My guess is that purge volume=xyz will purge any records regarding that volume. However, purge jobs volume=xyz will purge any jobs related to that volume, but not the volume itself.
I have learned from this list that there are retention periods for records pertaining to files, jobs, and volumes. This implies that bacula considers database entries regarding files, jobs, and volumes to be separate from each other. As a result, I am not sure that purging a volume record would remove all associated file and job records from the database as well. I would say with some confidence that purge jobs volume=xyz will purge job records related to volume xyz, but might not purge file records related to that volume, and almost certainly won't purge volume records related to that volume. Keep in mind that purging one record might result in Bacula removing other records automatically. Like maybe if a volume has no jobs or files associated, the volume might be pruned and recycled automatically. I don't know if Bacula does this, but it's plausible. Keep in mind that purge is dangerous and ignores configured retention periods. Prune is safer. Those who are more knowledgeable should be able to contribute more. Robert Gerber 402-237-8692 r...@craeon.net On Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 6:58 AM Felix Brack <f...@ltec.ch> wrote: > Hi, > > What is the difference between: > > purge volume="xyz" > > and > > purge jobs volume="xyz" > > Or are they equivalent with respect to the result? > > regards Felix > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >
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