>>>>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 14:35:07 +0100, Dermot Beirne said: > > >>>>>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 07:40:44 +0100, Dermot Beirne said: > >> > >> I'm sure that would be fine, but I'm having difficulty automatically > >> determining which volumes are ok to prune. I need to compare the last > >> written time to the current time and the volumes retention, and check the > >> job type and status too to narrow the selection. > > >Why do you need to do that? The prune jobs command does most of what you > >want, using the configured retention times etc. > > > >__Martin > > I am trying to prune Volumes, not jobs. > > If I use the prune command manually, I have to know what volume I want > it to prune, and which pool it's in. > > To identify the volume, I need to check that it's past it retention > time before I prune it. > > I currently have a volume in a pool which is several weeks past it's > retention time. > The mediaid is 986. > > After running prune, choosing Volume, and then the pool, I am > presented with a list of volumes in that pool. > > When I enter the ID, it tells me the current retention time is 2 days, > even though it was last written to back in January: > > Enter *MediaId or Volume name: *986 > The current Volume retention period is: 2 days > Continue? (yes/mod/no): > > I have to choose Yes to get it to prune it. > > Is the above normal, and is there some way, given a pool, it will just > prune any volume in that pool past the retention.
Yes, the above is normal for the prune volumes command. To remove the prompts, try prune volume=blahblah yes It only works with a volume name, not an id. Bacula's automatic recycling only kicks in when it runs out of appendable volumes, so a volume could easily remain in the Used state for a long time past its retention period. You could also try prune jobs client=... to prune all jobs for a client based on the Job Retention period and then use SQL to find the volumes that have no remaining jobs. > I want that to happen on a schedule, to both clear old disk volumes > and free space (using truncate), and also for my Tape volumes, to put > them back in the scratch pool automatically once expired. > Currently, when scratch tapes run low, I have to go through my Tape > volumes, and purge the oldest manually. Even then, they only > sometimes go to the scratch pool, other times I have to manually > change the pool to the Scratch pool after purging. Sorry, I don't use the Scratch pool so I don't know if/how that is supposed to work. > The Next Pool directive is set to Scratch in the Pool configuration > for all my Tape pools. Should that be the Scratch Pool directive, not Next Pool? __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
