On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Giskard Reventlov
<greven...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> For some reason, my backup is not rotating the files fast enough and my
> backup drive is full. I would like Retention of three months (One full
> backup) and weekly incrementals. The drive to be backed up is 800GB while
> the backup drive itself is 1.8TB.
>
> Is this the best way to do this or am I configured incorrectly?
>
> Here is my bacula-dir.conf:
>
> Director { # define myself
> Name = als-dir
> DIRport = 9101 # where we listen for UA connections
> QueryFile = "/etc/bacula/scripts/query.sql"
> WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/bacula"
> PidDirectory = "/var/run/bacula"
> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
> Messages = Daemon
> DirAddress = 127.0.0.1
> }
> JobDefs {
> Name = "DefaultJob"
> Type = Backup
> Level = Incremental
> Client = als-fd
> FileSet = "Full Set"
> Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
> Storage = File
> Messages = Standard
> Pool = File
> Priority = 10
> Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/%c.bsr"
> }
> Job {
> Name = "BackupLocalFiles"
> JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
> }
> Job {
> Name = "BackupCatalog"
> JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
> Level = Full
> FileSet="Catalog"
> Schedule = "WeeklyCycleAfterBackup"
> # This creates an ASCII copy of the catalog
> # Arguments to make_catalog_backup.pl are:
> # make_catalog_backup.pl <catalog-name>
> RunBeforeJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/make_catalog_backup.pl MyCatalog"
> # This deletes the copy of the catalog
> RunAfterJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/delete_catalog_backup"
> Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/%n.bsr"
> Priority = 11 # run after main backup
> }
> Job {
> Name = "RestoreLocalFiles"
> Type = Restore
> Client=als-fd
> FileSet="Full Set"
> Storage = File
> Pool = Default
> Messages = Standard
> Where = /home/BCK/restore
> }
> FileSet {
> Name = "Full Set"
> Include {
> Options {
> signature = MD5
> compression = GZIP
> }
> File = /
> File = /boot/efi
> File = /home
> }
> Exclude {
> File = /var/lib/bacula
> File = /home/BCK
> File = /proc
> File = /tmp
> File = /.journal
> File = /.fsck
> File = /dev
> File = /run
> }
> }
> Schedule {
> Name = "WeeklyCycle"
> Run = Full 1st mon at 01:05
> Run = Incremental tue-sun at 01:05
> }
> Schedule {
> Name = "WeeklyCycleAfterBackup"
> Run = Full mon-sun at 01:10
> }
> FileSet {
> Name = "Catalog"
> Include {
> Options {
> signature = MD5
> }
> File = "/var/lib/bacula/bacula.sql"
> }
> }
> Client {
> Name = als-fd
> Address = localhost
> FDPort = 9102
> Catalog = MyCatalog
> File Retention = 30 days
> Job Retention = 6 months
> AutoPrune = yes
> }
> Storage {
> Name = File
> Address = als # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
> SDPort = 9103
> Device = FileStorage
> Media Type = File
> }
> Catalog {
> Name = MyCatalog
> }
> Messages {
> Name = Standard
> mailcommand = "/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) \<%r\>\" -s
> \"Bacula: %t %e of %c %l\" %r"
> operatorcommand = "/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) \<%r\>\"
> -s \"Bacula: Intervention needed for %j\" %r"
> mail = root = all, !skipped
> operator = root = mount
> console = all, !skipped, !saved
> append = "/var/log/bacula/bacula.log" = all, !skipped
> catalog = all
> }
> Messages {
> Name = Daemon
> mailcommand = "/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) \<%r\>\" -s
> \"Bacula daemon message\" %r"
> mail = root = all, !skipped
> console = all, !skipped, !saved
> append = "/var/log/bacula/bacula.log" = all, !skipped
> }
> Pool {
> Name = Default
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle
> Volumes
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
> Volume Retention = 365 days # one year
> }
> Pool {
> Name = File
> Pool Type = Backup
> Label Format = Local-
> Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle
> Volumes
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
> Volume Retention = 365 days # one year
> Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G # Limit Volume size to something
> reasonable
> Maximum Volumes = 100 # Limit number of Volumes in Pool
> }
> Pool {
> Name = Scratch
> Pool Type = Backup
> }
> Console {
> Name = als-mon
> CommandACL = status, .status
>
The year retention on volumes will cause this. The Job and File
retention periods control what is stored in the database.
John
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