> De: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
> Assunto: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Catalog File - How to reduce its size
> Para: lbocseg AT yahoo.com DOT br
> Cc: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Data: Terça-feira, 18 de Novembro de 2008, 12:04
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas
> <lbocseg AT yahoo.com DOT br> wrote:
> > I'm using the default settings of Bacula
> configurations to write the bacula catalog backups to a
> file. The file is growing fast. I had a problem with power
> failure and lost 4 months of backup due to a tape failure. I
> would like to purge all jobids < 100, for instance, since
> the related tape doesn't exist anymore. I hope this will
> reduce the catalog backup file size.
> >
> > I can't do it with "purge files
> jobid=2", for instance. Nothing happens and the
> following message is showed:
> >
> > "
> > This command is can be DANGEROUS!!!
> >
> > It purges (deletes) all Files from a Job,
> > JobId, Client or Volume; or it purges (deletes)
> > all Jobs from a Client or Volume without regard
> > for retention periods. Normally you should use the
> > PRUNE command, which respects retention periods.
> > "
> >
> > How should I proceed?
> >
> Well if you lost an entire tape, it would be simpler to
> purge the
> tape.
I think I already purged it since I only have two volumes: the new one for the
new tape and the old Catalog volume. The problem is that I would like to delete
the old catalog entries as they are of no value to me since I don't have that
tape anymore. The Catalog volume file was not damaged by the power failure.
What is the format of the Volume File? Is there some way of decompressing it,
remove the old entries and compress it again?
> Does it still exist in the catalog? If not ignore the
> DANGEROUS
> comment.
How can I ignore this comment? bconsole doesn't ask me to answer any question.
It just states that message and returns.
What would happen if I just deleted the Catalog backup file? What is the reason
about backing up multiple catalog backups? Why just the last one (or the last
3) is not enough?
Thanks in advance,
Rodrigo.
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