On 2015-05-22 at 14:33:12 Kern Sibbald wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> The concept of Truncate on Purge is and was very useful, and it was
> designed to be a bit safe to use to protect users from accidently
> destroying data.  However, I also found the old method complicated to
> use so I replaced it in version 7.0.x (as pointed out by Ana) with
> something that is more intuitive (at least to me).  Please refer to
> Ana's email as well as the manual.
> 
> Best regards,
> Kern
> 
> On 22.05.2015 11:56, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> > I have tried to use this feature without success. I am using Bacula
> > 7.0.5 and the following is the directives I use. Hopefully someone
> > can pinpoint what I am doing wrong:
> >
> > JobDefs {
> >    Name = "DefaultJob"
> >    Type = Backup
> >    Level = Incremental
> >    Accurate = yes
> >    Client = epohost-fd
> >    FileSet = "Full Set"
> >    Storage = FileStorage
> >    Messages = Standard
> >    Pool = Files
> >    Priority = 10
> > }
> >
> > #
> > # Define the main linux system back-up job
> > #
> > Job {
> >    Name = "BackupEpohost"
> >    JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
> >    Schedule = "epohost-WeeklyCycle"
> >    Write Bootstrap = "/var/spool/bacula/epohost.bsr"
> > # Set up truncation of purged volumes
> >    RunScript {
> >      RunsWhen=After
> >      RunsOnClient=No
> >      Console = "purge volume action=truncate storage=FileStorage
> > pool=Files" }
> > }
> >
> > #
> > # Pool definition for Virtual Machines Backups
> > #
> > Pool {
> >    Name = Files
> >    Action on Purge = Truncate
> >    Maximum Volume Jobs = 0
> >    Maximum Volume Files = 0
> >    Pool Type = Backup
> >    LabelFormat = "Files"
> >    Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically
> > recycle Volumes AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired
> > volumes Maximum Volumes = 50
> >    Maximum Volume Bytes = 20g
> >    Recycle Oldest Volume = yes
> >    Volume Retention = 3 months         # Three months
> > }
> >
> 

Hello Kern,

The manual seems to be quite new - May 19, 2015! But on page 165 is
documented exactly what I did. So shouldn't that rewritten?

-- 
Regards
Erik P. Olsen

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