2011/8/18 Hugo Letemplier <hugo.let.35 AT gmail DOT com>:
> 2011/8/16 Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>:
>>
>> On Aug 16, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Hugo Letemplier wrote:
>>
>>> 2011/8/16 Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>:
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 16, 2011, at 6:36 AM, Hugo Letemplier wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 2011/8/16 Jeremy Maes <jma AT schaubroeck DOT be>:
>>>>>> Op 16/08/2011 11:45, Hugo Letemplier schreef:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi the list !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a recurrent issue in bacula.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I specified a very long duration for job and file retention.
>>>>>> I sepecified Purge File = No, Purge Job = No, Purge Volume = yes
>>>>>> I have autoprune = yes in the pool description
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I work on a volume rotation basis, one volume is kept a time according
>>>>>> to his pool's retention parameters.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I want to keep in base, for some jobs, all the files that are in the
>>>>>> volume because theses jobs are more usually used to restore some files
>>>>>> than the whole job.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I still have "Puged Files = Yes" in the job run list in Bat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't understand what's happenning !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you help me ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I check that my pruning directives work as expected ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hugo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you set these long retention times etc after you created the volumes?
>>>>>> Those parameters are set for a volume when it's created, and are not
>>>>>> automatically updated when you change the config and/or reload bacula. 
>>>>>> You
>>>>>> have to issue the "update" command in bconsole and update your "pool from
>>>>>> resource" for all pools and volume parameters "all volumes from pool". 
>>>>>> (or
>>>>>> all volumes from all pools).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>> Jeremy
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your answer
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I already have updated my volumes. So I dont understand very well
>>>>> what 's happening
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When in doubt, ignore bat. Instead, look at what bconsole reports.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dan Langille - http://langille.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I checked via a restore
>>> I think there is no doubt because bacula done an inc as big as a full
>>> just after the jobs that were marked Pruned Files : yes
>>> Also when i do a restore It says that there are missing files entries
>>> and I cant select file and dirs with the tree in bconsole.
>>>
>>
>> I believe you are reaching conclusions based on suspicions, not facts.  The
>> conclusions may be correct, but that doesn't help find the cause.
>>
>> Look at the output of 'list media'.  Look at the value in volretention.  It 
>> is in seconds.
>>
>> Is this value matching up with that expect?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dan Langille - http://langille.org
>>
>>
>
> The Volume retention is correct. Moreover, the problem isn't on the
> volume retention but on the file retention.
>
> My volumes are never pruned because for the moment I put it a little
> too big duration, I keep an eye on the volume size and the remaining
> space on the hard drive. I delete jobs then prune the volumes that
> contains no jobs and purge action=Truncate manually on the purged
> volumes ( I am at this point because bacula is pruning files and I
> dont known the origin of the problem. So I do a lot of things manually
> for safety reasons).

In other words I set AutoPrune = No

>
> Where can I check this File retention, is it writen in the database
> like for the volume retention, or only in the configuration file ?
> What configuration directives should I check ?
>
> I updated all the file retention directives ( in client and pool ) to
> a duration of 1 year.
> So, now, it shouldn't purge files except if their jobs are deleted, if
> job have its files purged or if the volume that contain the job is
> purged, isn't it ?
>
> Regards
>
> Hugo
>

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