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Thanks for your instructions, I have now done the modifications and I see that the volretention in my list volumes has been updated so I am supposing tonight's backup will create new volumes accordingly. Cheers ML On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 3:38 PM, Bill Arlofski <waa-bac...@revpol.com> wrote: On 05/14/14 03:38, ML mail wrote: > Hello, > > Instead of keeping 7 days of backups I would like to keep 14 days, so I > changed the file retention parameter in my client from 7 days to 14 days and > accordingly in my pool the volume retention from 6 days to 13 days and the > maximum volumes from 7 to 14. > > Now the backup ran this night and I still have 7 volumes, bacula did not > create an extra 8th volume as I was assuming it would do. So I guess I must > have missed some parameter or something else I need to do. Does anyone see > what I am missing here? > > Cheers > ML Changing the configuration file for your pools is the first step. There are a couple more steps to go: You need to issue a "reload" command in bconsole to tell the director to re-read its configuration files. But, Bacula determines the settings to use from the database, so you now need to update the corresponding database settings: In bconsole, do: update --> "Pool from resource" --> the Pool(s) you modified Now, any new volumes created will be assigned the settings from the modified Pool(s). And finally you need to update the retention times on the volumes that already exist: update --> "Volume parameters" --> "All Volumes from all Pools" you may use the list media command now to verify that the "VolRetention" parameter (in seconds) matches what you set it to in the Pool(s) that you modified. and llist pools will show the VolRetention You should run these two last commands first, prior to updating the database to verify the current settings, and then after to verify the change. Hope this helps! Bill -- Bill Arlofski Reverse Polarity, LLC http://www.revpol.com/ -- Not responsible for anything below this line -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
