I am no expert, but retention is apparently set per job, not media. Correct me if I am wrong.
-- Med vänlig hälsning Anders Gustafsson, ingenjör anders.gustafs...@pedago.fi | Support +358 18 12060 | Direkt +358 9 315 45 121 | Mobil +358 40506 7099 Pedago interaktiv ab, Nygatan 7 B , AX-22100 MARIEHAMN, ÅLAND, FINLAND >>> <d...@bornfree.org> 2024-09-06 10:21 >>> I'm fairly new to Bacula, so please forgive my ignorance. Can't Bacula be configured to NOT automatically purge certain media (such as the offline USB disks for archiving) from the catalog? On 9/5/2024 11:27 PM, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > On 9/5/24 18:46, Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users wrote: > > Hello. > >> When using multiple removable disks, I would recommend Josh Fisher's >> excellent "vchanger" >> >> You can find it here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/vchanger/ > > While I endorse this suggestion, I use this software and I'm even the > port maintainer for FreeBSD, I think the OP is asking for something > different. > > Vchanger is excellent if you rotate disk regularly as a > daily/weekly/monthly task. > > The OP, however, wants to "replace the disk every now and then and keep > the old as an archival copy". I guess "archival copy" means they want > Bacula to forget about that disk. > In that case I wouldn't bother with vchanger. > > Just swap the disk with a new one; of course Bacula won't be able to > restore from any of the volume on that disk, unless you put it back online. > Eventually the job/files will be purged from the catalog: in that case > using bscan/bextract will be the only way to perform a restore from > those volumes. > > bye > av. > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
