Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Retention Configuration

2011-01-18 07:05:19
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Retention Configuration
From: Paulo Martinez <martinezino AT googlemail DOT com>
To: bacula-users <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:02:11 +0100
Am 18.01.2011 um 12:54 schrieb John Drescher:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Paulo Martinez
> <martinezino AT googlemail DOT com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> i have my retention configuration only in the pool resource.
>>
>> Job and file retentions included, because different pools have
>> different retention times for job, files, vol., e.g.
>>
>> Pool {
>>   Name = Differential-Woche
>>   Pool Type = Backup
>>   Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically
>> recycle Volumes
>>   Recycle Oldest Volume = yes
>>   AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
>>   Volume Retention = 284 days         # 9 month
>>   Job Retention = 250 days
>>   File Retention = 250 days
>>   LabelFormat = "Server-${Pool}-${Year}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/
>> r}-${Hour:p/2/0/r}${Minute:p/2/0/r}${Second:p/2/0/r}"
>>   Maximum Volumes = 16                # Limit number of Volumes in  
>> Pool
>>   Storage = sto-bandserver-sd
>> }
>>
>>
>> No Retention statements are in in the job and client resource.
>>
>> Well, i noticed that some jobs don't have fileentries in the catalog
>> anymore.
>>
>> I assume that my file/job retention statements in the pool resource
>> are ignored.
>>
>>
>> Are there some defaults applied and not overwritten by them in the
>> pool conf now?
>>
>> Do i need to set job and files retentions in the client resource?
>>
>> How to handle different retentions for different pool?
>>
>> Regards
>
> I am not sure if this is causing you a problem but remember if you
> label a tape then change the retention in the bacula configuration
> files this change does not apply to already labeled tapes. You need to
> manually apply the change using the bacula update "pool from resource"
> and then update all volumes in pool.


The deployment is still in progress. For now i want to confirm that all
retention times work (long term backups) and noticed the issue above.

If changes are needed, i will refresh all backups ...

PM



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