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 "Volume-1".
> What will be
> happen after the Volume Retention Period when the Recycle and AutoPrune are
> set to
> "Yes" in our Pool setup?
> Will Bacula 5.0.2 clean the 100MB contents of the file "Volume-1" so that it
> will start from
> scratch or do i have to delete/relabel the volume manually for further
> usage?

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 
instead of overwriting a volume:

http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html

Strictly speaking, you do not *have* to delete/relabel, manually or 
otherwise.

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/

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