We are looking at the same scenario.  It was my belief that the retention 
period for the separate pools (1 pool for the disk based backup and 1 for the 
copy to tapes) could be different.  For example, we set our disk based backups 
to retain monthly backups (FULL) for 3 months, but our copy to tape monthly 
backups set to 1 year.  It was my understanding that once the disk based backup 
expired in 3 months the copy would be promoted to the original backup in the 
catalog and available for restore and that the 1 year retention would be used.  
Please advise if this assumption is INCORRECT.  We are still trying to iron out 
all the little nuances of our backup scenario.  Thanks.

Steven Hammond
I.T. Manager
Technical Chemical Company

For support, please email us at support AT technicalchemical DOT com.


-----Original Message-----
From: dweimer [mailto:dweimer AT dweimer DOT net] 
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 10:41 AM
To: Bacula Users
Subject: [Bacula-users] Is it Possible to Change File, Job, and Volume 
Retention Periods when Coping a job

I am searching for a way of making my copy jobs stick around for a 
longer period of time then the original jobs.

Intended goal, original jobs are backups to file system, copy jobs go to 
tape and are taken offsite.  I intend to keep the file backups for a 
couple of months for fast restores of accidentally deleted files.  The 
copy jobs however I intend to keep for at least a year and be able to 
search the database for files on them.  So that in the event I do have 
to restore from one of the offsite tape backups, I can find the file and 
give the local operator the specific volume to go and retrieve.

I don't see any obvious method of setting a longer retention period on 
the copy jobs.  I tried setting longer periods in the tape pool 
resource, but don't see any messages in the job logs stating that it was 
indeed extended from the original jobs.

What is the best way to accomplish this?

Will setting a longer file/job retention periods with a shorter volume 
retention allow the volumes of the disk pool to recycle, while the job 
and file information stay intact on the tape pool volumes?

Or do I need to use a SQL selection admin job to purge the disk volumes 
thereby promoting the offsite copy jobs to backup jobs?

-- 
Thanks,
    Dean E. Weimer
    http://www.dweimer.net/

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