Hello,
2013/3/11 Bill Arlofski <waa-bac...@revpol.com>
> On 03/10/13 16:33, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> > I run bacula using disk based volume files. I am shortly running out of
> space of
> > my backup device. Apparently there are lots of files which are no longer
> needed.
> > What is the mechanism of removing such volumes. There are commands like
> delete,
> > purge and prune and they all remove something but definitely not the
> media
> > itself. How can that be accomplished in the framework of bacula?
>
> Hi Erik
>
> Bacula does not delete (rm) disk based volumes.
>
> If you extend the concept that Bacula treats disk volumes the same as tape
> volumes, you can see that Bacula also can not 'delete' (throw in trash,
> crush,
> shred etc) a physical tape either. That would be the administrator's job.
> :)
>
>
You can truncate a disk based volumes with "purge" command and "action on
purge = truncate" when you need to reclaim an unused space.
best regards
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