Hi Erik,

volumes will only be reused after the volume retention period is reached.
And the point of keeping a volume which doesn't contain jobIDs is that you 
could import the tape or recover data from it using btape since it still 
contains all files.

Kind regards

Julian


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Von: phatrik [mailto:bacula-forum AT backupcentral DOT com] 
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2009 03:46
An: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Betreff: [Bacula-users] Job vs volume retention periods


Hi,

I'm confused in regards to job retention vs volume retention.  From the little 
bit I understand, if the volume retention period is passed and bacula is unable 
to find any other appendable volumes in the client's stoarge pool, it will 
delete all file and job records and then re-use that volume.  However, how 
about if all the jobs in that volume have been pruned but the volume retention 
period hasn't passed yet (and of course recycling is enabled) Will bacula still 
re-use the volume since no more jobs remained after they've all been pruned?  
If it does, what's the purpose of having a volume retention period which is 
usually without a doubt longer than the job retention period?  If it doesn't, 
what's the point of keeping a volume which doesn't contain jobIDs which can't 
be restored anymore?  


thanks in advance,



Erik

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