On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 03:31:20PM +0000, Graham Keeling wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 10:09:12AM -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: > > 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. > > I stand corrected! I shall try this out, one day. > So I need a RunScript on every job, which runs the truncate commands for each > pool that the job uses. > Thank you.
It occurs to me that I might prefer to run the 'truncate all' command via a cron job, at some point in the day that bacula doesn't know about. Is there a reason, or reasons, that I should not do this? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
