'status dir' and scheduled job information

[Łukasz Szczepanik]

Hi guys,

Anyone could explain me why Volume information is *unknown* when I execute 'status dir' command:

*status dir
bareos-director Version: 21.0.0 (21 December 2021) 
Scheduled Jobs:
Level          Type     Pri  Scheduled          Name               Volume
===================================================================================
Incremental    Backup    10  20-Dec-22 19:00    server1 *unknown*
Incremental    Backup    10  20-Dec-22 19:00    server2 *unknown*

The job config is:

*show job=server1-job
Job {
  Name = "server1-job"
  Type = Backup
  Messages = "Standard"
  Storage = "s3storage"
  Pool = "server1-full-pool"
  FullBackupPool = "server1-full-pool"
  VirtualFullBackupPool = ""
  IncrementalBackupPool = "server1-inc-pool"
  DifferentialBackupPool = ""
  NextPool = ""
  Client = "server1"
  FileSet = "server1"
  Schedule = "CycleSchedule-1"
  JobToVerify = ""
  Catalog = ""
  JobDefs = ""
  RerunFailedLevels = Yes
}

When job runs it choose volume from proper pool but somehow 'status dir' is not able to  check it.

Thank tou

[Bruno Friedmann]

Never forget that Bareos try to be the most conservative as possible with data. which can translate to up to the start of the job, it will not expire and recycle a volume. That let you a possibility to still restore from it up to the last minute.

if you want to know if a next volume is already available you can play the the `list nextvol` bconsole command.

[Łukasz Szczepanik]

Thanks Bruno. Sounds good.