On 03/30/2016 12:05 PM, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> On 2016-03-30 at 11:48:31 Philip Brown wrote:
>
>> On 03/30/2016 08:34 AM, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
>>> How do I change the job and file retention values? I've changed the
>>> values in bacula-dir.conf but I also have to change them in the
>>> catalogue and I can't find how to do it with bconsole.
>>>  
>> this should help you out...
>>
>> http://bacula.10910.n7.nabble.com/Changing-Retention-Periods-tp76699p76700.html
>>
>> Remember that the pool resource in bacula is just a template on how to
>> create new volumes. Changing anything in that resource does not apply
>> to volumes that already exist. To fix you need to run 2 commands in
>> bconsole. They should be similar to the following ( I am going from
>> memory here ):
>>
>> update pool from resource
>>
>> update all volumes in pool
>>
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>
>  Thanks. Volume retention is no problem. Job and file retentions seem
>  to be a problem. They can be changed in bacula-dir.conf but there is
>  no command to change them in the catalogue.
>

oh.

OK, according to this post, if I understand it correctly, Bacula will
prune from the"current values found in the Director’sClient resource"
and not the values stored in the catalog. Maybe this is helpful, however
you probably want someone more knowledgeable to confirm this.

https://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT 
net/msg16981.html

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