In the message dated: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:51:31,
The pithy ruminations from "Mike Holden" on
<[Bacula-users] Pruning before failed jobs - bug?> were:
=> At the moment, one of my client machines is switched off, deliberately.
=>
=> Bacula tries to back it up overnight, but fails because it cannot connect to
the client.
=>
=> Before doing this, it prunes and purges successfully, according to the
retention rules.
=>
=> My thought is that if this machine is left off for an extended periopd of
time, I could
=> end up in a situation where all the backups are removed. I understand there
is a new
=> option to truncate backup files on prune/purge as well, so there is even the
potential
=> for the backup to be deleted, as well as the catalog.
=>
=> So my question is this - should backups be pruned, purged and truncated
automatically if
=> the backup fails?
In my opinion, the current stance incorrectly prioritizes obeying the
retention schedule above preserving data.
While the retention schedule should be chosen so that this isn't a problem, I
think that it's more important to keep data, particularly if it's the sole
backup of a client.
On 30 Nov., I submitted a feature request (minimum retention count) to
address this issue:
http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT
net/msg38513.html
For some reason, that request is not listed in the "Projects" file:
http://bacula.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=bacula/bacula;a=blob;f=bacula/projects;hb=HEAD
Mark
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