Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula not setting the RecyclePool properly

Thanks Maxim for your answer, my Scratch Pool is currently like this:

Pool {
    Name = scratch.tpa
    Pool Type = Scratch
    Cleaning Prefix = "CLN"
}

I thought that only on the Pool "pool.inc.muitobaixo" that I needed to add the "Recycle Pool" directive, so I'll try your way.

BTW, all tapes on "pool.inc.muitobaixo" were originally on the scratch.tpa Pool, when I added the tapes I did exactly your way (I added them on the scratch.tpa), but since I didn't have the "Recycle Pool" on the Scratch Pool, it makes perfect sense that this parameter is not set on the Volume.

But I thought that when the Volume was taken from the Scratch Pool to the "pool.inc.muitobaixo", the "Recycle Pool" would be set on the Volume since I have this parameter on the "pool.inc.muitobaixo"... guess I was wrong...

And this problem gives me another doubt: if I add the "Recycle Pool" on the "scratch.tpa" like you said, only running the "update all volumes from all pools" command will be enough to update all volume parameters?

Thanks again!

2011/5/10 Maxim Khitrov <max AT mxcrypt DOT com>

2011/5/10 Rodrigo Renie Braga <rodrigorenie AT gmail DOT com>:

> 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"
> }

...snip...

> 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!

It's not very clear from the documentation, but you have to set
RecyclePool directive only for scratch.tpa pool, not any of the
others. You must also assign volumes to scratch.tpa when labeling them
in order for them to return to that pool when recycled. Here's my
configuration, none of the LTO4_* pools have RecyclePool set:

Pool {
Name = Scratch
PoolType = Backup
RecyclePool = Scratch
}

Pool { Name = LTO4_A; @/opt/bacula/etc/conf.d/dir-LTO4.pool; }
Pool { Name = LTO4_B; @/opt/bacula/etc/conf.d/dir-LTO4.pool; }
Pool { Name = LTO4_C; @/opt/bacula/etc/conf.d/dir-LTO4.pool; }
Pool { Name = LTO4_D; @/opt/bacula/etc/conf.d/dir-LTO4.pool; }
Pool { Name = LTO4_E; @/opt/bacula/etc/conf.d/dir-LTO4.pool; }
Pool { Name = LTO4_F; @/opt/bacula/etc/conf.d/dir-LTO4.pool; }

When labeling a volume, I do something like this:

* label pool=Scratch volume=ABC ...

After that, volume 'ABC' will be used by whichever LTO4_* pool needs it.

- Max

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