2011/5/25 Phil Stracchino <ala...@metrocast.net>: > On 05/25/11 05:59, Hugo Letemplier wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I got some disk volumes that I just want to "erase" "on demand". >> Indeed, theses ones were not recycled for various reasons (not in the >> good pool, new job upgraded to full, bad retention times…) >> I don't want to delete theses volumes because I want to check that in >> the time theses volumes will be recycled and so I can validate my >> backup strategy. >> >> All I want is to free the space used by theses old volumes because >> they have been purged . >> >> I thought in keeping the file and writing a null value into it : maybe >> something like echo "" > /Volumes/LabelOfTheVolume >> I want to keep the label in order to reuse the volume > > In Bacula 5.0.3, you can use Action On Purge = truncate, iirc.
I added this option to my pool but it's not working, I still see the important size of the volume files on my drive. I updated all my volume before purging. Hugo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
