On 1 Dec 2005 at 10:37, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> Yes, a shorter Volume retention period will "force" pruning of job and file
> data, but as the manual and a recent email point out, after changing the .conf
> volume retention period, you must update the catalog data for volumes that
> already exist.
A key point mentioned above, that can be a source of frustration, is that
Bacula will only recycle purged Volumes if there is no other appendable
Volume available, otherwise, it will always write to an appendable Volume
before recycling even if there are Volume marked as Purged. This preserves
your data as long as possible. So, if you wish to "force" Bacula to use a
purged Volume, you must first ensure that no other Volume in the Pool is
marked Append. If necessary, you can manually set a volume to Full. The
reason for this is that Bacula wants to preserve the data on your old tapes
(even though purged from the catalog) as long as absolutely possible before
overwriting it.
How do I work around this? Other than manually marking all the other tapes as
full? Since we have 9 or 10 tapes in a rotation and a regular backup does not
fill the tape completely, I'd have to manually mark the tapes each week, this
does not lead to an automated backup system... I want something hands off,
that does not require administrator attention unless something is broken
(other than changing of the tapes that is).
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