On 04/23/10 10:05, Peter Reilly wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to understand what condition would cause bacula to not find
> any appendable volumes, or recycle any tapes.
> 
> *ver
> orlbacula-dir Version: 2.4.2 (26 July 2008) i686-redhat-linux-gnu redhat
> 
> I'm getting this error:
> 
> 23-Apr 07:30 orlbacula-sd JobId 14636: Job
> ons-nids-daily.2010-04-22_21.05.30 waiting. Cannot find any appendable
> volumes.
> Please use the "label"  command to create a new Volume for:
>     Storage:      "Drive-0" (/dev/nst0)
>     Pool:         Weekly
>     Media type:   ULTRIUM-LTO-4
[...]

Have you tried putting a 'Maximum Volumes = 13' directive in your Pool
resource to tell it not to create any more new volumes besides the ones
you already have?

(Though if your retention is 14 days, you probably need to have at least
15 volumes.)

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