From: Jeremy M. <jm...@sc...> - 2011-07-14 11:29:14
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Op 14/07/2011 12:34, Carsten Pache schreef: > Hi there, > > my name is Carsten and I am quite of new to Bacula. > > Currently I have the following configuration: > - Bacula 5.0.3 installed on Ubuntu 11.04. > - LTO-3 tape drive connected to this machine. > - Six machines running Windows Server 2003 / 2008 to be backupped nightly (mon-fri). > - Spooling is activated in Bacula. > > The backup process by itself works. The problem I have is the recycling of the tapes. > > I am using ten tapes, labeled Mon_1, Tue_1,..., Fri_1 to be used during odd calendar weeks respectively Mon_2, Tue_2,..., Fri_2 to be used during even calendar weeks. Every backup is a full backup. The backup size for the six Windows machines altogether is 250-300 GB; the capacity of one tape is 400 GB uncompressed. The tapes are changed every morning. > > After the first backup to a tape, the "VolStatus" of the tape/volume changes to "Append". So when this tape is mounted again two weeks later, Bacula appends the backup to this tape. Instead, how do I tell Bacula to use this tape from the beginning? There's a few options: - Add a "Volume Use Duration" to your pool configs. I use a value of "1 days" for my daily backups so the tapes get marked "Used" after that time and will get recycled later. - Set a "Maximum Volume Jobs" value in your pool configs. If the amount of jobs running to one tape is set and will not change often you can use this to get a tape marked "Used" as soon as the set amount of jobs are written to it. Regards, Jeremy **** DISCLAIMER **** http://www.schaubroeck.be/maildisclaimer.htm |