Hi!
You are correct Luc.
He needs a "stop using volume directive", and I paste here the options from manual:
The above three directives are all you need assuming that you fill each of your Volumes then wait the Volume Retention period before reusing them. If you want Bacula to stop using a Volume and recycle it before it is full, you will need to use one or more additional directives such as:
- Use Volume _Once_ = yes
- Volume Use Duration = ttt
- Maximum Volume Jobs = nnn
- Maximum Volume Bytes = mmm
Particularly, I like the "volume use duration" when you have more than one job writing to volume. It works like a charm for me.
But, with Volume retention = 1 month and a "stop using volume directive"configured, all the jobs and files are pruned when the volume retention period is reached. So he will not have jobs and files for a year, but for a month too.
Regards,
Ana