Sean Carolan wrote:
>> you need to edit the "Pool" resource ("Maximum Volume Jobs" and "Volume
>> Retention") in bacula-dir.conf
> 
> Thank you, Thomas.  I have read through the manual section on the Pool
> resource.  Here is one of my pool definitions:
> 
> Pool {
>   Name = BackupPC_pool
>   Pool Type = Backup
>   Volume Retention = 5 days
>   Recycle = yes
>   AutoPrune = yes
>   MaximumVolumeJobs = 1
> }
> 
> Shouldn't this configuration automatically recycle volumes if I run my
> backup once a week?  My current process goes something like this:
> 
> 1.  Unmount tape that is in the drive
> 2.  Run the "purge" command to wipe the volumes for my next backup
> 3.  Run "mtx -f /dev/sg0 load #" to load up the next tape
> 4.  Run "mount" to get the tape ready
> 5.  Run my backup
> 

there should be no need to do anything manually.

did you restart bacula-dir (or "reload" on bconsole) and "update volumes 
from resource" in bconsole (or bat) after changing the bacula-dir.conf ?

- Thomas

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