On 2/7/2011 6:54 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: > 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/
It does work with 5.0.3. A simple console command, 'purge volume action=all pool=pool_name', can easily be scripted with the RunScript directive. I run it as a "run after" script in my catalog backup job, but it can be run before a particular job, etc. just as easily. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
