On Tuesday 03 October 2006 14:22, Dan Langille wrote: > On 3 Oct 2006 at 14:10, Arunav Mandal wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 October 2006 14:06, Dan Langille wrote: > > > On 3 Oct 2006 at 14:04, Arunav Mandal wrote: > > > > After 1 month which the retention time the tapes are not getting > > > > purged. > > > > > > Please provide the pool resource for this tape, as found in bacula- > > > dir.conf. > > > > Pool { > > Name = "daily" > > Pool Type = Backup > > Volume Retention = 30d > > Recycle = yes > > } > > I'm not sure, but look at this directive (from > http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Configuring_Director.html in the > Pool Resource): > > AutoPrune = <yes|no> > If AutoPrune is set to yes (default), Bacula (version 1.20 or > greater) will automatically apply the File retention period and the > Job retention period for the Client at the end of the Job. If you set > AutoPrune = no, pruning will not be done, and your Catalog will grow > in size each time you run a Job. Pruning affects only information in > the catalog and not data stored in the backup archives (on Volumes). > > I suggest this because my pool is: > > Pool { > Name = Default > Pool Type = Backup > Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes > AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes > Volume Retention = 365 days # one year > Accept Any Volume = yes # write on any volume in the pool > }
I have a tape SDLT001 Full 91.8 2006-09-02 00:23:10 and it still shows Full instead of Purged. Arunav. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users