Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media

2010-04-14 19:40:46
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Using removable SATA disks as media
From: Joseph Spenner <joseph85750 AT yahoo DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:38:46 -0700 (PDT)
--- On Wed, 4/14/10, Phil Stracchino <alaric AT metrocast DOT net> wrote:

> 
> Once purged, you can either let Bacula recycle them itself,
> or you can
> use the Update Volume command to manually change the volume
> status to
> Recycle.  This is a particularly straightforward
> operation if you are
> using BAT, since you can do it on all the volumes at once.
> 

OK, my next backup ran and it used the next volume.  Success!
However.. it "appended".  Here's what my volumes look like now:

*list volumes
Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog
Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
Pool: Default
No results to list.
Pool: File
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes      | VolFiles | 
VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten         |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
|      25 | disk_0001  | Purged    |       1 |    37,353,382 |        0 |      
777,600 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-04-08 23:10:03 |
|      26 | disk_0002  | Purged    |       1 | 5,125,873,046 |        1 |      
777,600 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-04-13 23:10:02 |
|      27 | disk_0003  | Append    |       1 | 7,009,019,184 |        1 |      
777,600 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-04-14 23:21:34 |
|      28 | disk_0004  | Purged    |       1 |    51,194,220 |        0 |      
777,600 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-04-07 23:21:59 |
|      29 | disk_0005  | Purged    |       1 |        10,436 |        0 |      
777,600 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-04-08 23:05:03 |
|      30 | disk_0006  | Purged    |       1 |           561 |        0 |      
777,600 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-04-08 23:07:14 |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
Pool: Scratch
No results to list.
*

Whatever was on disk_0003 was left in place, and the new backup data appended 
to that volume.  Is there a way to make it wipe the volume clean before writing?



      

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