Re: [Bacula-users] Truncating Disk Volumes?

Hemant,

On Tue 20 May 2008 15:31, Hemant Shah wrote:
> What version of Bacula are you running?

        Good point. I'm still running an old version, the Debian Stable (Etch) 
version: 1.38.11-8 (28 June 2006). (We have a saying around here: "If it 
ain't broke, don't fix it!" This version works well for me. I'll be upgrading 
this fall when the next Debian Stable (Lenny) version is due to be released.)

> Can you send me the output of "list volumes" command?

        Attached (bconsole.out).

> I am trying to debug the script and it seems that my output is different
> then your output.

        Yes, definitely, it is different. However, the first three fields that 
I am 
extracting from the listing are the same: MediaId, VolumeName, & VolStatus. 
What may be confusing you is that Perl matrices start counting with zero. So, 
Line[1] actually references the second field. Also, the "split" command 
seperates fields based upon white space, so the first field, Line[0] is the 
pipe character (|), and so on.

> I am attaching the sample of "list volumes" command output. First one is
> the disk pool and second one is the tape pool, I do not see "Tape:" in the
> tape volume.

        No problem. That's just because of the way I name my tapes--all of my 
tape 
volume names include the word "Tape". :-)

        Since I have so few tapes, I pretty much manage them manually. With 
this 
script I'm interested only in managing my disk volumes.

Cheers!

cmr

> Hemant Shah
> E-mail: hjrrs AT yahoo DOT com
>
> --- On Wed, 5/14/08, C M Reinehr <cmr AT amsent DOT com> wrote:
> > From: C M Reinehr <cmr AT amsent DOT com>
> > Subject: Re: Truncating Disk Volumes?
> > To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> > Cc: "Hemant Shah" <hjrrs AT yahoo DOT com>
> > Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 10:19 AM
> > Hemant,
> >
> > Please don't laugh! ;-)
> >
> > I've only started learning perl a couple of months ago
> > & this is one of my
> > first efforts
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> >
> > cmr
> >
> > On Tue 13 May 2008 20:55, you wrote:
> > > I am looking for the same thing.
> > > Can you send me the perl script?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Hemant Shah
> > > E-mail: hjrrs AT yahoo DOT com
> > >
> > > --- On Tue, 5/13/08, C M Reinehr
> >
> > <cmr AT amsent DOT com> wrote:
> > > > From: C M Reinehr <cmr AT amsent DOT com>
> > > > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Truncating Disk
> >
> > Volumes?
> >
> > > > To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> > > > Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 9:24 AM
> > > > Mingus,
> > > >
> > > > On Mon 12 May 2008 15:22, Mingus Dew wrote:
> > > > > I know that Bacula doesn't delete actual
> >
> > data, it
> >
> > > > just prune's from the
> > > >
> > > > > catalog based on Client, Job, or Pool
> >
> > configuration. I
> >
> > > > was wondering how I
> > > >
> > > > > can truncate disk volumes that have
> >
> > jobs/files pruned
> >
> > > > from the catalog, but
> > > >
> > > > > the data still exists. I'm running into
> >
> > space
> >
> > > > usage issues. I realize I
> > > >
> > > > > could limit the volume sizes, but that
> >
> > doesn't
> >
> > > > solve my situation of
> > > >
> > > > > deleting data.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > I handle this with a perl program which is run
> >
> > daily as an
> >
> > > > admin job. It
> > > > filters a list of volumes from bconsole for
> >
> > purged status
> >
> > > > and then executes a
> > > > system command to delete the files. I'm sure
> >
> > details
> >
> > > > vary greatly from site
> > > > to site, but I think this is the generally
> >
> > accepted way of
> >
> > > > doing this.
> > > >
> > > > HTH.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers!
> > > >
> > > > cmr
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