I recently noticed that two of my monthly tapes were purged, and I'm trying to figure out why. My pool definition: Pool { Name = Monthly Pool Type = Backup Recycle = no # Bacula can automatically rec
Yes, the default file retention period is 60 days and the default job retention is 180 days. Auto pruning operates on files, jobs & volumes. It would appear that all of the files and jobs related to
Author: "John Drescher" <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 22:18:39 -0400
A second idea is if you changed this pool definition after you labeled the tapes. Any tapes labeled before the change of the pool will retain their original retention period. John -- This SF.net ema
That contradicts the documentation though... "The Volume Retention period takes precedence over any Job Retention period you have specified in the Client resource." In other words, Volume Retention i
Author: "John Drescher" <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 23:59:17 -0400
No. I believe it means that if Volume Retention is less than file or job retention then the volume could still be pruned instead of having to wait for the other two retention periods. John -- This SF
Odd. I just looked at all my job and client definitions and there is no retention declared anywhere. I also still read "takes precedence" as "overrides", as does my wife, formerly an english prof. :)
Author: "John Drescher" <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 01:22:21 -0400
I see from your first post that the volume retention period is 356 days (or 31536000 seconds) for the volumes you listed. Now looking at the manual. Specifically here http://bacula.org/en/rel-manual
Author: Ryan Novosielski <novosirj AT umdnj DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 03:28:40 -0400
You should do an llist on the volume in question to make sure that the retention period on the volume is actually what you think it is. I think you can check the job retention period in a similar way