Well, if it has been more than 30 days, the entries for each file has 
been pruned from the database. However, the job is being retained for 6 
months.  If the files have been pruned, you still have the option to 
restore ALL files from a job, until the job itself is pruned.


JBB

On 6/14/2013 1:32 PM, Jeff MacDonald wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I went to restore some files this morning and had a "check my pants" sort of 
> moment. I went to do the restore and got something like this:
>
> ====
> You have selected the following JobIds: 296,436,440,444,448
>
> Building directory tree for JobId(s) 296,436,440,444,448 ...  +
>
> For one or more of the JobIds selected, no files were found,
> so file selection is not possible.
> Most likely your retention policy pruned the files.
>
> Do you want to restore all the files? (yes|no):
> ====
>
> So I clicked, yes and was able to get all my files just fine. No harm or 
> error there. But I'm curious why my files are pruned from my catalog?
>
> My File Retention times are all set to 30 days. Job Retentions to 6 months. 
> Volume retention 365 days
>
> I DO have AutoPrune on. I'm just unsure of why they are being pruned…
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Jeff.
>
>
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