On 2007.10.05. 13:20, Foo Bar wrote: > If I want to use a single volume per client, how do I delete old backups > from it in a FIFO manner without using dates or size? Can Bacula seek back > and resize a volume at all or does it need to recycle it?
i don't know how feasible would this be with current bacula formats - such a storage system would be a huge benefit for hdd based systems, but might require serious changes. > What I would like to do is to keep for example 2 full backups, and as soon > as the third is made the oldest one should be deleted from disk (not just > the job/volume entries in the catalog). it seems that you might be interested in feature request #5 : http://www.bacula.org/?page=projects > If this is not possible and needs more volumes, how do I tell Bacula to > switch to a new volume exactly at the next full backup (so I can do one > full backup and a few incrementals per volume for example)? > > Also, is it possible to manually purge a backup from a volume? (not from > the catalog, the backup itself) -- Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
