On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Daniel Ruiz Molina
<tecnicos AT caos.uab DOT es> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> We would like to configure Bacula for doing following scheduling:
>     --> a full backup first day of the week (for example, monday)
>     --> incremental backups the rest of the week (from tuesday to sunday)
>
> Now, Bacula is configured for generating a file (POOL) in the system (we run
> backups over a RAID-5 filesystem) for that cycle (1-Full + 6-Increm) and
> another different one when cycle starts again (one cycle per week).
> However, we would like to generate 4 POOL (files with different number???)
> in a month. In others word, we want to keep a POOL 1 week, start another
> one, and when the third week starts, recycle the first and write over it
>
> Our configuration files are:
>
> schedule.conf
>
> Schedule {
>   Name = "PT"
>   Run = Incremental tue-sun at 1:00
>   Run = Full mon at 1:00
> }
>
> pool.conf
>
> Pool {
>         Name = Incremental
>         Label Format = "MyHOST"
>         Pool Type = Backup
>         Recycle = yes
>         AutoPrune = yes
>         Storage = BackupRAID5
>         Volume Use Duration = 6d
>         Volume Retention = 15d
> }
>
> clients.conf
>
> Client {
>   Name = myhost
>   Address = myhost
>   FDPort = 9102
>   Catalog = Catalogo-MyHOST
>   Password = "password"
>   File Retention = 30 days            # 30 days
>   Job Retention = 6 months            # six months
>   AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired Jobs/Files
> }
>
> jobs.conf
>
> Job {
>   Name = "Backup-MyHOST"
>   Client = myhost
>   JobDefs = "ServerJob"
>   Write Bootstrap = "/var/bacula/myhost"
>   Pool = Incremental
> }
>
> jobsdefs.conf
>
> JobDefs {
>   Name = "ServerJob"
>   Type = Backup
>   Level = Incremental
>   Client = myhost
>   FileSet = "Servers"
>   Schedule = "PT"
>   Storage = BackupRAID5
>   Messages = Standard
>   Priority = 10
>   Pool = Incremental
> }
>
> bacula-dir.conf
>
> Catalog {
>   Name = Catalogo-MyHOST
>   dbname = bacula; user = bacula; password = ""
> }
>
> With this configuration, Bacula generates a third file in third week. We
> only want to keep 2 files (pools?) containing backups from monday to sunday.
> Week #3 we would like to use file 1 (or another one, but deleting first
> automatically) and week #4 use file 2 (or another one deleting second
> automatically).
>
> Can anyone help me??
>
> I have read Bacula PDF... but I think I will never get what I want.
>

I believe your problem is

File Retention = 30 days            # 30 days
Job Retention = 6 months            # six months

I believe both of these need to be 7 days.

John

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