From: Jo Simoens Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 01:00:14 +0000 (+0000) Subject: I think I managed to adapt to the new CVS situation. X-Git-Tag: Release-1.38.0~463 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b704a1a612860ceaaa6a63db3ae56d4089757def;p=bacula%2Fdocs I think I managed to adapt to the new CVS situation. In the beginning of the file I made a major change. Please have a look at it. Further down it's mostly minor typos. --- diff --git a/docs/manual/recycling.tex b/docs/manual/recycling.tex index 34f1b9b8..9be49d22 100644 --- a/docs/manual/recycling.tex +++ b/docs/manual/recycling.tex @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ append to the volume, but it will never overwrite the data thus destroying it. 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. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ records are: {\bf \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. @@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ the Volume. The Volume will be purged if the VolumeRetention period has 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 @@ -116,14 +116,14 @@ In each case, pruning removes information about where older files are, but it 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 @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ contain a current copy of your backup data, it will be used. 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}: @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ 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 @@ -389,8 +389,8 @@ finally fills up, {\bf Bacula} will request the next one in the series, and 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 @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ instructions below: \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: