On Feb 20, 2008 6:15 AM, Jens Braeuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> i am a little confused regarding volume retention times defined in pool
> resources.
> Let's take this as a good example, a monthly backup with a retention of
> 15 months:
>
> Pool {
> Name = Pool-monthly
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = yes
> Use Volume Once = yes
> AutoPrune = yes
> Volume Retention = 15 months
> Label Format = "monthly-"
> Maximum Volumes = 15
> }
>
> What happens if 15 months are over and the volume has NOT been
> overwritten from the recycle process yet (if we say the 15 month period
> has expired and 5 days later, it will be recycled)? Is it still possible
> to restore this old volume?
> If yes, only the backup as a whole or single, selected files either?
>
> thx in advance,
> Jens
>
>
Well, you could restore if it was still in your catalog depending on
it's retention for jobs, etc. If it wasn't in your catalog to restore
using bconsole or the like, you could use the bacula tools to manually
extract the data or reimport into the catalog (database) to recover
files from it.
-Drew
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