>>>>> On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 18:40:27 +0100, Mauro Colorio said:
>
> Suppose I've this bacula-dir.conf snapshot:
>
>
> Client {
> Name = foo-fd
> Catalog = MyCatalog
> File Retention = 12 months
> Job Retention = 12 months
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
> }
>
> Pool {
> Name = Daily
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = yes
> AutoPrune = yes
> Volume Retention = 5 days
> Maximum Volume Bytes = 800G
> Volume Use Duration = 23h
> Maximum Volumes = 5
> }
>
> Pool {
> Name = Monthly
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = yes
> AutoPrune = yes
> Volume Retention = 1 year
> Maximum Volume Bytes = 800G
> Volume Use Duration = 23h
> Maximum Volumes = 1
> }
>
>
> It's correct to say that:
> the jobs done in the pool daily will stay in the catalog for 5 days,
> then purged. ( Even if in the fd definition I've 12 month, the Volume
> retention when is passed
> all jobs that are on the "retented" volume will be purged)
> the monthly one to stay for one year and then purged is it correct?,
> is that correct? (otherwhise my catalog will be veeeery big)
Yes, that's roughly correct. Bacula will prune the jobs in the daily pool
when it needs a new volume, so that will happen when you do a daily backup.
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