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[Bacula-users] RE : Daily Tape Rotation questions

2008-12-19 05:58:55
Subject: [Bacula-users] RE : Daily Tape Rotation questions
From: "GATOUILLAT Pierre-Damien" <PDGATOUILLAT AT fr.scc DOT com>
To: "Riho Lodi" <riho.lodi AT pta DOT ee>, "bacula-users" <Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:52:06 +0100
Yes, try to reduce to 1. Normally, your volume will be marked as Used after the backup.
And you have to update this information on your created volume, by hand, with the update command with bconsole.
 
Regards,
Pierre


De: Riho Lodi [https://portailsch.sch-groupe.fr/CitrixFEI/composemessage.asp?to=riho.lodi AT pta DOT ee]
Date: ven. 19/12/2008 11:43
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Objet : Re: [Bacula-users] Daily Tape Rotation questions



GATOUILLAT Pierre-Damien wrote:
Hi,

In your pool, you have "Maximum Volume Jobs = 2". I suppose you put the backup of catalog on tape every day ? 
With the directive, your volume should be "Used" after the daily backup cycle.
  
No I backup catalog on hard disk, because I put backup of some computers on the disk. I have some kind of mixed backup. Should I reduce "Maximum Volume Jobs" to 1 for tape, because on every tape it will be really only one job?

Riho
Did you label your volume with the directive "Maximum Volume Jobs = 2" set ? You can check it with llist media (llist with two "l") and look at the Maximum Volume Jobs line. You can update this with the "update" command.

Hope that help.
Pierre
  
  
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Objet : [Bacula-users] Daily Tape Rotation questions

Hi!

I am useing daily tape rotation. I change tape every day and 
useing Full 
backup Level on each tape. Each tape has it's own volume and vaolume 
retention time is 6 days and 12 days for friday tape (I have 
2 of friday 
tapes). Point is that after retention time Bacula 
automatically purges 
volume and makes tape writable again, so after every 7 days 
bacula would 
write brand new data to tape. But it don't do this, it marks tape 
Append, don't purge it and don't write new data to it. What 
could be wrong.
For Bacula configuration I used description on 
http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Backup_Strategies.html#SEC
TION003030000000000000000
I attach example of my configuration too:

Job {
  Name = "ntserver"
  Type = Backup
  Level = Full
  Client = ntserver-fd
  FileSet = "Ntserver Set"
  Schedule = "TapeCycle"
  Storage = DAT72
  Messages = Standard
  Pool = Default
  RunAfterJob  = "/etc/bacula/scripts/end_of_backup.sh"
  Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/ntserver.bsr"
  Priority = 10
#  Max Start Delay = 22h
}

FileSet {
  Name = "Ntserver Set"
  Include {
    Options {
    compression=GZIP
    }
    File = "e:/ShareFiles"
    File = "e:/dok"
  }
}

Schedule {
  Name = "TapeCycle"
  Run = Level=Full Pool=MondayPool Tuesday at 0:00am
  Run = Level=Full Pool=TuesdayPool Wednesday at 0:00am
  Run = Level=Full Pool=WednesdayPool Thursday at 0:00am
  Run = Level=Full Pool=ThursdayPool Friday at 0:00am
  Run = Level=Full Pool=WeeklyPool Saturday at 0:00am
}

Client {
  Name = ntserver-fd
  Address = 192.168.1.100
  FDPort = 9102
  Catalog = MyCatalog
  Password = "testparool"          # password for FileDaemon
  File Retention = 12 days            # 12 days
  Job Retention = 6 days            # 6 days
  AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired Jobs/Files
}

Storage {
  Name = DAT72   
#  Do not use "localhost" here
  Address = 192.168.1.42                # N.B. Use a fully qualified 
name here
  SDPort = 9103
  Password = "testparool"          # password for Storage daemon
  Device = DAT72                      # must be same as Device in 
Storage daemon
  Media Type = DAT                  # must be same as MediaType in 
Storage daemon
#  Autochanger = yes                   # enable for autochanger device
}

Pool {
  Name = MondayPool
  Pool Type = Backup
  Recycle = yes
  AutoPrune = yes
  Volume Retention = 6d
  Maximum Volume Jobs = 2
}


-- 
Riho Lodi
E-mail: riho.lodi AT pta DOT ee
Skype: riholodi


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