Hi, 26.09.2007 07:52,, Eric Böse-Wolf wrote:: > Hello Scott, > > Scott Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I have a full backup scheduled monthly with incremental daily. Space is >> limited, so I would like to delete the previous months backup prior to the >> scheduled full. At the moment, I am doing this manually. Is there a way to >> automate this process? > > You could recycle your volume files, set all retention (volume, job, > files) periods less than a month, set AutoPrune = Yes, Recycle = Yes and > set a limit to the pool Maximum Volume Bytes = xxx and Maximum Volumes = > y such that xxx times y matches the size you want to invest in your > backups. > > Where to place all those directives? I don't know out of my mind, read > the manual as I would have to do to tell you ...
In the pool resource. And don't forget to update the existing volumes after you reloaded the configuration. Also it's worth carefully reading the description for the pool options "Recycle Current Volume" and "Purge Oldest Volume". Note that I strongly discourage a setup Scott is wanting: It's very dangerous to delete the only valid backup when recycling volumes, because when the job starts, you don't have any valid backup left. What happens if this backup fails, or the backed up machine even dies during the backup? I can only recommend to read the mail from Chris on the subject of "Bacula use any tape in drive." and then think if you really want such a setup. By the way - if you simply intend to overwrite one tape again and again, Bacula with its catalog features and careful volume handling and preservation is probably not the best tool to use. tar, dump, cpio can be used for that more easily. You lose much of the security of a good backup strategy, though. Arno > mfg > > Eric > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
