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From: Uwe S. <uwe...@ni...> - 2012-06-13 10:46:47
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 03:34:16AM -0700, sbooth wrote: > I did the volume cleanup and had just around the number of volumes needed (or I thought). Then it started to work the way I expected in that it recycled volumes that jobs had expired (7 days). But then one day someone put a 32Gb of data on so it couldn't recycle enough volumes so it auto created volumes. But now it doesn't recycle volumes it just keeps creating volumes. Is this correct behavior? > > If I limit the number of volumes in a pool what will happen in my case above when new volumes are needed? > > Thanks again for the help. > Hi Steve, once you hit the maximum volume number in the pool, bacula will purge / recycle the oldest volume it can find in the pool, depending on your pool configuration. Are you limiting the volume size or number of jobs in any way? All the best, Uwe |