On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Giskard Reventlov
<greventlv AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
> For some reason, my backup is not rotating the files fast enough and my
> backup drive is full. I would like Retention of three months (One full
> backup) and weekly incrementals. The drive to be backed up is 800GB while
> the backup drive itself is 1.8TB.
>
> Is this the best way to do this or am I configured incorrectly?
>
> Here is my bacula-dir.conf:
>
> Director {                            # define myself
>   Name = als-dir
>   DIRport = 9101                # where we listen for UA connections
>   QueryFile = "/etc/bacula/scripts/query.sql"
>   WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/bacula"
>   PidDirectory = "/var/run/bacula"
>   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
>   Messages = Daemon
>   DirAddress = 127.0.0.1
> }
> JobDefs {
>   Name = "DefaultJob"
>   Type = Backup
>   Level = Incremental
>   Client = als-fd
>   FileSet = "Full Set"
>   Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
>   Storage = File
>   Messages = Standard
>   Pool = File
>   Priority = 10
>   Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/%c.bsr"
> }
> Job {
>   Name = "BackupLocalFiles"
>   JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
> }
> Job {
>   Name = "BackupCatalog"
>   JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
>   Level = Full
>   FileSet="Catalog"
>   Schedule = "WeeklyCycleAfterBackup"
>   # This creates an ASCII copy of the catalog
>   # Arguments to make_catalog_backup.pl are:
>   #  make_catalog_backup.pl <catalog-name>
>   RunBeforeJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/make_catalog_backup.pl MyCatalog"
>   # This deletes the copy of the catalog
>   RunAfterJob  = "/etc/bacula/scripts/delete_catalog_backup"
>   Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/%n.bsr"
>   Priority = 11                   # run after main backup
> }
> Job {
>   Name = "RestoreLocalFiles"
>   Type = Restore
>   Client=als-fd
>   FileSet="Full Set"
>   Storage = File
>   Pool = Default
>   Messages = Standard
>   Where = /home/BCK/restore
> }
> FileSet {
>   Name = "Full Set"
>   Include {
>     Options {
>       signature = MD5
>       compression = GZIP
>     }
>      File = /
>      File = /boot/efi
>      File = /home
>   }
>   Exclude {
>     File = /var/lib/bacula
>     File = /home/BCK
>     File = /proc
>     File = /tmp
>     File = /.journal
>     File = /.fsck
>     File = /dev
>     File = /run
>   }
> }
> Schedule {
>   Name = "WeeklyCycle"
>   Run = Full 1st mon at 01:05
>   Run = Incremental tue-sun at 01:05
> }
> Schedule {
>   Name = "WeeklyCycleAfterBackup"
>   Run = Full mon-sun at 01:10
> }
> FileSet {
>   Name = "Catalog"
>   Include {
>     Options {
>       signature = MD5
>     }
>     File = "/var/lib/bacula/bacula.sql"
>   }
> }
> Client {
>   Name = als-fd
>   Address = localhost
>   FDPort = 9102
>   Catalog = MyCatalog
>   File Retention = 30 days
>   Job Retention = 6 months
>   AutoPrune = yes
> }
> Storage {
>   Name = File
>   Address = als                # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
>   SDPort = 9103
>   Device = FileStorage
>   Media Type = File
> }
> Catalog {
>   Name = MyCatalog
> }
> Messages {
>   Name = Standard
>   mailcommand = "/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) \<%r\>\" -s
> \"Bacula: %t %e of %c %l\" %r"
>   operatorcommand = "/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) \<%r\>\"
> -s \"Bacula: Intervention needed for %j\" %r"
>   mail = root = all, !skipped
>   operator = root = mount
>   console = all, !skipped, !saved
>   append = "/var/log/bacula/bacula.log" = all, !skipped
>   catalog = all
> }
> Messages {
>   Name = Daemon
>   mailcommand = "/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) \<%r\>\" -s
> \"Bacula daemon message\" %r"
>   mail = root = all, !skipped
>   console = all, !skipped, !saved
>   append = "/var/log/bacula/bacula.log" = all, !skipped
> }
> Pool {
>   Name = Default
>   Pool Type = Backup
>   Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically recycle
> Volumes
>   AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
>   Volume Retention = 365 days         # one year
> }
> Pool {
>   Name = File
>   Pool Type = Backup
>   Label Format = Local-
>   Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically recycle
> Volumes
>   AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
>   Volume Retention = 365 days         # one year
>   Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G          # Limit Volume size to something
> reasonable
>   Maximum Volumes = 100               # Limit number of Volumes in Pool
> }
> Pool {
>   Name = Scratch
>   Pool Type = Backup
> }
> Console {
>   Name = als-mon
>   CommandACL = status, .status
>

The year retention on volumes will cause this. The Job and File
retention periods control what is stored in the database.

John

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