On Sat 03 May 2008 16:03, Charles Sprickman wrote:
>> I recently noticed that two of my monthly tapes were purged, and I'm
>> trying to figure out why.
>>
>> My pool definition:
>>
>> Pool {
>>    Name = Monthly
>>    Pool Type = Backup
>>    Recycle = no                        # Bacula can automatically recycle
>> Volumes
>>    AutoPrune = yes                   # Prune expired volumes
>>    Volume Retention =  2 years
>>    Volume Use Duration = 1 month
>>    Maximum Volumes = 12
>>    LabelFormat = "Monthly"
>> }
>>
>> I was looking at the Volume recycling docs here:
>>
>> http://bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.h
>>tml
>>
>> And it seems like these volumes should not be pruned until the Volume
>> Retention period is met.
>>

> Yes, the default file retention period is 60 days and the default job 
> retention is 180 days. Auto pruning operates on files, jobs & volumes. It 
> would appear that all of the files and jobs related to these volumes had
> been 
> pruned from your catalog. Once they all were pruned the volumes were
> marked 
> as purged.

That contradicts the documentation though...  

"The Volume Retention period takes precedence over any Job Retention period
you have specified in the Client resource."

In other words, Volume Retention is the only thing that counts, right?

What am I missing here?

> Cheers!
>
> cmr

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