Thanks this was the nodge I needed to understand the retentiontimes. /marcus
Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hello, > > On 12/4/2006 4:17 PM, Marcus Hallberg wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I just wants to see if I have understood this correctly... I am backing >> up to disk and I want to configure my retention times correctly. >> >> What I do is to take one fullbackup every 3 months and daily >> incrementals in between. >> > > You should consider running incrementals from time to time. > > >> What I want is to be able to restore data that is three months old and >> have bacula to recycle my volumes and prune my database. In the example >> I have added one extra month to be on the safe side. >> > > That's a good idea. > > >> configuration of the poolresource: >> >> recycle = yes >> autoprune = yes >> maximum volume jobs = 1 >> volume retention = 7 (for fullbackups) >> volume retention = 4 (for incremental) >> > > You NEED the time units, because you get what you set up - and without > units, that's seconds. > > >> would this recycle my volumes (diskfiles) after the specified time and >> remove the corresponding jobrecords from the database? >> > > Yes... > > >> Am I missing something or am I good to go? >> > > ... but you should also verify your client related retention times. File > Retention and Job Retention are the keywords you should look up. In your > situation, I'd expect them to be both seven months long. > > Arno > > >> /marcus >> >> > > -- /Marcus Hallberg Wimlet Consulting AB Djurgårdsgatan 10 414 62 Göteborg mobil: 0707-141716 e-post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] hemsida: www.wimlet.se ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
