JF> "JF" == Josh Fisher <jfis...@jaybus.com> writes:

RA> "RA" == Robert Adesam <robert.ade...@gu.se> writes:

RA> I suppose it is not necessary to have more than a couple of full
RA> backups of the catalogue? What would be the best way to implement
RA> this? A new Pool with a volume retention set to a low number?

JF> You can use a new Pool with a combination of

JF>      Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
JF>      Maximum Volumes = <number of backups to keep>
JF>      Recycle = yes
JF>      Purge Oldest Volume = yes

JF> This will maintain a constant number of backups, purging and recycling 
JF> the oldest volume at each run.

Thank you for this input on the new Pool, I will try it out.

JF> I only ever make full backups of the catalog, since the backup
JF> script dumps the catalog DB to a SQL file and then backs up that
JF> single file.

Yes this is basically what I do as well. 

Best regards, Robert Adesam.

-- 
ROBERT ADESAM, Systems Engineer
Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science
UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG
https://gu.se/en/about/find-staff/robertadesam


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