Re: [Bacula-users] Create new volume vs. recycle volume (with config)
2009-12-10 18:13:36
Is there a way to paginate the response from these list commands? I
have 37k entries in this pool ...
On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 17:38 -0500, John Drescher wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Brian Clarkson <brianc AT lnstar DOT com>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 16:11 -0500, John Drescher wrote:
> >> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Brian Clarkson <brianc AT lnstar DOT com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 15:06 -0500, John Drescher wrote:
> >> >> >> Make the volume retention much longer. And then apply that to all of
> >> >> >> your volumes.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Wouldn't the volume retention period need to be shorter?
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Retention period is how long to keep the volume before it can be reused.
> >> >
> >> > So if I don't want to reuse volumes I should set the retention period to
> >> > zero?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Definitely not. I know telling bacula to keep your backup data for 0
> >> seconds is not what you want. Set this to the amount of time you want
> >> to keep your data after the backup is finished.
> >>
> >> > Reusing the files (a volume is just a collection of 512m files per my
> >> > configuration) is what I want to stop.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I got you there. As you mentioned you need to turn off automatic
> >> volume recycling. Please post your configs. Have you had bacula reload
> >> the config file after you have changed it?
> >
> > I restarted the bacula director after making the changes. Subsequent
> > backup jobs still re-used files.
> >
> > >From bacula-dir.conf
> >
> > Pool {
> > Name = Default
> > Label Format = "${JobName}-${Level}-${NumVols}"
> > Pool Type = Backup
> > Recycle = no
> > AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
> > Use Volume Once = yes
> > Volume Retention = 25 days
> > MaximumVolumeBytes = 512m
> > Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
> > }
> >
> > Client {
> > Name = client-fd
> > Address = server.com
> > FDPort = 9102
> > Catalog = MyCatalog
> > Password = "***"
> > File Retention = 21 days
> > Job Retention = 21 days
> > AutoPrune = yes
> > }
> >
> > Job {
> > Name = "Backup Server"
> > Type = Backup
> > Client = server-fd
> > FileSet = "Full Set"
> > Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
> > Storage = Storage
> > Messages = Standard
> > Pool = Default
> > Write Bootstrap = "/usr/local/bacula/var/bacula/working/server.bsr"
> > }
> >
> > Storage {
> > Name = Storage
> > Address = storage.server.com
> > SDPort = 9103
> > Password = "***"
> > Device = StorageServer
> > Media Type = File
> > }
> >
> > >From bacula-sd.conf
> >
> > Device {
> > Name = StorageServer
> > Media Type = File
> > Archive Device = /home/bacula-data/
> > LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled
> > media
> > Random Access = Yes;
> > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
> > RemovableMedia = no;
> > AlwaysOpen = no;
> > }
> >
>
> I think I see why this is happening.
>
> Do the following
> list media pool=Default
>
> and see if Recycle=1 is set in any of the volumes.
>
> if so
>
> update
>
> and then select "Pool from resource"
>
> and follow the prompts.
>
> John
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