On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:32:44AM +0000, Dermot Beirne wrote: > Hi Graham, > I think this is a key feature, and am surprised it's not easily > possible. The user should have the choice. I saw the blog entries > you refer to, and that bug appears to have been fixed, but I don't see > what use it is in the current system. If it's not possible to get > bacula to purge a volume until it has absolutely no option, (which it > then truncates and relabels anyway) then under what circumstances is > the actiononpurge=trucate feature useful? > > Hence I am wondering if I am misunderstanding how Bacula works in > regard to purging volumes. > > There must have been a good reason to implement this new feature, and > I think it's what I need, but I can't see how to use it properly. > > Dermot.
I agree, and I am sorry because I can't offer you any more help. I was just stating how things appear to stand at the moment. > On 17 November 2010 11:03, Graham Keeling <gra...@equiinet.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:48:36AM +0000, Dermot Beirne wrote: > >> Hi Phil, > >> > >> Here is the pool definitions I'm using. > >> > >> Is there some way I can get the entire "disk" pool volumes purged when > >> they expire, so they are all truncated and all that space is released. > > > > I don't think that you're going to have much luck with this. > > If you do, I would be interested in how you did it. > > > > When the ActionOnPurge feature originally came along, I found a dangerous > > bug in it. The bacula people said that they would try to fix it in the > > next version. > > But as far as I understand it, the fix is that you shouldn't try to run it > > automatically. > > > > http://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/bacula/2010/02/01/new-actiononpurge-feature/ > > http://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/bacula/2010/01/28/action-on-purge-feature-broken-in-5-0-0/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
