>>>>> On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 18:40:27 +0100, Mauro Colorio said:
> 
> Suppose I've this bacula-dir.conf snapshot:
> 
> 
> Client {
>   Name = foo-fd
>   Catalog = MyCatalog
>   File Retention = 12 months
>   Job Retention = 12 months
>   AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
> }
> 
> Pool {
>   Name = Daily
>   Pool Type = Backup
>   Recycle = yes
>   AutoPrune = yes
>   Volume Retention = 5 days
>   Maximum Volume Bytes = 800G
>   Volume Use Duration = 23h
>   Maximum Volumes = 5
> }
> 
> Pool {
>   Name = Monthly
>   Pool Type = Backup
>   Recycle = yes
>   AutoPrune = yes
>   Volume Retention = 1 year
>   Maximum Volume Bytes = 800G
>   Volume Use Duration = 23h
>   Maximum Volumes = 1
> }
> 
> 
> It's correct to say that:
> the jobs done in the pool daily will stay in the catalog for 5 days,
> then purged. ( Even if in the fd definition I've 12 month, the Volume
> retention when is passed
> all jobs that are on the "retented" volume will be purged)
> the monthly one to stay for one year and then purged is it correct?,
> is that correct? (otherwhise my catalog will be veeeery big)

Yes, that's roughly correct.  Bacula will prune the jobs in the daily pool
when it needs a new volume, so that will happen when you do a daily backup.

__Martin

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