On 2/25/2011 10:51 PM, Joseph Spenner wrote:
>
> --- On Fri, 2/25/11, Randy Katz<rkatz AT simplicityhosting DOT com>  wrote:
>
>> From: Randy Katz<rkatz AT simplicityhosting DOT com>
>> Subject: [Bacula-users] Automated Disk Backup Question - I still don't 
>> understand!
>> To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
>> Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 8:00 PM
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is bacula 5.0.3:
>>
>> I have Pools set to the following:
>>
>> Pool {
>>     Name = workstation1
>>     Use Volume Once = yes
>>     Pool Type = Backup
>>     LabelFormat = "workstation1-"
>>     AutoPrune = yes
>>     Volume Retention = 60d
>>     Maximum Volumes = 60
>>     Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
>>     Recycle = yes
>> }
>>
>> I now have an intervention message that says:
>>
>> 25-Feb 12:53 workstation1-sd JobId 553: Job
>> Backup-Client-workstation1.2011-02-24_05.53.25_04 is
>> waiting. Cannot find any appendable volumes.
>> Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
>>       Storage:
>> "DeviceName-workstation1" (/disk1/bacula)
>>       Pool:
>>     workstation1
>>       Media
>> type:   MediaType-workstation1
>>
>> I look and there are indeed 60 Volumes, I had assumed they
>> would begin to recycle but not sure
>> what that means at this point and have seen various
>> discussions that are not clear to me. My questions
>> are:
>>
>> 1. What would I need to do to get this backup to
>> "work/backup"?
>> 2. What could I do so that in the future when 60 Volumes is
>> reached Volumes and Disk
>> Space start to "recycle"?
>
>
> Randy:
>    I think what you want to do is set the Volume Retention to 59 days.  
> Otherwise, it will run 1 more run and expect a new volume.  It has to do with 
> the timing and the order of how the volumes count.

Or allow a few more volumes....

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

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