[Bacula-users] My plan to save disk space

Hi all,

I am looking for a way to save disk space on my Bacula server. My config for one of the clients is below. And the list of volumes.

Here is the list of volumes:

linux1dcFull-1181

linux1dcFull-1049

linux1dcDiff-1161

linux1dcFull-1096

linux1dcDiff-1064

linux1dcDiff-1116

linux1dcDiff-1122

linux1dcInc-1106

linux1dcInc-1108

linux1dcInc-1050

linux1dcInc-1550

linux1dcDiff-1140

linux1dcInc-1111

linux1dcInc-1055

linux1dcInc-1059

linux1dcInc-1071

linux1dcInc-1077

linux1dcInc-1082

linux1dcFull-1125

linux1dcInc-1085

linux1dcInc-1088

linux1dcInc-1091

linux1dcInc-1103

Am I right in thinking that the volumes I have highlighted above are not needed as there are either Diff between them or a Full.

Storage {

Name = "bacula1:storage:"

Address = bacula1

Password = "password"

Device = "linux1dcStorage"

Media Type = File

Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10

}

FileSet {

Name = "linux1dc"

Include {

Options {

Signature = "MD5"

Compression = "GZIP9"

}

#MySQL database

File = "/mnt/cloud-backup/linux1dc/"

# Hornbill directory (CS+SW)

File = "/home/cloud-backup/linux1dc/"

}

Exclude {

File = "/mnt/cloud-backup/linux1dc/mysql/swdata/swsystag.*"

}

Job {

Name = "linux1dc-Backup"

JobDefs = "CloudBackup"

Type = Backup

Client = bacula1

Pool = linux1dcPool-Full

FileSet = "linux1dc"

Storage = "bacula1:storage:linux1dc"

Full Backup Pool = linux1dcPool-Full

Incremental Backup Pool = linux1dcPool-Inc

Differential Backup Pool = linux1dcPool-Diff

#External scripts definition

RunScript {

Command = "/root/scripts/mysql_backup_before.sh 3 linux1dc"

RunsOnClient = No

RunsWhen = Before

}

RunScript {

Command = "/root/scripts/mysql_backup_after.sh 3 linux1dc"

RunsOnClient = No

RunsWhen = After

}

# Nagios integration

Run After Job = "/root/scripts//bacula2nagios.sh \"%n\" 0 \"%e %l %v\""

Run After Failed Job = "/root/scripts/bacula2nagios.sh \"%n\" 1 \"%e %l %v\""

}

# Allow one extra volume (file) per Pool

# monthly - full

# weekly - diff

# daily - inc

Pool {

Name = "linux1dcPool-Full"

LabelFormat = "linux1dcFull-"

Pool Type = "Backup"

Recycle = "yes"

Autoprune = "yes"

Volume Retention = 60 days

Maximum Volumes = 5

Maximum Volume Jobs = 1

}

Pool {

Name = "linux1dcPool-Diff"

LabelFormat = "linux1dcDiff-"

Pool Type = "Backup"

Recycle = "yes"

Autoprune = "yes"

Volume Retention = 40 days

Maximum Volumes = 6

Maximum Volume Jobs = 1

}

Pool {

Name = "linux1dcPool-Inc"

LabelFormat = "linux1dcInc-"

Pool Type = "Backup"

Recycle = "yes"

Autoprune = "yes"

Volume Retention = 8 days

Maximum Volumes = 9

Maximum Volume Jobs = 1

}

My plan is to write a shell script which looks in the database for volumes over my retention period i.e. 8 days for incremental and delete these volumes with bconsole delete volume, then remove them from disk.

Can anyone see a problem with this?

Regards

WaqarK

PGP: D1388321

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