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Re: [Bacula-users] Possible bug/enhancement request regarding the "Volume" column in "Status Director" output

2014-11-28 11:59:46
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Possible bug/enhancement request regarding the "Volume" column in "Status Director" output
From: Martin Simmons <martin AT lispworks DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:53:35 GMT
Looks like a bug, but it can never be 100% accurate anyway because it doesn't
know about pruning and recycling.

__Martin


>>>>> On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:39:17 -0500, Bill Arlofski said:
> 
> Bacula does not seem to be correctly determining the "Volume" column in the
> stat dir output.
> 
> 
> ---[ tl;dr verson ]---
> When considering volumes for the expected volume of an upcoming job, Bacula
> appears to be ignoring the Job/JobDef options:
> 
>   Full Backup Pool =
>   Incremental Backup Pool =
>   Differential Backup Pool =
> 
> And only considers volumes from the "Pool = " line in the Job/JobDefs.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---[Full Version]---
> 
> On the server in question I have about 20 jobs/night that run, and am using
> Josh Fisher's vchanger program to write to (10) magazines (removable eSATA
> Drives), each with (60) 10GB file volumes on them.
> 
> Currently, magazine 5 is connected, Bacula knows what slot each file volume is
> in, and all volumes on this magazine are "Enabled".
> 
> 
> Below is a partial output of a current status dir command:
> 
> Scheduled Jobs:
> Level          Type    Pri  Scheduled      Job Name   Volume
> ================================================================
> ...snip...
> Incremental    Backup  10  26-Nov-14 20:30   dns1     c0_0005_0067
> Incremental    Backup  10  26-Nov-14 20:30   Helpdesk c0_0005_0067
> Incremental    Backup  10  26-Nov-14 20:30   Voip     c0_0005_0067
> Full           Backup  20  27-Nov-14 02:45   Catalog  c0_0005_0067
> 
> 
> Most Jobs are set to run Full on the first Saturday of the month, Differential
> on every other Saturday, and Incremental Sunday-Friday.
> 
> I have one JobDefs resource, called "Defaults", which is used by all Jobs,
> with some minor, per-job overrides for Fileset names, Schedules, RunScripts, 
> etc.
> 
> In my "Defaults" Jobdef I have defined the Pool(s) for the Job using the
> following:
> 
> JobDefs {
>   Name = Defaults
>   Level = Incremental
>   Storage = c0
>   Messages = Standard
>   Pool =                     Offsite-eSATA-Full
>   Full Backup Pool =         Offsite-eSATA-Full
>   Incremental Backup Pool =  Offsite-eSATA-Inc
>   Differential Backup Pool = Offsite-eSATA-Diff
> ...snip...
> }
> 
> Volume c0_0005_0067 in currently in the Offsite-eSATA-Full pool, with a status
> of "Append" and was the last volume used by last night's Full Catalog job...
> 
> 
> Bacula knows that the first few jobs listed above are scheduled to be
> Incremental, however, Bacula appears to be using the line:
> 
> "Pool = Offsite-eSATA-Full"
> 
> from the JobDefs, and ignoring the fact that there are specific Pool
> definitions for Full, Incremental, and Differential backups.
> 
> When I change the "Pool ="  line to "Pool = Offsite-eSATA-Diff" (or Inc),
> issue a reload and then status dir in bconsole, Bacula shows that the expected
> volume for those Incremental jobs will be an appendable volume in whatever I
> set the "Pool = " line to.
> 
> Thanks for any thoughts on this.
> 
> Bill
> 
> -- 
> Bill Arlofski
> Reverse Polarity, LLC
> http://www.revpol.com/
> -- Not responsible for anything below this line --
> 
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