When we speak of {\bf recycling} volumes, we mean that {\bf Bacula} can write
over the previous contents of a volume. Thus all previous data will be lost.
-You may not want Bacula to automatically recycle (reuse) tapes. This requires
-a large number of tapes, and in such a case, it is possible to manually
+You may not want Bacula to automatically recycle (reuse) tapes. This would require
+a large number of tapes though, and in such a case, it is possible to manually
recycle tapes. For more on manual recycling, see the section entitled
\ilink{ Manually Recycling Volumes}{manualrecycling} below in
this chapter.
\item Recycle = yes
\end{itemize}
-} Automatic recycling of Volumes is performed by Bacula only when it wants a
+Automatic recycling of Volumes is performed by Bacula only when it wants a
new Volume and no appendable Volumes are available in the Pool. It will then
search the Pool for any Volumes with the {\bf Recycle} flag set and whose
Volume Status is {\bf Full}. At that point, the recycling occurs in two steps.
expired. When a Volume is marked as Purged, it means that no Catalog records
reference that Volume, and the Volume can be recycled. Until recycling
actually occurs, the Volume data remains intact. If no Volumes can be found
-for recycline for any of the reasons stated above, Bacula will request
+for recycling for any of the reasons stated above, Bacula will request
operator intervention (i.e. it will ask you to label a new volume).
-A key point mentioned above that can be a source of frustration is that Bacula
+A key point mentioned above, that can be a source of frustration, is that Bacula
will only recycle purged Volumes if there is no other appendable Volume
available, otherwise, it will always write to an appendable Volume before
recycling even if there are Volume marked as Purged. This preserves your data
also prevents the catalog from growing to be too large. You choose the
retention periods in function of how many files you are backing up and the
time periods you want to keep those records online, and the size of the
-database.You can always re-insert the records (with 98\% of the original data)
+database. You can always re-insert the records (with 98\% of the original data)
by using ``bscan'' to scan in a whole Volume or any part of the volume that
you want.
By setting {\bf AutoPrune} to {\bf yes} you will permit {\bf Bacula} to
automatically prune all Volumes in the Pool when a Job needs another Volume.
Volume pruning means removing records from the catalog. It does not shrink the
-size of the Volume or effect the Volume data until the Volume gets
+size of the Volume or affect the Volume data until the Volume gets
overwritten. When a Job requests another volume and there are no Volumes with
Volume Status {\bf Append} available, Bacula will begin volume pruning. This
means that all Jobs that are older than the {\bf VolumeRetention} period will
Each Volume inherits the Recycle status (yes or no) from the Pool resource
record when the Media record is created (normally when the Volume is labeled).
-This Recycle status is stored in the Media record of the Catalog. Using the
+This Recycle status is stored in the Media record of the Catalog. Using
the Console program, you may subsequently change the Recycle status for each
Volume. For example in the following output from {\bf list volumes}:
all the volumes are marked as recyclable, and the last Volume, {\bf File0007}
has been purged, so it may be immediately recycled. The other volumes are all
marked recyclable and when their Volume Retention period (14400 seconds or 4
-hours) expires, they will be eligible for pruning, and possible recycling.
+hours) expires, they will be eligible for pruning, and possibly recycling.
Even though Volume {\bf File0007} has been purged, all the data on the Volume
is still recoverable. A purged Volume simply means that there are no entries
in the Catalog. Even if the Volume Status is changed to {\bf Recycle}, the
the next day when you notice the email message, you will mount it and {\bf
Bacula} will finish the unfinished incremental backup.
-What does this give? Well, at any point, you will have a the last complete
-Full save plus several Incremental saves. For any given file your want to
+What does this give? Well, at any point, you will have the last complete
+Full save plus several Incremental saves. For any given file you want to
recover (or your whole system), you will have a copy of that file every day
for at least the last 14 days. For older versions, you will have at least 3
and probably 4 Friday full saves of that file, and going back further, you
\begin{itemize}
\item Use the {\bf delete volume} command in the Console to delete the Volume
from the Catalog.
-\item If the a different tape is mounted, use the {\bf unmount} command,
+\item If a different tape is mounted, use the {\bf unmount} command,
remove the tape, and insert the tape to be renamed.
\item Write an EOF mark in the tape using the following commands:
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