>>>>> On Wed, 19 May 2010 10:31:34 +0200, Marcus said:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>     if I understand everything correctly, when I define a pool and set 
> "AutoPrune = no" and "Volume Retention = 2 years", the first statement 
> actually nulls out the Volume Retention period, since the Volume will 
> never be pruned, and thus is never be able to be recycled.
> 
>     The Volume Retention only comes into place if I do a a manual prune 
> of the job. In that case the volume will be not be used for at least two 
> more years (possibly more if available volumes are available, and File 
> or Job Retention do not demand a longer period).
> 
>     Did I get this correctly?

Yes, as long as Prune Volumes is set to no in the jobs (the default) and
Bacula can find or create a volume when it needs one.  If it can't find a
volume and Recycle Oldest Volume is yes then it can still recycle a volume
after two years.

__Martin

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