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Re: [Bacula-users] six tapes - one for each day
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From: Arno L. <al...@it...> - 2007-10-04 18:42:46
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Hi,
04.10.2007 14:24,, Markus Stumpf wrote::
> Hi folx,
>
> I am new to bacula and my setup is working (mostly).
> I am using bacula 2.2.0 with a HP Storage Works 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader.
>
> The goal ist to use 6 tapes (1 for each day) and have one slot with "take
> away" tapes (weekly/monthly backups).
>
> Schedule {
> Name = "WeeklyCycle"
> Run = Level=Incremental Pool=Monday Monday at 23:05
> Run = Level=Incremental Pool=Tuesday Tuesday at 23:05
> Run = Level=Incremental Pool=Wednesday Wednesday at 23:05
> Run = Level=Incremental Pool=Thursday Thursday at 23:05
> Run = Level=Incremental Pool=Friday Friday at 23:05
> Run = Level=Incremental Pool=Saturday Saturday at 23:05
> Run = Level=Full Pool=Monthly 1st Sunday at 23:05
> Run = Level=Full Pool=Weekly 2nd-5th Sunday at 23:05
> }
Ok, this looks good, although I don't especially like such a setup.
> and the pool defnitions for the various weeksdays are like:
>
> Pool {
> Name = Monday
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = yes
> AutoPrune = yes
> Volume Retention = 5d
> Maximum Volumes = 1
Add Volume Use Duration = <less than one week, preferrably a few days,
here>
> }
>
> and for the weekly/monthly:
... do it similar.
...
> However I do not want bacula to *append* to each tape every e.g. Monday,
> but I want it to rewrite the tape, but this doesn't work. Do I also
> have to specify
> Use Volume Once = yes
> I don't want to use
> Maximum Volume Jobs = nnn
> as there is a (growing) number of jobs and I don't want to have to
> modify all the pools each time a new job is added.
> Do I have to specify a
> Recycle Pool = Monday
> or will this work automatically?
Yes. The volume will not change its pool association then.
> Currently e.g. the tape "Tuesday" is in status "Full" and I cannot get
> the config to work, so that it gets overridden next Tuesday.
You need to update the volumes to represent the new pool defaults.
> The tapes in the Changer, names and assignment to the pools are IMHO
> correct.
...
> Also, is there a way to have bacula skip jobs after some time?
Maximum Run Time and -Wait Time for the jobs.
> The job on Tuesday didn't work out as the tape was marked full.
> The 'list jobs' command now says that the job is still running but I
> cannot cancel it (no such job).
That's bad... did you restart parts of Bacula in between?
> +-------+--------------------+---------------------+------+-------+----------+-----------------+-----------+
> | JobId | Name | StartTime | Type | Level |
> JobFiles | JobBytes | JobStatus |
> +-------+--------------------+---------------------+------+-------+----------+-----------------+-----------+
> | 234 | EFN-SRV01.INTRANET | 2007-10-02 23:05:02 | B | I |
> 0 | 0 | R |
> +-------+--------------------+---------------------+------+-------+----------+-----------------+-----------+
This is only the catalog... what does 'sta sd' report?
> Also the Wednesday job did not run (probably because the Tueday job is
> still in queue).
Yes.
> How do I cancel this job (besides stopping bacula and modifying the
> MySQL database and marking the job as cancelled).
The cancel command. If that doesn't work, and you don't have other
jobs running, restart the SD.
Arno
> Thanks!
>
> \Maex
>
>
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