On 2015-05-22 at 14:33:12 Kern Sibbald wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The concept of Truncate on Purge is and was very useful, and it was
> designed to be a bit safe to use to protect users from accidently
> destroying data. However, I also found the old method complicated to
> use so I replaced it in version 7.0.x (as pointed out by Ana) with
> something that is more intuitive (at least to me). Please refer to
> Ana's email as well as the manual.
>
> Best regards,
> Kern
>
> On 22.05.2015 11:56, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> > I have tried to use this feature without success. I am using Bacula
> > 7.0.5 and the following is the directives I use. Hopefully someone
> > can pinpoint what I am doing wrong:
> >
> > JobDefs {
> > Name = "DefaultJob"
> > Type = Backup
> > Level = Incremental
> > Accurate = yes
> > Client = epohost-fd
> > FileSet = "Full Set"
> > Storage = FileStorage
> > Messages = Standard
> > Pool = Files
> > Priority = 10
> > }
> >
> > #
> > # Define the main linux system back-up job
> > #
> > Job {
> > Name = "BackupEpohost"
> > JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
> > Schedule = "epohost-WeeklyCycle"
> > Write Bootstrap = "/var/spool/bacula/epohost.bsr"
> > # Set up truncation of purged volumes
> > RunScript {
> > RunsWhen=After
> > RunsOnClient=No
> > Console = "purge volume action=truncate storage=FileStorage
> > pool=Files" }
> > }
> >
> > #
> > # Pool definition for Virtual Machines Backups
> > #
> > Pool {
> > Name = Files
> > Action on Purge = Truncate
> > Maximum Volume Jobs = 0
> > Maximum Volume Files = 0
> > Pool Type = Backup
> > LabelFormat = "Files"
> > Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically
> > recycle Volumes AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired
> > volumes Maximum Volumes = 50
> > Maximum Volume Bytes = 20g
> > Recycle Oldest Volume = yes
> > Volume Retention = 3 months # Three months
> > }
> >
>
Hello Kern,
The manual seems to be quite new - May 19, 2015! But on page 165 is
documented exactly what I did. So shouldn't that rewritten?
--
Regards
Erik P. Olsen
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