>>>>> On Wed, 19 May 2010 13:49:53 +0200, ?Marcus said:
> 
> 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?

If you have "AutoPrune = yes" in the Client definition then it might still get
pruned.  That directive causes File and Job pruning for all jobs on the
client, so you might need a separate Client definition for the archiving.

__Martin

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