On 2/7/2011 6:43 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote:
>>
>> I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file
>> volume to
>> avoid a disk overflow. Let's say there is a 100MB file volume "Volume-1".
>> What will be
>> happen after the Volume Retention Period when the Recycle and AutoPrune are
>> set to
>> "Yes" in our Pool setup?
>> Will Bacula 5.0.2 clean the 100MB contents of the file "Volume-1" so that it
>> will start from
>> scratch or do i have to delete/relabel the volume manually for further
>> usage?
>
> Starting with 5.0.x, there is a feature by which purged disk volumes can
> be automatically truncated.  This feature was BROKEN AND UNSAFE in
> 5.0.1.  It is my recollection that it is fixed, and works properly, in
> 5.0.3...  but as with all things, test first before you put it into
> production, just to be sure.

I went looking for that.  I found ActionOnPurge = Truncate.  However, it 
does not seem to be automatic.  It seems to be a console command.

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/

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