Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Media recycling

2009-06-18 03:43:41
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Media recycling
From: Ludovic Marcilly <lmarcilly AT gmail DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:36:31 +0200
Hi all,
 
Thanks to John for his answer.

I have tried with Recycle Current Volume but I think there is a problem:
 
Pool: mediaset_portailjoigny
+---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| MediaId | VolumeName                | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes      | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten         |
+---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
|       1 | portailjoingy.bacula.0001 | Used      |       1 | 1,945,488,384 |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    | 2009-06-10 00:09:57 |
|       2 | portailjoingy.bacula.0002 | Used      |       1 | 1,945,746,432 |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    | 2009-06-11 00:10:06 |
|       3 | portailjoingy.bacula.0003 | Used      |       1 | 1,945,939,968 |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    | 2009-06-12 00:09:59 |
|       4 | portailjoingy.bacula.0004 | Used      |       1 |             1 |        0 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    | 2009-05-16 00:09:00 |
|       5 | portailjoingy.bacula.0005 | Recycle   |       1 |             1 |        0 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    | 2009-06-02 14:36:42 |
|       6 | portailjoingy.bacula.0006 | Recycle   |       1 |             1 |        0 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    | 2009-06-17 00:10:43 |
|       7 | portailjoingy.bacula.0007 | Used      |       1 | 1,944,520,704 |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    | 2009-06-18 00:10:45 |
|       8 | portailjoingy.bacula.0008 | Recycle   |       1 |             1 |        0 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    | 2009-06-16 00:10:46 |
|       9 | portailjoingy.bacula.0009 | Used      |       1 | 1,945,165,824 |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    | 2009-06-06 00:10:13 |
|      10 | portailjoingy.bacula.0010 | Used      |       1 | 1,945,294,848 |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    | 2009-06-09 00:09:58 |
+---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
I have a lot of volumes which are marked Recycle. When a job start, it recycle the volume which was used for the latest backup and the wolume which is inserted in the drive. It is normal?
 
I just want bacula to recycle the volume which is inserted in the drive in order it can backup on this one...

Thanks for your help.
 
Ludovic.

2009/6/15 John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
2009/6/15 Ludovic Marcilly <lmarcilly AT gmail DOT com>:
> Hi,
>
> I have installed bacula and i'm trying to backup on DLTv4 medium. I have 10
> media and I want to have even and odd weeks and I also want to be able to
> backup on the same medium each day if I forgot to change medium...
>
> I have defined the following pool:
>
> Pool {
>   Name = mediaset_backup
>   Pool Type = Backup
>   Use Volume _Once_ = yes
>   Recycle = yes
>   AutoPrune = yes
> #  Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
>   Volume Retention = 30 seconds
>   Label Format = "backup.bacula."
> }
>
> Here is the volume list:
>
> Pool: mediaset_backup
> +---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> | MediaId | VolumeName                | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes
> | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType |
> LastWritten         |
> +---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> |       1 | backup.bacula.0001 | Used      |       1 | 1,945,488,384
> |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    |
> 2009-06-10 00:09:57 |
> |       2 | backup.bacula.0002 | Used      |       1 | 1,945,746,432
> |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    |
> 2009-06-11 00:10:06 |
> |       3 | backup.bacula.0003 | Used      |       1 | 1,945,939,968
> |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    |
> 2009-06-12 00:09:59 |
> |       4 | backup.bacula.0004 | Used      |       1 |             1
> |        0 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    |
> 2009-05-16 00:09:00 |
> |       5 | backup.bacula.0005 | Recycle   |       1 |             1
> |        0 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    |
> 2009-06-02 14:36:42 |
> |       6 | backup.bacula.0006 | Used      |       1 | 1,923,554,304
> |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    |
> 2009-06-03 00:09:31 |
> |       7 | backup.bacula.0007 | Used      |       1 | 1,944,778,752
> |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    |
> 2009-06-04 14:15:15 |
> |       8 | backup.bacula.0008 | Used      |       1 | 1,944,843,264
> |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    |
> 2009-06-05 00:09:53 |
> |       9 | backup.bacula.0009 | Used      |       1 | 1,945,165,824
> |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    |
> 2009-06-06 00:10:13 |
> |      10 | backup.bacula.0010 | Used      |       1 | 1,945,294,848
> |        2 |           30 |       1 |    0 |         0 | DLT-V4    |
> 2009-06-09 00:09:58 |
> +---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
>
> Here are my questions:
>
> - why does bacula have recycled volume 5 and not volume 4?
> - I have put the volume 9 in my drive. Bacula can't backup and says that
> volume 9 is "Used" and not "Recycle" and that I must insert volume 5 and
> mount it. When i look at director status, it says "waiting for a mount
> request". Why? I think it should use the volume 9 because of my retention
> period of 30 seconds but it does not...
>
> Do you have any idea?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help.
>

I think you want.

Recycle Current Volume = yes

http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html#SECTION001130000000000000000

John

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