Le 02/08/2011 17:35, Bacula-Dev a écrit : > Dear all, > > I need a more clear explanation on bacula retentions. > > Here's an example of what I would like to define on my director > > Pool { > Name = Full > Pool Type = Backup > .... > Volume Retention = 2 weeks > } > > JobDefs { > .... > Job Retention = 4 weeks > File Retention = 6 months > .... > } > > and so on .... > > Assuming that I scheduled an incremental job every day and at the end > of the month (eg. last Saturday), I scheduled a full backup of my client. > What about my previous full backup if I defined the job retention to 4 > weeks (should be 2 months - 1 day). > > If the volume retention is applied without taking care of the Job > retention, > I'll not be able to restore an incremental job without the previous > full (that has been deleted by the volume retention). > > Am I right ? > > Thanks for your feedback.
Volumes will be recycled only if there are no jobs remaining on them. For job and files, I don't know if we've got the same case. HTH. Jérôme Blion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users