On Thursday 13 December 2007 22:57, Martin Simmons wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:40:59 +0100, Kern Sibbald said: > >>>>> > > > > [...] > > > > If you want to trigger pruning, you will need to use the prune > > > > command. Then you can check with the status command. > > > > > > I found some references regarding the 'list nextvol' command on the > > > user list. This command still purges volumes as the 'status dir' > > > command did before. This is fine for me, I'm just wondering if this is > > > still the desired behaviour now that 'status dir' doesn't purge volumes > > > in 2.2.x? > > > > Yes, thanks for pointing this out. I had forgotten about that command > > when I was answering you. Yes, it does prune, and I think it is > > appropriate for it to prune (though this could be a point of discussion) > > because you are explicitly asking what the next volume will be. > > > > One thing that I have noticed and have been tracking is that since I > > modified the pruning algorithm when Bacula is looking for a Volume (i.e. > > the SD asks for the next volume) so that it does a minimum pruning, and > > since I modified the status command not to prune (correct behavior IMO), > > my databases have been growing. This is explained by the fact that there > > is no longer any Bacula mechanism that "automatically" forces pruning. > > > > Within Bacula's philosophy of keeping everything as long as possible > > (which was by the way, not previously the case), this is correct > > behavior. However, it does mean that there are a lot of records in > > databases that are expired and are not pruned. Some users have > > complained that this is not logical, but within the Bacula design it *is* > > logical and the desired behavior. > > > > The problem I have is that there are probably some of you out there (like > > myself) who might want Bacula to more strictly adhere to the retention > > periods that you have setup. In principle, there is the "prune" command > > that does this, but at the moment, that needs to be manually done -- i.e. > > there is no fully automatic way to get Bacula to keep the database fully > > pruned to the retention periods ... > > > > I'm thinking about how to resolve this but have not yet found a solution > > that I consider ideal (some way of doing it via a directive or script > > within an Admin Job). In the mean time, I suggest that you all monitor > > your databases if you are running 2.2.x and if it is growing larger than > > you want, either you schedule a job that explicitly does a prune command > > or does a "list nextvol" command. > > > > I'll probably have more on this subject once I have had a bit more time > > to investigate all the angles ... > > Another angle is per-job configuration for pruning of the jobs and files. > Currently this is not possible because the Job Retention and File Retention > is part of the client config, so it gets applied to all jobs for that > client.
Yes, that is a good point, and I have noted it. I'm also considering (if I didn't mention it above) adding different retention times for different Job Levels. Some users want their Fulls to remain a long time, but not their Incremental or Differential records ... > > For example it would be useful if you want to make a job for archiving > unused files and keep the catalog information about that job forever. You can do that two ways once the above is implemented: 1. Setup a longer retention period for Archive Jobs. 2. Once a Volume is ready for Archiving mark it as Archived, that will prevent the Volume records from being pruned, or the Volume from being used in any way. > > __Martin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services > for just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplac >e _______________________________________________ > Bacula-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
