On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org> wrote:
> On 5/26/2010 8:50 AM, gnowar wrote:
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I've a problem (I guess) cause bacula doesn't recycle my tape, even when
>> volume retention is over.
>>
>> Here is the pool part of my bacula-dir.conf :
>>
>> # Tape Pool definition
>> Pool {
>>    Name = TapePool
>>    Pool Type = Backup
>>    Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically recycle
>> Volumes
>>    AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
>>    Volume Use Duration = 18 hours
>>    Volume Retention = 20 days         # one year
>>    Maximum Volumes = 1                 # Limit number of Volumes in Pool
>>    Maximum Volume Jobs = 2
>>    Label Format = "Day-"
>> }
>>
>> Look at the tape day-20A (retention period and the last written thing)
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/47940362@N08/4641302169/sizes/l/
>>
>> And now look at the error (1month after the last written thing on the tape,
>> bacula seems to not recycle the tape..)
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/47940362@N08/4641307241/sizes/l/
>>
>>
>> There is a problem, right ?
>
> No.  Bacula is doing as instructed.
>
> Read more on recycling. Bacula will not recycle tapes if it can write to
> another tape instead.
>

Good point. That makes sense. When I answered that question last week
I was more hung up on Maximum Volumes =1 with many volumes created..

John

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