It seems like it would be better to not have a Recycle flag set for my file based pools is that correct?
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:29:18 +0200 "Timo Neuvonen" <timo-n...@tee-en.net> wrote: > "Craig Van Tassle" <cvantas...@purdue.edu> kirjoitti viestissä > news:20111206123553.4a704...@purdue.edu... > >I was trying to get a bit of a better grasp of Volume Retention and > > recycling. > > > > For Tapes I understand that after the Job, File and Retention Period > > the Tape Volume is Marked as Recycled and can be reused again. > > > > For Filed. What happenes after Job, File and Retention period > > expire? Does the file get Deleted or Truncated if the Purge Action > > is set to Truncate? > > > > Also how can I figure out exactly how long a Volume will be saved. > > > > For example I want to save my Tape Volumes for a year, My > > Differentials for 6 months and my Incremental backups for 3 months. > > I've tried setting the Retention time on those Pools for the correct > > time but they don't seem to get truncated or deleted after the > > retention period. > > > > Basically, File and Job Retention operate only on the Catalog to > reduce the amount of information stored about the past jobs. Volume > Retention indicates when the volume MAY be recycled, provided > recycling is enabled for it. The volume status is still shown as > "full" or "used" and nothing won't happen to the actual tape before > the volume is really needed for another use (or you put it into a > shredder), the volume is still kept usable as long as possible. So, > though a tape volume had a 3 mo retention, nothing is guaranteed to > happen the day this time expires, but only after the recycling > algorithm notices it really needs to re-use that spesific tape. And > if you change the retention periods of the pool after originally > labeling the volumes, make sure you have "updated" the retention > periods to the existing volumes too (you may use llist [=long list] > command to examine the retention periods that are valid to your > existing volumes) > > Truncate option for file volumes should also affect to the actual > file volume when the period expires. I haven't used it (since I use > tapes), it probably works nowadays but I think it had a dangerous bug > in the distant past. > > -- > TiN > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization > This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and > point of discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and > packaging model of a cloud services business. Read Now! > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Craig Van Tassle HUBzero.org System Administrator YONG 1006 Desk Phone : (765)496-6413 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model of a cloud services business. Read Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
