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Re: [Bacula-users] Delete volume on purge

2009-02-19 14:54:25
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Delete volume on purge
From: Chris Lieb <chris.lieb+nospam AT gmail DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:51:32 -0600
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Alex F wrote:
> Item 1. Delete volume on purge.
> Origin: Alex F, alexxzell at yahoo dot com
> Date: 16 February 2009
> 
> What: A feature that would permit Bacula to delete a volume from the
> hard disk after it has been purged.
> 
> Why: Useful for users backing up to hard disks. I for instance, am doing
> this, and have to manually list volumes, seek and delete them, and
> afterwards delete them from the mysql database. Woulld be acceptable if
> I had to do it for 1 client...but I have many servers being backed up so
> this is time-consuming. Maybe a new status could be defined when listing
> jobs, something like "Deleted".
>    I know Bacula treats backups like if it were tape jobs, but I believe
> that t his approach is a little outdated, and some help should be
> pointed towards the users who use Servers for the purpose of backing up.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
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I wrote a python script that will replicate this functionality.  See
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bacula.user/51495

HTH,
Chris
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