[Bacula-users] Bacula not setting the RecyclePool properly

Hello everyone.

I've been having a problem with Bacula with a Pool that rotates the tapes daily, like that:

Pool {
    Name = pool.inc.muitobaixo
    Pool Type = Backup
    Storage = st.tpa
    Volume Use Duration = 1 day
    Volume Retention = 1 day
    Scratch Pool = scratch.tpa
    RecyclePool = scratch.tpa
    File Retention = 6 months
    Job Retention = 6 months
    Cleaning Prefix = "CLN"
}

I actually don't know if this is happening with other Pool, I'll check it later, but here are the volumes on this Pool:

*list volumes pool=pool.inc.muitobaixo
Automatically selected Catalog: cat.default
Using Catalog "cat.default"
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| mediaid | volumename | volstatus | enabled | volbytes       | volfiles | volretention | recycle | slot | inchanger | mediatype | lastwritten         |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
|       9 | 000008L3   | Used      |       1 | 25,947,113,472 |       31 |       86,400 |       1 |    9 |         1 | LTO3      | 2011-05-09 20:59:19 |
|      10 | 000009L3   | Recycle   |       1 |              1 |        0 |       86,400 |       1 |    0 |         0 | LTO3      | 2011-05-05 06:32:09 |
|      14 | 000013L3   | Append    |       1 | 27,672,938,496 |       32 |       86,400 |       1 |   14 |         1 | LTO3      | 2011-05-10 06:01:20 |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+

Ok, the Volume 000009L3 is marked as Recycle (since the Volume Retetion is 1 Day and it was last written five days ago), but why isn't it back to the scratch.tpa Pool?

Let's see it further, lets purge it manually, right after I change it's status to Used (I can't purge a volume with Recycle Status):

*purge volume pool=pool.inc.muitobaixo

This command can be DANGEROUS!!!

It purges (deletes) all Files from a Job,
JobId, Client or Volume; or it purges (deletes)
all Jobs from a Client or Volume without regard
to retention periods. Normally you should use the
PRUNE command, which respects retention periods.
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| mediaid | volumename | volstatus | enabled | volbytes       | volfiles | volretention | recycle | slot | inchanger | mediatype | lastwritten         |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
|       9 | 000008L3   | Used      |       1 | 25,947,113,472 |       31 |       86,400 |       1 |    9 |         1 | LTO3      | 2011-05-09 20:59:19 |
|      10 | 000009L3   | Used      |       1 |              1 |        0 |       86,400 |       1 |    0 |         0 | LTO3      | 2011-05-05 06:32:09 |
|      14 | 000013L3   | Append    |       1 | 27,672,938,496 |       32 |       86,400 |       1 |   14 |         1 | LTO3      | 2011-05-10 06:01:20 |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
Enter *MediaId or Volume name: *10
0 Files on Volume "000009L3" purged from catalog.
There are no more Jobs associated with Volume "000009L3". Marking it purged.

Nothing happen, lets use the update command to force the Recycle Poll for that Volume:

*update volume recyclepool=scratch.tpa
Defined Pools:
     1: pool.diff.alto
     2: pool.inc.medio
     3: pool.inc.alto
     4: pool.diff.copy
     5: scratch.tpb
     6: pool.diff.muitoalto
     7: scratch.tpc
     8: pool.default
     9: pool.inc.muitoalto
    10: scratch.tpa
    11: pool.inc.muitobaixo
    12: pool.inc.baixo
    13: pool.full.muitobaixo
    14: pool.diff.muitobaixo
    15: pool.full.baixo
    16: pool.full.medio
    17: pool.diff.medio
    18: pool.full.muitoalto
    19: pool.diff.baixo
    20: pool.full.alto
Select the Pool (1-20): 11
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| mediaid | volumename | volstatus | enabled | volbytes       | volfiles | volretention | recycle | slot | inchanger | mediatype | lastwritten         |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
|       9 | 000008L3   | Used      |       1 | 25,947,113,472 |       31 |       86,400 |       1 |    9 |         1 | LTO3      | 2011-05-09 20:59:19 |
|      10 | 000009L3   | Purged    |       1 |              1 |        0 |       86,400 |       1 |    0 |         0 | LTO3      | 2011-05-05 06:32:09 |
|      14 | 000013L3   | Append    |       1 | 27,672,938,496 |       32 |       86,400 |       1 |   14 |         1 | LTO3      | 2011-05-10 06:01:20 |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
Enter *MediaId or Volume name: *10
New RecyclePool is: scratch.tpa

After set it's status back to Used (so we cant manually purge it):

*purge volume pool=pool.inc.muitobaixo

This command can be DANGEROUS!!!

It purges (deletes) all Files from a Job,
JobId, Client or Volume; or it purges (deletes)
all Jobs from a Client or Volume without regard
to retention periods. Normally you should use the
PRUNE command, which respects retention periods.
Automatically selected Catalog: cat.default
Using Catalog "cat.default"
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| mediaid | volumename | volstatus | enabled | volbytes       | volfiles | volretention | recycle | slot | inchanger | mediatype | lastwritten         |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
|       9 | 000008L3   | Used      |       1 | 25,947,113,472 |       31 |       86,400 |       1 |    9 |         1 | LTO3      | 2011-05-09 20:59:19 |
|      10 | 000009L3   | Used      |       1 |              1 |        0 |       86,400 |       1 |    0 |         0 | LTO3      | 2011-05-05 06:32:09 |
|      14 | 000013L3   | Append    |       1 | 27,672,938,496 |       32 |       86,400 |       1 |   14 |         1 | LTO3      | 2011-05-10 06:01:20 |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
Enter *MediaId or Volume name: *10
0 Files on Volume "000009L3" purged from catalog.
There are no more Jobs associated with Volume "000009L3". Marking it purged.
New Pool is: scratch.tpa

Now Bacula send it back to the scratch.tpa, but only I force it with the update command before the purge... why? Isn't it setting the RecyclePool properly from the configuration file? Does it have anything to do with the 1 day Volume Retention period?

Thanks!

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