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Andy Feys
May 11, 2021, 5:22:38 AM5/11/21
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Hi,
I have a number of servers that I backup to a bareos server with plenty of disk storage.
I get this error (after s number of days of no problems with the jobs):
bareos-sd JobId 181: Job server3-var-backup.2021-05-10_23.00.01_03 is waiting. Cannot find any appendable volumes.
Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
Storage: "Server3Storage" (/data1/server3)
Pool: Incremental
Media type: File
Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
Storage: "Server3Storage" (/data1/server3)
Pool: Incremental
Media type: File
I had this error before, and then I increased the Maximum Volumes to 1000 in the files /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/pool/ (Incremental.conf, Full.conf, .....)
What is the correct way to configure this so I don't get this problem anymore? I have more diskspace on the backup server than all my other servers combined, so storage on the backup server should not be a problem for the near or medium far future.
best regards,
Andy
Erich Eckner
May 11, 2021, 5:56:14 AM5/11/21
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On Tue, 11 May 2021, Andy Feys wrote:
> Hi,
Hi Andy,
> I have a number of servers that I backup to a bareos server with plenty of
> disk storage.
> I get this error (after s number of days of no problems with the jobs):
>
> bareos-sd JobId 181: Job server3-var-backup.2021-05-10_23.00.01_03 is
> waiting. Cannot find any appendable volumes.
> Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
> Storage: "Server3Storage" (/data1/server3)
> Pool: Incremental
> Media type: File
>
> I had this error before, and then I increased the Maximum Volumes to 1000 in
> the files /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/pool/ (Incremental.conf, Full.conf,
> .....)
This means, you ran out of *volumes* (not necessarily out of *disk
space*).
>
> What is the correct way to configure this so I don't get this problem
> anymore? I have more diskspace on the backup server than all my other
> servers combined, so storage on the backup server should not be a problem
> for the near or medium far future.
Are you doing a Full-Differential-Incremental strategy or
AlwaysIncremental? In the second case, I cannot help you (as I do not use
that strategy for my backups). In the first case: Do you have a
recent-enough Full/Differential backup? If you have too few of them, you
will accumulate quite a number of incrementals in-between (though, 1000
seems plenty even in this case - or are you backing up hundrets of
servers?).
In either case, also have a look at your Volume Retention and possibly set
AutoPrune in your Pool configurations.
>
> best regards,
> Andy
HTH,
Erich
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On Tue, 11 May 2021, Andy Feys wrote:
> Hi,
Hi Andy,
> I have a number of servers that I backup to a bareos server with plenty of
> disk storage.
> I get this error (after s number of days of no problems with the jobs):
>
> bareos-sd JobId 181: Job server3-var-backup.2021-05-10_23.00.01_03 is
> waiting. Cannot find any appendable volumes.
> Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
> Storage: "Server3Storage" (/data1/server3)
> Pool: Incremental
> Media type: File
>
> I had this error before, and then I increased the Maximum Volumes to 1000 in
> the files /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/pool/ (Incremental.conf, Full.conf,
> .....)
space*).
>
> What is the correct way to configure this so I don't get this problem
> anymore? I have more diskspace on the backup server than all my other
> servers combined, so storage on the backup server should not be a problem
> for the near or medium far future.
AlwaysIncremental? In the second case, I cannot help you (as I do not use
that strategy for my backups). In the first case: Do you have a
recent-enough Full/Differential backup? If you have too few of them, you
will accumulate quite a number of incrementals in-between (though, 1000
seems plenty even in this case - or are you backing up hundrets of
servers?).
In either case, also have a look at your Volume Retention and possibly set
AutoPrune in your Pool configurations.
>
> best regards,
> Andy
HTH,
Erich
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Andy Feys
May 11, 2021, 6:05:37 AM5/11/21
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Hi Erich,
to answer your question: I use the always-incremental strategy, though I'm beginning to question if I shouldn't change this.
I've increased the number of volumes, so this is giving me some time to look for a permanent solution.
best regards,
Andy
Erich Eckner
May 11, 2021, 10:22:10 AM5/11/21
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On Tue, 11 May 2021, Andy Feys wrote:
> Hi Erich,
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On Tue, 11 May 2021, Andy Feys wrote:
Hi Andy,
> to answer your question: I use the always-incremental strategy, though I'm
> beginning to question if I shouldn't change this.
it.
> I've increased the number of volumes, so this is giving me some time to look
> for a permanent solution.
the number of volumes: bareos will only start recycling old volumes, if it
runs out of unused volumes. (though, I can understand, that one wants to
increase the number of volumes to make it "just work for now" again)
>
> best regards,
> Andy
regards,
Erich
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