>>>>> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:47:51 +0200, Klavs Klavsen said:
>
> Hi Andreas,
>
> You could try to update volume parameters on the volumes used for full
> backup - perhaps the volumes were created before you defined the File
> retention of 60 days - and it's one of the parameters that are stored on
> the volume itself (my bacula server is currently unavailable - so I
> can't verify if that parameter actually is on the volume).
None of the retention times are stored on the volume itself, but the volume
retention time is stored in the catalog record for each volume (copied from
the pool). Since a volume can contain many jobs for many clients, the file
and job retentions can't be stored on the volume.
__Martin
>
> on 07/03/07 11:55 Andreas Koch wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > we've been relying on Bacula for quite a while now and are very
> > satisfied users. However, I just noticed a strangeness with regard to
> > Job Retention on 1.38.9:
> >
> > It appears to be obeyed only for our differential backup jobs, _not_ for
> > the full backups. Specifically, we set common retention periods for the
> > the client (there's only one in this setup) as:
> >
> > # Client (File Services) to backup
> > Client {
> > Name = erebor-fd
> > Address = localhost
> > FDPort = 9102
> > Catalog = MyCatalog
> > Password = secret
> > File Retention = 60 days
> > Job Retention = 5 years
> > AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
> > }
> >
> > and then have two backup jobs for that client (each consisting of either
> > a full or differential backupd, followed by a full backup of the catalog:
> >
> > Schedule {
> > Name = "WeeklyCycle"
> > Run = Level=Full Pool=MonthlyTapePool 1st sun at 4:05
> > Run = Level=Differential Pool=SundayTapePool 2nd-5th sun at 4:05
> > Run = Level=Differential Pool=ThursdayTapePool thu at 4:05
> > }
> >
> > # This schedule does the catalog. It starts after the WeeklyCycle
> > Schedule {
> > Name = "WeeklyCycleAfterBackup"
> > Run = Level=Full Pool=MonthlyTapePool 1st sun at 4:10
> > Run = Level=Full Pool=SundayTapePool 2nd-5th sun at 4:10
> > Run = Level=Full Pool=ThursdayTapePool thu at 4:10
> > }
> >
> > However, when I look at the list of jobs using `list jobs`, only older
> > Differential jobs (from the Sunday and Thursday pools) are listed, e.g., as
> >
> > | 7 | DefaultBackup | 2005-09-08 04:05:02 | B | D |
> > 109705 | 4215201717 | T |
> > | 8 | BackupCatalog | 2005-09-08 04:16:54 | B | F | 1
> > | 309270413 | T |
> >
> > starting in September 2005. The earliest full backup (Monthly) backup is
> >
> > | 279 | DefaultBackup | 2006-12-03 04:05:04 | B | F |
> > 2950669 | 88924511321 | T |
> > | 280 | BackupCatalog | 2006-12-03 10:49:32 | B | F | 1
> > | 1667026066 | T |
> >
> > thus, December 2006. What happened to all of the other Full backups in
> > the meantime (which were definitely written to the tapes)?
> >
> > At a glance, it appears that the Job Retention time appeared to ``take''
> > only for the Differentials, and that the Full backups use the default of
> > 180 days.
> >
> > Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong here?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Andreas Koch
> >
>
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