Martin Simmons schrieb: >>>>>> On Wed, 19 May 2010 10:31:34 +0200, Marcus said: >> Hi all, >> >> if I understand everything correctly, when I define a pool and set >> "AutoPrune = no" and "Volume Retention = 2 years", the first statement >> actually nulls out the Volume Retention period, since the Volume will >> never be pruned, and thus is never be able to be recycled. >> >> The Volume Retention only comes into place if I do a a manual prune >> of the job. In that case the volume will be not be used for at least two >> more years (possibly more if available volumes are available, and File >> or Job Retention do not demand a longer period). >> >> Did I get this correctly? > > Yes, as long as Prune Volumes is set to no in the jobs (the default) and > Bacula can find or create a volume when it needs one. If it can't find a > volume and Recycle Oldest Volume is yes then it can still recycle a volume > after two years.
Thanks, that clears it up. So with this settings I have archived a backup (including holding the Job Records indefinitely) until I manually work on it? Marcus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
