Hello, The concept of Truncate on Purge is and was very useful, and it was designed to be a bit safe to use to protect users from accidently destroying data. However, I also found the old method complicated to use so I replaced it in version 7.0.x (as pointed out by Ana) with something that is more intuitive (at least to me). Please refer to Ana's email as well as the manual.
Best regards, Kern On 22.05.2015 11:56, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > I have tried to use this feature without success. I am using Bacula 7.0.5 and > the following is the directives I use. Hopefully someone can pinpoint what I > am > doing wrong: > > JobDefs { > Name = "DefaultJob" > Type = Backup > Level = Incremental > Accurate = yes > Client = epohost-fd > FileSet = "Full Set" > Storage = FileStorage > Messages = Standard > Pool = Files > Priority = 10 > } > > # > # Define the main linux system back-up job > # > Job { > Name = "BackupEpohost" > JobDefs = "DefaultJob" > Schedule = "epohost-WeeklyCycle" > Write Bootstrap = "/var/spool/bacula/epohost.bsr" > # Set up truncation of purged volumes > RunScript { > RunsWhen=After > RunsOnClient=No > Console = "purge volume action=truncate storage=FileStorage pool=Files" > } > } > > # > # Pool definition for Virtual Machines Backups > # > Pool { > Name = Files > Action on Purge = Truncate > Maximum Volume Jobs = 0 > Maximum Volume Files = 0 > Pool Type = Backup > LabelFormat = "Files" > Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle > Volumes > AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes > Maximum Volumes = 50 > Maximum Volume Bytes = 20g > Recycle Oldest Volume = yes > Volume Retention = 3 months # Three months > } > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users