I have a backup job that uses a Pool of 100 5 gig files. Job and File retention are set to 10 years. Vol retention set to 70 days.

100 files have been filled and the oldest file is 23 days old. 

Right now bacula is attempting to prune the oldest volume. As I understand things.. this will not result in any thing actually being pruned from that volume and essentially my db is just going to spin and move onto the next volume until I add new ones for it to use. Am I correct?

I think it's correct, unless have configured the "Purge Oldest Volume = yes”.

Purge Oldest Volume = yes… just sounds evil :) Like it can override any and all retention periods. I don’t want that :)

Purge Oldest Volume ignores any retention configuration and may lead you to a loop, yes, if your backup size increases too much. I don't like it.

 

With Autoprune = off i think the behavior would be the same at this point.

Would it? If that was off… I would think that the director would just wait until either i labeled a new volume, or told it to prune one?

I think so. I wasn't aware that you were using Purge Oldest Volume option. Its a game changer.

 

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