Martin Simmons schrieb:
>>>>>> 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.

   Thanks, that clears it up.

   So with this settings I have archived a backup (including holding the
Job Records indefinitely) until I manually work on it?

Marcus


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