On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 03:18:03PM +0300, viktorija wrote:
> Hello,
>
> firstly thanks to all who helped me in the previous problems.
> For this moment am configuring second backup server for workstations and
> there will be another backup cycle. Every day will be running incremental
> backup. It is planned to store only 7 day old backups. Older than 7 day
> backup should be deleted. So here i stuck. How to say to bacula to keep only
> 7 day backups, others delete. I have try to use recycling, but something
> wrong... May be someone can give me configuration example of bacula director?
> It would be very helpfully.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Viktoria
Viktoria,
What you want to use here is retention. Retention specifications come
in three flavors -- Volume, Job, and File.
To give an example, I use two pools, one for Full backups, one for
incrementals:
Pool {
Name = Full
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 365d
Accept Any Volume = yes
Recycle Oldest Volume = yes
Recycle Current Volume = yes
Label Format = "VXA-V17-Full-"
Maximum Volumes = 3
}
Pool {
Name = Inc
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 90d
Accept Any Volume = yes
Recycle Oldest Volume = yes
Recycle Current Volume = yes
Label Format = "VXA-V17-Inc-"
Maximum Volumes = 2
}
The Volume Retention directives here indicate that Incremental volumes
will be kept for 90 days before becoming available for re-use, while
Full backup volumes remain valid for a year.
File Retention and Job Retention are specified per-client rather than
per-pool, and control how long File and Job records are kept in the
catalog before becoming eligible for automatic pruning. Since there is
no way to specify File and Job retention times on a job-level basis, and
since records are pruned based on the shortest of Volume, File and Job
retention times, you should probably set your Job and File retention
times equal to the longest Volume retention time of your media pools. So
in my case, all Client records have JobRetention and FileRetention set
to 365d, the same as my Full poool's Volume retention.
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