[Bacula-users] Catalog backup retention

2008-10-13 Thread Radek Hladik
Hi, I would like to ask how should I recycle catalog backups. I am using disk based storage and catalog pool is by default set to half-year or so long retention period. I would think, that week would be more than sufficient. What is old catalog backup good for? I mean if I have catalog

Re: [Bacula-users] Catalog backup retention

2008-10-13 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Radek Hladik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I would like to ask how should I recycle catalog backups. I am using disk based storage and catalog pool is by default set to half-year or so long retention period. I would think, that week would be more than

Re: [Bacula-users] Catalog backup retention

2008-10-13 Thread Radek Hladik
John Drescher napsal(a): On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Radek Hladik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I would like to ask how should I recycle catalog backups. I am using disk based storage and catalog pool is by default set to half-year or so long retention period. I would think, that

Re: [Bacula-users] Catalog backup retention

2008-10-13 Thread Radek Hladik
John Drescher napsal(a): I have no problem with backing up catalog on other server with less expensive storage space. But I do not see any use of old catalog backups at all. I would do bscan into new catalog in all cases except the one, where I have catalog backup newer than last data backed

Re: [Bacula-users] Catalog backup retention

2008-10-13 Thread John Drescher
I have no problem with backing up catalog on other server with less expensive storage space. But I do not see any use of old catalog backups at all. I would do bscan into new catalog in all cases except the one, where I have catalog backup newer than last data backed up and I need to recover