On 2010May10 10:48 AM, McCann, Brian wrote:
> Hi all.  I've got a configuration issue that's been driving me nuts
> for weeks now.  I backup several Windows machines using Bacula, to a
> large disk array.  Each workstation gets its own pool.  My problem is
> that I have the pool "theoretically" set to keep 15 days of backups,
> but currently it's got 26 days of files in it.  Here's a pool
> configuration:
> 
> [...]Volume Retention = 15d
> Recycle = yes 
> [...]
> I've read the documentation, but for the life of me I can't see why
> it's not deleting files/backups older than 15 days.  Can anyone point
> me in the right direction and tell me what the heck I'm doing wrong
> here?  I'm currently on Bacula 3.0.3.
> 
> Thanks! --Brian

I'm pretty sure "Volume Retention" is a MINIMUM, and Bacula will
always prefer to use empty, appendable volumes before recycling older
volumes.

There is a "Volume use duration" setting that gives Bacula a MAXIMUM
time to use a Volume, but even though you can then set the volume to
be marked "Used" (and therefore available for recycling) after, say, 15
days, I'm not sure if you can force bacula to recycle automatically if
there are still emtpy, appendable volumes available instead...

http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html

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