On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 10:50 +0100, Geir Asle Borgen wrote: > 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?) Hmm ... now I have a:
Volume Use Duration = 10 min
File Retention = 30 min
Job Retention = 2 h
Volume Retention = 30 min
Just for testing ... I run 4 jobs whit 10 min in between, and get 4
volumes. When the last job is finished the first job is purged from the
"list jobs" in bconsole. So fare so good, but how can I use this whit my
month-tape setup. If I understood Martin Simmons right it is possible to
restore form a volume where the job retention still is'nt run out (the
volume is on a tape and set to readonly). HOW ... I can't understand how
I can do this ...
> > 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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