Well, I thought I had it set to Purge Oldest, but I didn't.  That was my 
intention, but the directive wasn't there (yes, I'm aware of the 
implications).  So, that solved that problem.  But why was it trying to 
create volumes that already exist? That seems like a true bug in 
Bacula.

j

On Wednesday 10 September 2008, Joshua J. Kugler said something like:
> Bump?
>
> These volumes exist in the database on and disk, but Bacula keeps
> trying to create them.  Does anyone know what's wrong?  There is
> plenty of space on the disk to which it's backing up, and I have
> Bacula configured to recycle the oldest volume, so I'm not sure why
> it's not purging the oldest, and going from there.
>
> Ideas?
>
> j
>
> On Monday 08 September 2008, Joshua J. Kugler said something like:
> > Came in this morning and noticed a client needed intervention. 
> > This is a disk-to-dist backup.
> >
> > 08-Sep 09:51 adelie-dir: hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04 Warning:
> > Wanted to create Volume "File-0192", but it already exists. Trying
> > again. 08-Sep 09:51 adelie-dir: hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04
> > Warning: Wanted to create Volume "File-0193", but it already
> > exists. Trying again. 08-Sep 09:51 adelie-dir:
> > hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04 Warning: Wanted to create Volume
> > "File-0194", but it already exists. Trying again. 08-Sep 09:51
> > adelie-dir: hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04 Warning: Wanted to create
> > Volume "File-0195", but it already exists. Trying again. 08-Sep
> > 09:51 adelie-dir: hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04 Warning: Wanted to
> > create Volume "File-0196", but it already exists. Trying again.
> > 08-Sep 09:51 adelie-dir: hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04 Warning:
> > Wanted to create Volume "File-0197", but it already exists. Trying
> > again. 08-Sep 09:51 adelie-dir: hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04
> > Warning: Wanted to create Volume "File-0198", but it already
> > exists. Trying again. 08-Sep 09:51 adelie-dir:
> > hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04 Warning: Wanted to create Volume
> > "File-0199", but it already exists. Trying again. 08-Sep 09:51
> > adelie-dir: hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04 Warning: Wanted to create
> > Volume "File-0200", but it already exists. Trying again. 08-Sep
> > 09:51 adelie-dir: hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04 Warning: Wanted to
> > create Volume "File-0201", but it already exists. Trying again.
> > 08-Sep 09:51 adelie-dir: hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04 Error: Too
> > many failures. Giving up creating Volume name.
> > 08-Sep 09:51 adelie-dir: Pruning oldest volume "File-0041"
> > 08-Sep 09:51 adelie-sd: Job hyperion.2008-09-07_23.05.04 waiting.
> > Cannot find any appendable volumes.
> > Please use the "label"  command to create a new Volume for:
> >     Storage:      "FileStorage" (/backup/bacula)
> >     Media type:   File
> >     Pool:         Default
> >
> > We have the system configured to automatically recycle oldest
> > volume. These volumes were on disk and in the database, but it was
> > trying to create them anyway.  We're using an SQLite database.  I
> > don't know what's going on. Does anyone else?



-- 
Joshua Kugler
Part-Time System Admin/Programmer
http://www.eeinternet.com
PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/  ID 0xDB26D7CE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge
Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes
Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world
http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
_______________________________________________
Bacula-users mailing list
Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users