Re: [Bacula-users] Basic question on Pruning and Volume Retention

2010-05-24 Thread Bob Hetzel
Message: 1 Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 10:34:26 +0200 From: Marcus M?lb?sch muelbue...@as-infodienste.de Subject: To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: 4bf4f412.40...@as-infodienste.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I have to admit I am a bit

Re: [Bacula-users] Basic question on Pruning and Volume Retention

2010-05-20 Thread Marcus Mülbüsch
Martin Simmons schrieb: So with this settings I have archived a backup (including holding the Job Records indefinitely) until I manually work on it? If you have AutoPrune = yes in the Client definition then it might still get pruned. That directive causes File and Job pruning for all

Re: [Bacula-users] Basic question on Pruning and Volume Retention

2010-05-20 Thread Marcus Mülbüsch
I have to admit I am a bit confused now with two places to define AutoPrune. The manual tells nothing about which resource takes precedence; or at least I cannot find it. One cigarette later it is clear now: The AutoPrune directive in the Client Resource prunes Job and File

Re: [Bacula-users] Basic question on Pruning and Volume Retention

2010-05-20 Thread Martin Simmons
On Thu, 20 May 2010 10:34:26 +0200, Marcus said: The AutoPrune directive in the Client Resource prunes Job and File records; while the AutoPrune directive in the Pool Resource prunes volume records. Pruning Volume records also prunes file and job records. So to keep the

[Bacula-users] Basic question on Pruning and Volume Retention

2010-05-19 Thread Marcus Mülbüsch
Hi all, if I understand everything correctly, when I define a pool and set AutoPrune = no and Volume Retention = 2 years, the first statement actually nulls out the Volume Retention period, since the Volume will never be pruned, and thus is never be able to be recycled. The Volume

Re: [Bacula-users] Basic question on Pruning and Volume Retention

2010-05-19 Thread Martin Simmons
On Wed, 19 May 2010 10:31:34 +0200, Marcus said: Hi all, if I understand everything correctly, when I define a pool and set AutoPrune = no and Volume Retention = 2 years, the first statement actually nulls out the Volume Retention period, since the Volume will never be pruned, and

Re: [Bacula-users] Basic question on Pruning and Volume Retention

2010-05-19 Thread Marcus Mülbüsch
Martin Simmons schrieb: On Wed, 19 May 2010 10:31:34 +0200, Marcus said: Hi all, if I understand everything correctly, when I define a pool and set AutoPrune = no and Volume Retention = 2 years, the first statement actually nulls out the Volume Retention period, since the Volume will

Re: [Bacula-users] Basic question on Pruning and Volume Retention

2010-05-19 Thread Martin Simmons
On Wed, 19 May 2010 13:49:53 +0200, ?Marcus said: Martin Simmons schrieb: On Wed, 19 May 2010 10:31:34 +0200, Marcus said: Hi all, if I understand everything correctly, when I define a pool and set AutoPrune = no and Volume Retention = 2 years, the first statement actually