On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 05:11:11PM -0700, scar wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > i'm not using tapes, i just have my volumes stored in a directory. it's > my intention to take a full backup every month on the first, with > incrementals and differentials during the month like in the default > configuration. with a volume use duration of 23 hours, a new volume > will get created every day. so, it seemed reasonable to me to have the > volume retention set to 40 days. with AutoPrune and Recycle both set to > yes, this seemed like a maximum of 40 volumes would be created and used, > thus limiting the amount of disk space the backups would use. > > but then i started reading the other settings for the Pool resource, and > confusion ensued. > > in there, it indicates the minimum volume retention should be twice the > interval of my full backups, i.e. two months. anyone care to explain > that? it seems to me with a 40 day limit, at least 2 full backups will > always exist.
Just taking your first question - there is discussion here: http://adsm.org//lists/html/Bacula-users/2011-01/msg00305.html > secondly, it goes on to say that i should be using `Action On Purge = > Truncate` along with a RunScript in my CatalogBackup Job to run `purge > volume action=all allpools storage=File`. when i went to read up on the > `purge volume` command, it seems to me that the command should really be > `purge volume action=*truncate* allpools storage=File`. > > finally, i then went on to read about the "Recycle Oldest Volume" > directive which sounds reasonable, but i'm confused as to what is really > happening without this directive set to yes. > > is all of this really necessary? thanks > > here's my Pool resource currently, > > Pool { > Name = File > Pool Type = Backup > Recycle = yes > AutoPrune = yes > Volume Retention = 40 days > Maximum Volume Bytes = 100G > Maximum Volumes = 100 > LabelFormat = "Vol" > Volume Use Duration = 23h > } > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iEYEAREIAAYFAk44kh4ACgkQXhfCJNu98qD7BgCcDJuO8TfpSPXz1IasbYWesDZL > VZIAoNu0JbiW+/R9Fu2xjTeROd9OTrzZ > =AP63 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
