Hi, I am using bacula 2.4.2 to backup on a USB disk and... I am running a bit out of space on the disk. So I switch from a 12 months full volume retention to an 8 months one: Recycle = yes AutoPrune = yes Volume Retention = 8 months But, as I understand it, bacula will just reuse more often the full backup volume files that already exist and will not remove any no more needed ones... right? Is there a way to recover a bit of space by deleting those (no more needed ones)?
By example, I have: -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 328533721 Nov 4 10:03 pc-03.full.v15 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989075 Nov 4 10:02 pc-03.full.v14 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 847382551 Oct 9 22:31 pc-03.full.v29 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989051 Oct 9 22:29 pc-03.full.v28 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4012401582 Sep 2 04:19 pc-03.full.v27 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 23988964 Aug 5 04:21 pc-03.full.v13 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989216 Aug 5 04:21 pc-03.full.v12 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4039486457 Jul 1 03:52 pc-03.full.v11 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 3821819189 Jun 3 03:37 pc-03.full.v10 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 1560637745 May 6 2012 pc-03.full.v9 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989186 May 6 2012 pc-03.full.v2 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 1624984181 Apr 1 2012 pc-03.full.v1 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989215 Apr 1 2012 pc-03.full.v0 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 1001527717 Mar 4 2012 pc-03.full.v8 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989117 Mar 4 2012 pc-03.full.v7 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 2319064239 Feb 5 2012 pc-03.full.v6 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989173 Feb 5 2012 pc-03.full.v5 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 2387887814 Jan 1 2012 pc-03.full.v4 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989267 Jan 1 2012 pc-03.full.v3 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 2218494763 Dec 4 2011 pc-03.full.v26 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989203 Dec 4 2011 pc-03.full.v25 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 2294915926 Nov 6 2011 pc-03.full.v24 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989068 Nov 6 2011 pc-03.full.v23 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4045159515 Oct 2 2011 pc-03.full.v22 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989165 Oct 2 2011 pc-03.full.v21 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989224 Oct 2 2011 pc-03.full.v20 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 92492816 Sep 4 2011 pc-03.full.v19 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199988959 Sep 4 2011 pc-03.full.v18 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989250 Sep 4 2011 pc-03.full.v17 -rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 4199989299 Sep 4 2011 pc-03.full.v16 the files v16-26 and more or less v3-v6 are more than 8 months old... I am a bit afraid of using the purge/delete commands in an incorrect way... Thx, JD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Central: Instant, anywhere, Remote PC access and management. Stay in control, update software, and manage PCs from one command center Diagnose problems and improve visibility into emerging IT issues Automate, monitor and manage. Do more in less time with Central http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein12331_d2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
