>>>>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:59:10 +0100, Geir Asle Borgen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said:
Geir> 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?) Geir> Hmm ... now I have a: Geir> Volume Use Duration = 10 min Geir> File Retention = 30 min Geir> Job Retention = 2 h Geir> Volume Retention = 30 min Geir> Just for testing ... I run 4 jobs whit 10 min in between, and get 4 Geir> volumes. When the last job is finished the first job is purged from the Geir> "list jobs" in bconsole. So fare so good, but how can I use this whit my Geir> month-tape setup. If I understood Martin Simmons right it is possible to Geir> restore form a volume where the job retention still is'nt run out (the Geir> volume is on a tape and set to readonly). HOW ... I can't understand how Geir> I can do this ... Use a Volume Retention of 12 months for the month-tapes tape volumes and 1 month for the disk volumes. For the year-tape volume, you can set its retention to 99 years if you want to keep it in the pool forever. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
