM +, Graham Keeling wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 10:09:12AM -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: On 2/7/2011 6:54 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:43:17AM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: I have a lack of

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Josh Fisher
On 2/7/2011 10:43 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 03:31:20PM +, Graham Keeling wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 10:09:12AM -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: On 2/7/2011 6:54 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:43:17AM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: On 02/07/11

Re: [Bacula-users] Overwriting expired File Volume

2011-02-07 Thread Dan Langille
On 2/7/2011 7:05 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:53:50AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: On 2/7/2011 4:11 AM, xunil321 wrote: I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file volume to avoid a disk overflow. A simple strategy: Max Num Volumes *