On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:50 AM, Alex Lucas
<alexander.lucas AT tlscontact DOT com> wrote:
> Dears,
>
> I was trying to get one volume per job with this pool configuration:
>
> Pool {
>  Name = File
>  Pool Type = Backup
>  Recycle = no                   # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
>  AutoPrune = yes                # Prune expired volumes
>  Volume Retention = 90 days     # how long to keep volumes
>  Maximum Volume Bytes = 4G      # Limit Volume size to something reasonable
>  Maximum Volume Jobs = 1        # One job per volume
>  LabelFormat =
> "${Client}_${Year}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}_${Hour:p/2/0/r}h${Minute:p/2/0/r}m_${Level:o0-4:l}"
>  Next Pool = VirtualFull
> }
>
> It works well for jobs that complete successfully - volumes get created
> properly and get marked as "Used" open backup completion. However there
> are 2 problems when jobs fail:
>
> Example: I run job for JKT-nvr but the fd on it is not running - I get
> job timeout but the following entry in 'list volumes':
> | 1050    | JKT-nvr-fd_2012-05-10_15h35m_full     | Append    | 1
> | 0          | 0        | 7776000      | 0       | 0    | 0         |
> File      | 0                   |
>
> Next time I run a job (does not matter with which client) director will
> try to use the volume above instead of creating a brand new one. Even if
> I re-run the previous job for the same client I would like it to create
> a new volume (since date/time are also in the LabelFormat).
>
It will do that because there is an available volume in the pool so it
need not create a new one. Also remember changing the pool definition
in bacula-dir.conf will only effect new volumes not existing volumes.
The pool resource is a template on how to create new volumes.

>
> How to archive one of the following for failed backup jobs:
> a) mark auto-created volume as "Used", OR
> b) delete the auto-created volume
>
Just mark the existing volume Used or Full.

John

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