>>>>> On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:29:37 -0400, John Drescher said: > > 2010/10/25 Mingus Dew <shon.steph...@gmail.com>: > > All, > > I recall reading about this long ago, when I read the manual like a > > book. I'm having a hard time finding the information now, > > > > I have configured Job and File Retention periods in the Job Definitions and > > then Volume Retention periods in the Pool Definitions > > > > Job Retention = 30d > > File Retention = 30d > > > > Volume Retention = 14d > > > > Which retention period will be the one implemented, or will this produce > > some resultant Retention that I'm not aware of? > > > > Volume retention has the highest priority.
That isn't true, despite what the doc says in some places. The actual retention period for jobs is in the minimum of Job Retention and Volume Retention. The only difference between them is that Job Retention is applied by the automatic pruning after each job, whereas Volume Retention is applied when Bacula is searching for a new volume. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
