On 2022-11-30 18:34, Agiofws Holylight wrote:
But the ""The Recycle Oldest Volume = yes record" will respect
retention
dates right?
I'm just asking through this thread because I have about 16 volumes in
my
increment pool and none have expired so the job is just waiting for a
new
volume with the right retention period or something like that.
Thank you C.m
Yes.
Recycle Oldest Volume will honor retention period while Purge Oldest
Volume
will not.
Since you have only 16 volumes, there is a danger that a lot of useful
data
could be lost along with the oldest volume in case you configure Bacula
to
recycle the oldest volume without honoring the retention period.
For example, some server could suddenly bring a lot of new data into
backup
and that could lead to an undesired recycling of multiple volumes,
resulting
in loss of data previously stored into the pool of volumes.
Malicious actors could also recognize such vulnerability and use it to
destroy the backup as a preparation for a larger cyberattack (e.g.
ransomware).
This is one of the reasons why companies and people who can afford it,
make
several backup copies using several different media, including WORM
tapes.
Regards
--
Josip Deanovic
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