I posted a link to it on the the list a couple of days ago. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WOFIjgZMx-XL2Jv7FqGupnjctLpUEhLG/view?usp=drivesdk
-Chris- On Wed, 2 Oct 2024, 13:29 Mehrdad Ravanbod, <mehrdad.ravan...@ampfield.se> wrote: > Hi > > Thanks for your resonse, I am curious, what kinda script do you use to > delete purged volumes?? Do u run it in a bacula job or outside of bacula a > cron/Scheduler job?? > > > Sincerely /Mehrdad > On 2024-10-02 14:04, Chris Wilkinson wrote: > > I've never properly understood the scratch pool concept and i never use > it. I use disc volumes so there seems no reason to return an expired volume > to a scratch pool. I let Bacula expire and truncate them and create new > volumes as needed. Every so often i use a script to delete the purged > volumes from disc. Maybe it's different for tapes. > > On Tue, 1 Oct 2024, 15:41 Phil Stracchino, <ph...@caerllewys.net> wrote: > >> On 10/1/24 03:48, Mehrdad R. wrote: >> > Hi everyone >> > I am new t Bacula, and I have problem understanding some concepts, one >> > of them is the idea of volumes, how they are created and >> > VolumeRetention >> > I do understand that it is from the backup-to-tape world, and it is >> > basical a representation of a tape, right?? >> > First of all, i probably should mention that i am backing up to disk, >> > not to tape, anyways i thought that Volume retention tells Bacula how >> > long to use a Volume and when to create a new one, i.e a >> > VolumeRetention of 6 days means Bacula will create a new volume file >> > to use very 6 days >> > >> > But this does not seem to be the case, from what i have seen in my >> > tests. So if I want a new volume to be created every 7 days for weekly >> > backups(one full, 6 increments) the only directive to use is "Volume >> > Use Duration" like "Volume Use Duration=6 days 20 hours"?? >> > What happens to the previous volume, will restore still work as it >> should?? >> >> >> That is absolutely the way to do it. Each volume will be marked Used >> when its Use Duration runs out. If there is no appendable volume (all >> are Used) when a job starts, Bacula will create a new one. The Used >> volumes will remain present for restores until you clean them up. The >> typical approach is to use Retention settings to control how long the >> backups are kept active, then move the volumes into the Scratch pool >> when they are purged or all jobs on them have been pruned. From there >> you can either delete them, or truncate and Recycle them. >> >> >> -- >> Phil Stracchino >> Fenian House Publishing >> ph...@caerllewys.net >> p...@co.ordinate.org >> Landline: +1.603.293.8485 >> Mobile: +1.603.998.6958 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >> > -Chris- > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing > listBacula-users@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >
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