Re: [Bacula-users] bacula using volume for each job every night

If life gives you lemons, keep them-- because hey.. free lemons.


--- On Tue, 5/25/10, John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] bacula using volume for each job every night
> To: "Joseph Spenner" <joseph85750 AT yahoo DOT com>
> Cc: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 9:22 AM
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:06 AM,
> Joseph Spenner <joseph85750 AT yahoo DOT com>
> wrote:
> >
> > If life gives you lemons, keep them-- because hey..
> free lemons.
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 5/25/10, Phil Stracchino <alaric AT metrocast DOT net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Phil Stracchino <alaric AT metrocast DOT net>
> >> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] bacula using volume
> for each job every night
> >> To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> >> Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 8:49 AM
> >> On 05/25/10 10:37, Joseph Spenner
> >> wrote:
> >> > The last few nights, bacula is using multiple
> volumes
> >> again.  I had this problem once before and
> thought I
> >> fixed it.  But apparently not.  Here are my
> >> settings:
> >> >
> >> > # Default pool definition
> >> > Pool {
> >> >   Name = Default
> >> >   Pool Type = Backup
> >> >   Recycle = yes
> >> >   AutoPrune = yes
> >> >   Job Retention = 20 days
> >> >   Volume Retention = 20 days
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > # File Pool definition
> >> > Pool {
> >> >   Name = File
> >> >   Pool Type = Backup
> >> >   Recycle = yes
> >> >   AutoPrune = yes
> >> >   Job Retention = 20 days
> >> >   Volume Retention = 20 days
> >> >   Volume Use Duration = 23h
> >> >   Maximum Volume Bytes = 1330G
> >> >   Maximum Volumes = 21
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > I have several client definitions such as:
> >> >
> >> > JobDefs {
> >> >   Name = "TychoJob"
> >> >   Type = Backup
> >> >   Level = Incremental
> >> >   FileSet = "Full Set"
> >> >   Schedule = "WeeklyCycleTuesday"
> >> >   Storage = File
> >> >   Messages = Standard
> >> >   Pool = File
> >> >   Priority = 10
> >> >   Write Bootstrap =
> >> "/opt/bacula/bin/working/%c.bsr"
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Client {
> >> >   Name = tycho-fd
> >> >   Address = tycho
> >> >   FDPort = 9102
> >> >   Catalog = MyCatalog
> >> >   Password = "sensoredPassword"
> >> >   AutoPrune = yes
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > Schedule {
> >> >   Name = "WeeklyCycleTuesday"
> >> >   Run = Level=Full tue at 1:05
> >> >   Run = Incremental wed-mon at 1:05
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > Anyone have any ideas?
> >>
> >> This may be a silly question, but ... how much
> data is
> >> being backed up
> >> each night?
> >>
> >> How many clients do you have and what are your
> various
> >> concurrency
> >> settings?  In particular, does every storage
> device
> >> have a concurrency
> >> setting greater than the number of clients?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Currently, not much data backed up at all.  Last
> night, 6 volumes/files were used:
> >
> > file_0009 = 292B       Incremental of the bacula
> server itself
> > file_0010 = 284.34G    Full backup of a Linux
> Client
> > file_0011 = 5.47MB     Incremental of a Linux
> Client
> > file_0012 = 67.28MB    Incremental of a Linux
> Client
> > file_0013 = 169.85MB   Incremental of a Windows
> Client
> > file_0014 = 44.96MB    Catalog
> >
> > I currently have 5 clients.
> >
> 
> How about the output of
> 
> list media pool=File
> 
> John
> 

John:
  Here's that output:

*list media pool=File
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes        | VolFiles | 
VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten         |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
|       1 | file_0001  | Recycle   |       1 |          11,680 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-20 14:45:06 |
|       2 | file_0002  | Recycle   |       1 |   9,253,254,931 |        2 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-20 14:50:48 |
|       3 | file_0003  | Used      |       1 |     527,479,983 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-24 01:05:14 |
|       4 | file_0004  | Used      |       1 |     270,915,092 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-24 01:06:02 |
|       5 | file_0005  | Used      |       1 |       4,433,256 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-24 01:06:06 |
|       6 | file_0006  | Used      |       1 |             802 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-24 01:06:08 |
|       7 | file_0007  | Used      |       1 |      82,725,180 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-24 01:06:58 |
|       8 | file_0008  | Used      |       1 |      36,517,484 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-24 01:10:04 |
|       9 | file_0009  | Used      |       1 |           1,122 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-25 01:05:09 |
|      10 | file_0010  | Used      |       1 | 297,339,853,723 |       69 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-25 08:38:27 |
|      11 | file_0011  | Used      |       1 |       5,636,837 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-25 08:38:37 |
|      12 | file_0012  | Used      |       1 |      68,951,208 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-25 08:38:40 |
|      13 | file_0013  | Used      |       1 |     174,055,489 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-25 08:39:38 |
|      14 | file_0014  | Used      |       1 |      46,074,125 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-25 08:39:42 |
|      15 | file_0015  | Recycle   |       1 |   5,408,772,092 |        1 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-17 14:02:57 |
|      16 | file_0016  | Recycle   |       1 |      85,692,487 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-17 22:02:59 |
|      17 | file_0017  | Recycle   |       1 |   5,479,213,260 |        1 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-18 14:58:46 |
|      18 | file_0018  | Recycle   |       1 |   7,391,498,443 |        1 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-19 01:15:46 |
|      19 | file_0019  | Used      |       1 | 301,801,642,606 |       70 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-21 08:11:25 |
|      20 | file_0020  | Used      |       1 |   1,061,346,999 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-22 01:10:07 |
|      21 | file_0021  | Used      |       1 |     478,660,455 |        0 |    
1,728,000 |       1 |    0 |         0 | File      | 2010-05-23 01:10:04 |
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
*



      

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