Hi,
07.11.2008 15:54, Fábio Catunda wrote:
> Arno,
>
> Thanks a lot, pretty simple. I just updated all informations running
> "update" from console and selecting option 13, then "status 1" showed
> "07-Nov 12:46 hefesto-dir: Max configured use duration exceeded. Marking
> Volume "StorageDisk" as Used."
>
> So I just ran a job and the new volume has been created:
> "Volume name(s): Backup-2008-11-07"
Good. That's what should have happened. (Note that, if you upgrade,
volumes will not necessarily be purged by a 'status' command.)
> About my bacula version, do you think that the debian version have a lot
> of problems?
I don't know if the debian team did anything to their versions of
Bacula, but the release notes for Bacula document a huge number of bug
fixes since version 2.0 only.
> I believe that the package maintainer use some patches to
> keep it stable, I'm I right?
I don't know. I guess backporting *all* the fixes to a 1.38 Bacula
would be impossible, though.
Arno
> Anyway, really thanks for the tip, one more learned.
>
> Fábio Catunda.
>
> Arno Lehmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 07.11.2008 11:10, Fábio Catunda wrote:
>>
>>> Hi list.
>>>
>>> This is my first message to the list, I'm new on bacula, if some
>>> information is missing, please, just ask and I promise that next time
>>> the information will be in the first e-mail.
>>>
>>> Bacula version: 1.38.11 (28 June 2006) Debian package.
>>>
>> A very good start to include that information.
>> And - your Bacula is outdated. You should upgrade as soon as possible.
>> Recebt versions not only add new features but also fix serious issues.
>>
>>
>>> I have a storage, so I'm using file storage. Everything was fine until
>>> the volume I created got about 50GB of data, then I saw that it was
>>> taking too long to restore some files. Search google for help I got to:
>>> http://bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Basic_Volume_Management.html#SECTION002611000000000000000
>>>
>>> Great. So I made the following config (relevant sections only):
>>> in bacula-sd:
>>>
>>> Device {
>>> Name = Default
>>> Media Type = File
>>> Archive Device = /backup/bacula
>>> LabelMedia = yes;
>>> Random Access = Yes;
>>> AutomaticMount = yes;
>>> RemovableMedia = no;
>>> AlwaysOpen = no;
>>> }
>>>
>>> And in bacula-dir.conf:
>>> JobDefs {
>>> Name = "ETC"
>>> Type = Backup
>>> Level = Incremental
>>> FileSet = "ETC"
>>> Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
>>> Storage = File
>>> Messages = Standard
>>> Pool = Default
>>> Priority = 10
>>> }
>>>
>>> Pool {
>>> Name = Default
>>> Pool Type = Backup
>>> Recycle = yes
>>> AutoPrune = yes
>>> Volume Retention = 180 days
>>> Volume Use Duration = 23h
>>> LabelFormat = "Backup-${Year}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}"
>>> }
>>>
>>> Storage {
>>> Name = File
>>> Address = hefesto.mydomain.com.br
>>> SDPort = 9103
>>> Password = "ThisIsMyPassword"
>>> Device = Default
>>> Media Type = File
>>> }
>>>
>>> I was expecting a volume cycle, but more than 23h has passed and still
>>> no new volume in my default pool.
>>>
>> That's probably because your existing volume still uses the original
>> information. What you set in the pool configuration is merely a
>> template used when creating new volumes, so you need to update the
>> existing volume. In bconsole, the command to use is - surprise! -
>> 'update'.
>>
>>
>>> I would like to know what is wrong, any tip is appreciated. Also, is
>>> there a way to force a volume creation? I would like to run some backups
>>> today (fryday) in a new volume, just in case.
>>>
>> You could also simply set the volume status to "Used" and use the
>> 'label' command to create a new volume.
>>
>> Arno
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for the help.
>>>
>>> Fábio Catunda.
>>>
>>
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