On 12/20/2010 11:02 PM, Gary R. Schmidt wrote: > Hi all, > Bacula 3.0.3 server, mix of 302 and 303 clients on *NIX and Windows. > > I'm taking a full backup of everything, for EOY archiving purposes, and I > was wondering should I purge the tape volume(s) created by this so as to > make subsequent incremental and differential backups *not* refer to this > backup.
If you do that, you will not be able to easily restore from that tape. You will need to use bextract, which is not something I would recommend to anyone. > IOW - does "purge" make inc/diff look at the *previous* backup times when > deciding what to do? Yes. That is documented in the Job Resource, under Director Configuration. -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
