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Re: [Bacula-users] Reusing a disk volume

2014-05-16 09:28:16
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Reusing a disk volume
From: Alan Brown <ajb2 AT mssl.ucl.ac DOT uk>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 14:25:47 +0100
Use a new volume every day, then cycle them.

You won't use any more space, you're just using it differently.


On 16/05/14 14:19, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * John Drescher (Fri, 16 May 2014 09:08:40 -0400)
>
>>> Maybe use duration of 59 days. Then volume retention in a few hours.
>>> If you set use duration to a small number # > 0 you will only be able
>>> to store data on the volume for that period. I believe a use duration
>>> of 0 means infinity (although I could be wrong).
>>
>> Also remember that even on disk volumes that bacula recycles an entire
>> volume at a time. So the jobs written on the first day will be around
>> for 60 days but the jobs written on the 59th day will be around for
>> less than a day.
>
> Okay, that's of course not what I want. Our current backup (not
> Bacula) makes sure that files older than sixty days will be deleted.
> How can I achieve the same with Bacula?
>
> Thorsten
>
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