Hi,

15.08.2008 17:33, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
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> s_mendes wrote:
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>> Hello people,
>>
>> I'm running bacula v. 2.4.1 for windows, and storing the backups in
>> files (instead of tapes).
>> Everything looks like fine, excepting  the option that I use to always
>> overwrite the files where are the bkps.
>>
>> This is my config:
>> Pool {
>>   Name = Pool_diary
>>   Pool Type = Backup
>>   Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically recycle
>> Volumes
>>   AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
>>   Volume Retention = 0 day

IIRC, this means unlimited. Try a reasonable setting like "2 hours" 
(for test setup) or some weeks (for production).

>>   Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
>>  Purge Oldest Volume = yes
>> }
>>
>> Then, after the backup I receive the email:
>> Volume "wsantos-diario" previously written, moving to end of data.
>>
>> Why it's not overwriting??
>>
>> The state of the file is used.
> 
> You don't show that, and to my knowledge it's not possible. You might
> want to provide more output.

Well, perhaps with the above setting that's what happens... usually, 
I'd agree with Ryan. I never saw a "Used" volume being appended to.

Arno

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