Hi All,
I have noticed one thing. The Volumes which have been
expired (retention 12days) when getting recycled gives below logs. but i am
able to see that volume intact on the server but the Catalog entry is missing.
Kindly find the attached file for details of Catalog screen
shot.
19-Dec 05:29 bacula2-dir JobId 18095: There are no more Jobs
associated with Volume "Vol0170". Marking it purged.
19-Dec 05:29
bacula2-dir JobId 18095: New Pool is:
Default
19-Dec 05:29 bacula2-dir JobId 18095: All records pruned
from Volume "Vol0170"; marking it "Purged"
19-Dec 05:29 bacula2-dir JobId
18095: There are no more Jobs associated with Volume "Vol0502". Marking it
purged.
File: `Vol0170'
Size:
32212195211 Blocks: 62975960 IO Block:
4096 regular file
Device:
891h/2193d Inode: 16793602
Links: 1
Access: (0640/-rw-r-----) Uid: (
0/ root) Gid: (
0/ root)
Access: 2009-12-06 11:18:21.000000000
+0530
Modify: 2009-12-06 13:41:32.000000000 +0530
Change: 2009-12-06
13:41:32.000000000 +0530
Recycling does not remove physical volume, which in
your case is a file on a disk (volume could also be a tape, in that case the
tape drive is analoguos to disk drive holding now the volume
files).
Purging means that all catalog entries related to
the contents of the volume in question are deleted. Also, information
about the actual volume will stay in the database after purge (roughly:
this is how Bacula knows the volume exists and that its status is now "purged").
Bacula will pysically touch this volume (file) only when it will be written
again next time, and at that time its size will at first reduce to (almost)
zero, and immediatedly thereafter Bacula starts appending new data into
it.
So, pruning/purging does not delete or otherwise
modify physical volume files, it just manipulates the catalog to make the
volumes re-available for writing. AFAIK, nor does so even the "delete"
command that may be used to delete all catalog information about the volume.
This is analoguos to using tapes as volumes: no backup software would physically
delete physical tapes (put in a shredded?) either.
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TiN
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