Hi Andreas,
You could try to update volume parameters on the volumes used for full
backup - perhaps the volumes were created before you defined the File
retention of 60 days - and it's one of the parameters that are stored on
the volume itself (my bacula server is currently unavailable - so I
can't verify if that parameter actually is on the volume).
on 07/03/07 11:55 Andreas Koch wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> we've been relying on Bacula for quite a while now and are very
> satisfied users. However, I just noticed a strangeness with regard to
> Job Retention on 1.38.9:
>
> It appears to be obeyed only for our differential backup jobs, _not_ for
> the full backups. Specifically, we set common retention periods for the
> the client (there's only one in this setup) as:
>
> # Client (File Services) to backup
> Client {
> Name = erebor-fd
> Address = localhost
> FDPort = 9102
> Catalog = MyCatalog
> Password = secret
> File Retention = 60 days
> Job Retention = 5 years
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
> }
>
> and then have two backup jobs for that client (each consisting of either
> a full or differential backupd, followed by a full backup of the catalog:
>
> Schedule {
> Name = "WeeklyCycle"
> Run = Level=Full Pool=MonthlyTapePool 1st sun at 4:05
> Run = Level=Differential Pool=SundayTapePool 2nd-5th sun at 4:05
> Run = Level=Differential Pool=ThursdayTapePool thu at 4:05
> }
>
> # This schedule does the catalog. It starts after the WeeklyCycle
> Schedule {
> Name = "WeeklyCycleAfterBackup"
> Run = Level=Full Pool=MonthlyTapePool 1st sun at 4:10
> Run = Level=Full Pool=SundayTapePool 2nd-5th sun at 4:10
> Run = Level=Full Pool=ThursdayTapePool thu at 4:10
> }
>
> However, when I look at the list of jobs using `list jobs`, only older
> Differential jobs (from the Sunday and Thursday pools) are listed, e.g., as
>
> | 7 | DefaultBackup | 2005-09-08 04:05:02 | B | D |
> 109705 | 4215201717 | T |
> | 8 | BackupCatalog | 2005-09-08 04:16:54 | B | F | 1
> | 309270413 | T |
>
> starting in September 2005. The earliest full backup (Monthly) backup is
>
> | 279 | DefaultBackup | 2006-12-03 04:05:04 | B | F |
> 2950669 | 88924511321 | T |
> | 280 | BackupCatalog | 2006-12-03 10:49:32 | B | F | 1
> | 1667026066 | T |
>
> thus, December 2006. What happened to all of the other Full backups in
> the meantime (which were definitely written to the tapes)?
>
> At a glance, it appears that the Job Retention time appeared to ``take''
> only for the Differentials, and that the Full backups use the default of
> 180 days.
>
> Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong here?
>
> Many thanks,
> Andreas Koch
>
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