On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Thorsten Kampe <thors...@thorstenkampe.de> wrote: > * John Drescher (Fri, 16 May 2014 08:37:31 -0400) >> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Thorsten Kampe >> <thors...@thorstenkampe.de> wrote: >> > at the moment we have a single disk volume (file). We would like >> > to reuse this disk volume file so it will not grow infinitely. >> > [...] >> > After two cycles (two months), we would like to delete old files >> > from the volume file. Thus we set >> > >> > FileRetention = 60 days >> > JobRetention = 60 days >> > VolumeRetention = 60 days >> > Recycle = yes >> > >> > There is no maximum file or volume size or volume use duration >> > configured. >> > >> > My question is: will the above settings ensure that after about sixty >> > days, the file volume size will reach its maximum (assuming that the >> > size of the backed-up data remains constant)? >> >> No it will not. The retention period begins after a volume is marked >> full or used. At 60 days it will still be append. You need to limit >> the # of jobs, use duration and/or size. > > So in my case I would have to set UseDuration accordingly. > >> Then after the volume is marked Full or Used the 60 days begins >> counting from the last written date. > > I want to purge files directly when the (catalog) retention period > (sixty days) occurs. Does that mean I have to set UseDuration to 0 (0 > + 60 days = 60 days)? >
Maybe use duration of 59 days. Then volume retention in a few hours. If you set use duration to a small number # > 0 you will only be able to store data on the volume for that period. I believe a use duration of 0 means infinity (although I could be wrong). John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
