On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Jose E. Molina <jmolina AT brujula DOT es> 
wrote:
> I have a bit of a poltergeist here. I have configured 12 hour max volume
> use duration:
>
> Pool {
>   Name = Semanal
>   Pool Type = Backup
>   Recycle = yes
>   AutoPrune = yes
>   Volume Retention = 25 days
>   Volume Use Duration = 12h
> }
>
> Last weekend the backups failed because all volumes were used, and in
> the log i found this:
>
> 2009-02-21 22:00:02 JobId 1645: Max configured use duration exceeded.
> Marking Volume "000002L3" as Used.
> 2009-02-21 22:00:02 JobId 1645: Using Device "PowerVaultDr1"
> 2009-02-21 22:00:02 JobId 1645: 3307 Issuing autochanger "unload slot 2,
> drive 0" command.
> 2009-02-21 22:01:00 JobId 1645: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 3,
> drive 0" command.
> 2009-02-21 22:01:49 JobId 1645: 3305 Autochanger "load slot 3, drive 0",
> status is OK.
> 2009-02-21 22:01:51 JobId 1645: Recycled volume "000003L3" on device
> "PowerVaultDr1" (/dev/nst0), all previous data lost.
> 2009-02-21 22:01:51 JobId 1645: Max configured use duration exceeded.
> Marking Volume "000003L3" as Used.
> 2009-02-21 22:01:52 JobId 1645: Job write elapsed time = 00:00:01,
> Transfer rate = 53.91 M bytes/second
>
> Seems a minute after recycling 00003L3, it marks it as used!
> This is on Bacula 2.4.4 linux compiled from source
>
> Cheking the volume use duration of 00003L3 gives:
>
> Enter MediaId or Volume name: 5
> Updating Volume "000003L3"
> Current use duration is: 12 hours
> Enter Volume Use Duration:
>
> That day Bacula used all the volumes, at random use duration times.
> Looking "Last Written" i have:
>
> 000003L3 2009-02-21 22:01:54
> 000004L3 2009-02-21 22:11:17
> 000001L3 2009-02-21 22:30:43
> 000005L3 2009-02-21 22:35:06
>
> Any idea?
> I'll update all the volumes against the pool, purge, and see if this
> happens again...
>

How long was each tape used?

John

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