John Drescher wrote: >> Terry L. Inzauro wrote: >>> is there a document that outlines the steps necessary to purge 'older' data >>> on a disk device that is >>> full? i understand that my retention levels are not correct, but i wish to >>> purge data at my >>> discression until i get it all figured out. >> You can purge entire volumes only, not select data. If you wish to only >> purge some data, you need to have multiple volumes and use them in a >> rotation. >> > A word of advice, limit your volume size to 1/10 to 1/20th (or even > more) of the size of your disk array so that proper volume management > has a chance to work. Having only a few giant volumes does not play > well with complex schedules and retention periods. > > John > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
yes, i am seeing that now. thank you for the tip. i was actually trying to setup volumes based on backup type (full, diff, inc) in combination with clients. so client1 wold have a volume client1_fulls, client1_diffs, and client1_incs, but i can't seem to get it working properly. i was 'trying' to set it up that way so in the event that i run into this very same situation, then i would be able to purge backups of a specific type for only one client and backup type (eg. purge all of client1_incs) as not to affect the others. is this setup similar to what you are trying to convey? best regards, _Terry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
