On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Kenny Noe <knoe501 AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to free up space on the server holding the backup files.  I've read
> about changing retention periods (current is 30d and I want to change to
> 15d) and I've changed the File, Job, and Volume Retention periods in the
> client config file for my clients, and stopped / started the Bacula
> services.  However this hasn't changed anything.   When I go in to the
> bconsole I can list the volume and still see a retention period of 30 days.
>
> I'm paranoid I'm gonna corrupt something and can't find / understand the
> docs about pruning.  Yes, AutoPrune is "on".
>

Remember that the config file is just a template on how to create new volumes

To update existing volumes you need to do the following 2 commands in bconsole:

update pool from resource

update all volumes in pool


John

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