Hi list!

Bacula user manual says this:

http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html

"Recycling Algorithm

After all Volumes of a Pool have been pruned (as mentioned above, this
happens when a Job needs a new Volume and no appendable Volumes are
available), Bacula will look for the oldest Volume that is Purged (all Jobs
and Files expired), and if the Recycle flag is on (Recycle=yes) for that
Volume, Bacula will relabel it and write new data on it."

So, if I have my pool set up for example like this.. 

Pool {
  Name = Pool1
  Pool Type = Backup
  Recycle = yes
  AutoPrune = yes
  Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
  Use Volume Once = yes
  Maximum Volume Bytes = 256M
  Volume Retention = 1 min
  Maximum Volumes = 8
  Label Format = 
"${Client}-${Level}-${NumVols:p/4/0/r}-${Year}_${Month}_${Day}-${Hour}_${Minute}"
  Storage = FileStorage1
}

I'd assume I get a single backup per volume (file), and the file is named
always based on the client name, job level, and the date when the job is
run.. based on the "Bacula will relabel" text above..

This is what happens when bacula recycles these volumes:

JobId 7: Start Backup JobId 7, Job=server1.2008-06-02_19.43.04
JobId 7: There are no more Jobs associated with Volume 
"server1-fd-Full-0001-2008_6_2-19_32". Marking it purged.
JobId 7: All records pruned from Volume "server1-fd-Full-0001-2008_6_2-19_32"; 
marking it "Purged"
JobId 7: Recycled volume "server1-fd-Full-0001-2008_6_2-19_32"
JobId 7: Using Device "FSDevice1"
JobId 7: Recycled volume "server1-fd-Full-0001-2008_6_2-19_32" on device 
"FSDevice1" (/mnt/backup1/pool1), all previous data lost.
JobId 7: Volume used once. Marking Volume "server1-fd-Full-0001-2008_6_2-19_32" 
as Used.

So.. bacula recycles the volume, but the name of the volume stays the same as 
it was given
when it was used for the first time.. 

Any tips for this? 

Soon I'm almost done setting everything up :) 

-- Pasi

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