Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] mounted tape not accepted if another one has already been recycled

2008-04-11 15:15:54
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] mounted tape not accepted if another one has already been recycled
From: Ryan Novosielski <novosirj AT umdnj DOT edu>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:09:58 -0400
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Tilman Schmidt wrote:
> I believed to understand from discussions in this group that Bacula will
> ask for a specific tape, but accept any other tape from the correct pool
> whose retention period has expired.
> 
> Last night, one of my Bacula installations refused to do that. A tape
> from the correct pool, and which was beyond its retention period but
> still in status "Used", was mounted. However the same pool also
> contained a volume that had status "Recycled". Bacula refused to use the
> mounted tape and requested the already recycled one instead. Only after
> I manually issued a "prune volume" command for the mounted volume would
> the backup run.
> 
> Is there any way around that problem?

I think you're going to have to prove it by getting into that situation
and showing the various status messages, an llist on the media, config,
stuff like that. It's very hard to fix a problem if one can't see what's
going on.

That really goes for your other case too that is similar -- something
about retention times or something.

=R

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