Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Job/File/Volumes Retention - Need to truncate Volumes

2010-08-09 08:45:39
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Job/File/Volumes Retention - Need to truncate Volumes
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Carlo Filippetto <carlo.filippetto AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 08:43:35 -0400
2010/8/9 Carlo Filippetto <carlo.filippetto AT gmail DOT com>:
> Hi all,
> I have a question..
>
> I have 3 different Pools,
>  - daily
>  - weekly
>  - monthly
>
> The daily have 6 days of "VolumeRetention", and the volume will be recicled
> correctly, but at the and of every Job in the log I can read:
> 08-ago 05:44 bacula-dir JobId 3288: Begin pruning Jobs older than 6 months
>
> This is set on the Client definition:
> Client {
>   Name = xxx-fd
>   Address = xxx
>   FDPort = 9102
>   Catalog = MyCatalog
>   Password = passwd
>   File Retention = 30 days
>   Job Retention = 6 months
>   AutoPrune = yes
> }
>
> What I woul like to have is:
> es. 1 - daily)
>  - make the backup every day
>  - when the Volumes Retention expire all the date in the catalog will
> purged/pruned
>  - the volume will be delete (truncate) from the disk
>  - a new volume will be create automatically
>
> the same with Weekly, with 30 days of retention and Full with 180day of
> retantion..
>
> What I have to put in the client definition for:
>   File Retention = ??
>   Job Retention = ??
> This fild are optional?
>
> If these value is lower than Volumes retention their data will stay in the
> catalog untill the volume will expire his retention or is reused, so I can
> use the script to truncate the volumes
> (http://www.bacula.org/5.1.x-manuals/en/main/main/New_Features_in_5_0_1.html#SECTION00410000000000000000)?
>

The jobs and files will be pruned when the volume is pruned so you do
not have to worry about Job retention and file retention.

John

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