Hello,

Bacula doesn't remove volume files. You mention you expect that Bacula
will remove volume files when retention period has expired. The
retention period is an option that is part of a big subject called
Volume Recycling.

Recycling by desing means re-using something again as a something new.

The volumes management described by you is only one from many
different volumes managements. Additionally Bacula supports data
multiplexing on volumes to enable writing few data stream.

I think that your idea is generally OK, but it could be painful for
the Bacula desing.

Best regards.
Marcin Haba (gani)

On 30 September 2016 at 22:27,  <elm.ceis AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>
> I have an issue with bacula version 5.2.6 on Debian.
> bacula does not delete the physical files from disk after the retention
> period has expired. I have different paths ( disks) for different bacula
> jobs. let's say the backup location for client X is under drive 1 and the
> backup location for client Y is under drive 2. when the the retention period
> has expired for one of the incremental backup of client 1, bacula  marks it
> purged and uses the lable for creating a new incremental backup for client Y
> under disk 2, but it does not delete the OLD file from the disk1.
>
> part of my bacula-dir configuration files related to purge:
>
> Pool {
>
> Name = IncrementalPool
>
>   Pool Type = Backup
>
>   Recycle = yes
>
>   AutoPrune = yes
>
>   UseVolumeOnce = yes
>
>   Volume Retention = 1 weeks
>
>   Volume Use Duration = 23h
>
>  ....
>
> }
>
>
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