On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Mingus Dew <shon.stephens AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:
> Dear All,
>      I am running bacula-5.2.10 on Solaris 10 x86. I've noticed an
> issue recently where I've wanted to restrict further restrict the
> Maximum Volumes in a couple of Pools.
> I edited the config and changed "Maximum Volumes = 3". I then reloaded
> and updated the Pools from Resource. It says it successfully updates.
> I've also tried restarting bacula-dir and then updating the Pools from
> Resource. Here is my config, names changed to protect the innocent.
>
> Pool {
>   Name = Company-FS_Full
>   Pool Type = Backup
>   Storage = Company_Files
>   Recycle = Yes
>   AutoPrune = Yes
>   Volume Retention = 14d
>   Maximum Volume Jobs = 25
>   Maximum Volumes = 3
>   Label Format = Company-FS_Full-
>   Next Pool = Company_LTO5_Tapes
> }
>
> Pool {
>   Name = Company-FS_Incr
>   Pool Type = Backup
>   Storage = Company_Files
>   Recycle = Yes
>   AutoPrune = Yes
>   Volume Retention = 14d
>   Maximum Volume Jobs = 150
>   Maximum Volumes = 3
>   Label Format = Company-FS_Incr-
>   Next Pool = Company_LTO5_Tapes
> }
>
> If I run "list pools" in bconsole, I see this:
> +--------+-----------------------+---------+---------+----------+---------------------+
> | PoolId | Name                  | NumVols | MaxVols | PoolType |
> LabelFormat         |
> +--------+-----------------------+---------+---------+----------+---------------------+
>
> |     20 | Company-FS_Full       |       5 |       5 | Backup   |
> Company-FS_Full-    |
> |     21 | Company-FS_Incr       |       4 |       5 | Backup   |
> Company-FS_Incr-    |
>
> So not only is Bacula not updating the Maximum Volumes, but its still
> creating additional volumes still (I had removed some volumes)
>
> Can anyone suggest how I can even begin to troubleshoot this?
>

This is by design. The pool resource is a template to create new
volumes. Not alter existing volumes. To fix open bconsole and

update pool from resource


then

update all volumes in pool

John

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