Re: [Bacula-users] retention strategy

2025-01-10 Thread Christophe PEREZ via Bacula-users
Hi Rob, I'm just replying to show you that I read everything you're suggesting, but all this information requires me to think more deeply. Concerning FileRetention and JobRetention, what you say seems perfectly logical to me and that's how I reasoned, but in the bacula guide, I read the rule: file

Re: [Bacula-users] retention strategy

2025-01-09 Thread Rob Gerber
I had another idea. What if you try bacula progressive virtual full backups? I do not know if you have heard of this method. You take a full backup, then do incremental backups for a period of time, like one month. Then you consolidate the previous full backup with the incremental backups. This gi

Re: [Bacula-users] retention strategy

2025-01-09 Thread Rob Gerber
I think there will no problem having one set of pools per FD, but maybe it increases complexity for you. Otherwise, no space savings. I have a couple ideas. 1. Bacula has the 'aligned' plugin. If you use the aligned plugin, it attempts to better align blocks found on disk in the volumes. It does

Re: [Bacula-users] retention strategy

2025-01-09 Thread Christophe PEREZ via Bacula-users
Hi Rob, I understood well since our first exchange that the MaximumVolumes at 1 was a heresy. I also understood well that to best manage several volumes, it remained important to separate Full, Diff and Inc in different pools. So, we are returning substantially to what I already have. On the other

Re: [Bacula-users] retention strategy

2025-01-08 Thread Rob Gerber
Maybe someone else can share some knowledge about how to make an admin job to delete / recycle volumes in status purged. Regards, Robert Gerber 402-237-8692 r...@craeon.net On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM Rob Gerber wrote: > Replies below. :) > Regards, > Robert Gerber > 402-237-8692 > r...@cr

Re: [Bacula-users] retention strategy

2025-01-08 Thread Rob Gerber
Replies below. :) Regards, Robert Gerber 402-237-8692 r...@craeon.net On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM Christophe PEREZ via Bacula-users < bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Le mercredi 08 janvier 2025 à 14:46 -0600, Rob Gerber a écrit : > > Christophe, > > Hi Rob, > > > Not 2nd AND 5th,

Re: [Bacula-users] retention strategy

2025-01-08 Thread Christophe PEREZ via Bacula-users
Le mercredi 08 janvier 2025 à 18:02 -0400, Christophe PEREZ via Bacula- users a écrit : > > Have you considered compression to help use less space? > > No. > This is indeed a very good idea that I will try Shame on me. I just realized that I already use GZIP compression. > I need to find the be

Re: [Bacula-users] retention strategy

2025-01-08 Thread Christophe PEREZ via Bacula-users
Le mercredi 08 janvier 2025 à 14:46 -0600, Rob Gerber a écrit : > Christophe, Hi Rob, > I saw your correction email saying you actually do the diff on 2nd > and 5th sunday. Not 2nd AND 5th, but 2nd TO 5th. > I do not think you will lose files with this first idea. Maybe you > could have problem

Re: [Bacula-users] retention strategy

2025-01-08 Thread Rob Gerber
Christophe, I will try to help. See replies below. On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM Christophe PEREZ via Bacula-users < bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I would like to apply some job/file retention strategy but I don't know > how. > Here is what I would like: > I know you said you ha

Re: [Bacula-users] retention strategy

2025-01-08 Thread Christophe PEREZ via Bacula-users
Le mercredi 08 janvier 2025 à 11:47 -0400, Christophe PEREZ via Bacula- users a écrit : > - Diff backup on the 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month, kept in a > single copy Error : 2nd to 5th sunday And I forgot to specify one essential thing, the storage is of type File. __

[Bacula-users] retention strategy

2025-01-08 Thread Christophe PEREZ via Bacula-users
I would like to apply some job/file retention strategy but I don't know how. Here is what I would like: - Full backup on the first Sunday of the month, kept in a single copy - Diff backup on the 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month, kept in a single copy - Inc backup every other day, kept just the time