Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] volume retention question

2008-08-25 09:35:10
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 15:34:43 +0200
Ronald Buder wrote:
>> Mikel Jimenez wrote:
>>     
>>> 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
>>>       
>
> I'm having a hard time to understand, what you want. If you run a full
> backup every 1st of the month and keep running incremental backups you
> will run into trouble after the 21st day of incremental backups. Bacula
> will notice the gap and run a new full backup. Like I said, I'd resort
> to differential jobs...
>
>   
>> Some help please
>>     
>
> I'm trying, I'm trying...
>
>   
Sorry for my english

Forgot all that I say.

I want the capability to select files no more than 21 days of one job, 
and I want that, that volumes be recycled after 21 days(max use time (23 
hours))

Is that possible?

Thanks!!

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