On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 06:43:17AM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 02/07/11 04:11, xunil321 wrote: > > > > I have a lack of understanding concerning the handling of a disk based file > > volume to > > avoid a disk overflow. Let's say there is a 100MB file volume "Volume-1". > > What will be > > happen after the Volume Retention Period when the Recycle and AutoPrune are > > set to > > "Yes" in our Pool setup? > > Will Bacula 5.0.2 clean the 100MB contents of the file "Volume-1" so that it > > will start from > > scratch or do i have to delete/relabel the volume manually for further > > usage? > > Starting with 5.0.x, there is a feature by which purged disk volumes can > be automatically truncated. This feature was BROKEN AND UNSAFE in > 5.0.1. It is my recollection that it is fixed, and works properly, in > 5.0.3... but as with all things, test first before you put it into > production, just to be sure.
I can save you some testing and tell you that this feature doesn't work because it doesn't truncate automatically. See the last comment here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/bacula/2010/02/01/new-actiononpurge-feature/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
