On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 09:36 +0000, Martin Simmons wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:12:19 +0100, Geir Asle Borgen <[EMAIL > >>>>> PROTECTED]> said: > > Geir> On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 19:52 +0000, Martin Simmons wrote: > >> >>>>> On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:12:30 +0100, Geir Asle Borgen <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> said: > > Geir> If I have understod it right will the volume be purged/deleted before > Geir> the retention time for files, jobs and volume stored on the specific > Geir> volume. And to restore files you need both the volume (where the files > Geir> are stored) and the job info (stored in the database, not on the > Geir> volume). > > Geir> My problem is the backupstrategi we use here. We take incremental > backup > Geir> to disk every working day, but once a month we take full backup to > tape. > Geir> So fare, all is good. BUT we have all the 12 month-tapes stored for a > Geir> year, and we also have a year-tape who is stored for all future. The > Geir> consequence of this is that I have to set job retention to something > Geir> like "for all times"!?! > > Geir> Most restores are done on files lost less the a month ago ... but form > Geir> time to time I have to go to tape and get older files. But if job > Geir> retention is set to never expire all files will be stored on disk as > Geir> well for all time ... and I will run out of diskspace. > > Geir> Is there some things I can do to be able to restore files older then > one > Geir> month (form tape, but not loos the job-info stored in the database)? > Geir> Will deleting `rm VolumeXX` from the disk and setting job retention to > Geir> 99 years do the trick? Or will that just F****P everything? > > >> Have you considered setting the Volume Retention for the disk volumes to > >> something like 60 days? That will override the longer Job Retention and > allow > >> the disk volumes to be recycled. > > Geir> Yes, I have considered that, but is that the way it work? Does Volume > Geir> Retention override Job Retention? > > Yes (and the File Retention). The manual describes this in more detail. Hurray ... this solves the problem (maybe I have to buy glasses? Or drik mor coffee?)
> Note: if you change the Volume Retention in the Pool resource, then you'll
> need to update the value in the catalog for all the existing volumes in that
> Pool.
THAT I know ... I've done that mistake :(
THANKS
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