Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] volume retention question

2008-08-25 09:18:14
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] volume retention question
From: Mikel Jimenez <mikel AT irontec DOT com>
To: Ronald Buder <rbuder AT proficom-ag DOT de>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:17:48 +0200
Ronald Buder wrote:
> Hi
>
>   
>> Hello
>> What happend if I make full backup day 1 of the month and incremental
>> backups 2-30th and I have incremental volume retention to 21 days?
>>
>> The 28th of the month what I can recover?
>>     
>
> As with every other backup system, Bacula should eventually notice the
> gap in the incrementals and perform a full backup at the 23rd. I havn't
> testet that scenario and would not dare do so in a production
> environment. I would, depending on the activity of the client, also
> recommend differential backups, say once a week. Incrementals always
> refer to the last incremental, differentials refer to the last full or
> differential backup. Give it a differential job, say on the 14th (halb a
> month) and you're good to go.
>  
>   
>> Thanks
>>     
>
> You're welcome.
>
> Regards, Ronald
>
>   
what you recommend me?
I want to have the capacity to watch a system state for 21 days and no 
more, I want to volumes go recycling, and no have memory of that system 
more than 21 days


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