On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:39 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Kjetil Torgrim Homme
> <kjetilho AT linpro DOT no> wrote:
>> Marc Richter <mr AT web-factory DOT de> writes:
>>
>>> Further, I want to know, why bacula recycles Volumes (which destroys
>>> data) instead of creating new ones and if this is a Bug which should
>>> be reported.
>>
>> I believe this is intended behaviour, and it's the behaviour I want.
>> after all, when I tell Bacula I want to keep that backup for 180 days,
>> that's what I actually mean, and I don't want Bacula to start using a
>> fresh tape when an old tape can be recycled instead.  (Note, Bacula
>> should only recycle media which is present and available without human
>> interaction.)
>>
>
> No, this is definitely not intended behavior. Bacula is supposed to
> protect media for how ever long you specify in your volume retention
> period.
>
Sorry, I am wrong. I was thinking of a different thread where the user
had volumes being recycled way before the retention period expired.

John

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