Many thanks to all.
I previously used Retrospect and this had a facility to set the number of
versions to be retained 1+. Earlier versions would be removed through a
scheduled "groom" job where storage space would be reclaimed. This meant
that there would always be exactly 1+ versions retained indefinitely.
It doesn't appear that that behaviour can be replicated in Bacula, the
nearest being to retain everything always.
Regards
Chris Wilkinson
On Wed, 29 Aug 2018, 1:52 p.m. Dan Langille, <d...@langille.org> wrote:
> > On Aug 28, 2018, at 2:54 AM, Chris Wilkinson <winstonia...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > One of my requirements for backups is that the last version of every
> file should remain in the backup storage indefinitely or at least for a
> long time.
> >
> > Could I achieve this by writing "File Retention = 10 years" in the pool
> or client definition?
>
> Yes. But you'll also need Volume and Job retention also set to 10 years if
> you want to easily restore that data.
>
> This will keep all records, not just the latest.
>
> Yes, this will use more database records, but my view is that this is a
> cheap price to pay.
>
> Also, as mentioned by others, does this requirement mean that a file
> deleted 6 years ago needs to be kept for another 4 years?
>
> You'll need to clarify that 10 years meets the "indefinitely" requirement.
>
> Given the originally stated requirements, it seems your only solution is
> not to ever recycle volumes or allow the Catalog to be pruned.
>
> > My concern is that, if this is possible, then it would stop automatic
> volume truncation and recycling and eventually result in out of space
> storage errors.
>
> Yes, you need to have enough storage.
>
>
> --
> Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon
> d...@langille.org
>
>
>
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