> For me, the default values could be a bit higher. It could help many > users, specially beginning Bacula users, I think. Otherwise the > AutoPrune = yes (default) can work like a hidden trap :-)
I agree. In my early bacula days I was promptly surprised by that exact thing. Of course, that experience also led me to ask questions here, read the relevant manual section thoroughly, and make sure such a thing never happens to me again, so it was also good in the end. Robert Gerber 402-237-8692 r...@craeon.net On Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 12:38 PM Marcin Haba <ganius...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 at 19:21, Rob Gerber <r...@craeon.net> wrote: > > > > You should be able to review the contents of an old bacula catalog dump > to find your missing file entries. Be careful not to restore the dump over > top of your current catalog. Just to be safe, it would be a good idea to > take a fresh catalog backup and restore it to a safe place before fooling > around with the catalog. > > > > To add to what Bill and Marcin have said: > > > > There are default file, job, and volume retention periods hardcoded into > bacula. I don't know what the defaults are, and I suspect that the manual > is inaccurate when it states the defaults. > > If I recall correctly, the manual says > > File retention: 90 days > > Job retention: 180 days > > Volume retention: 365 days. > > Hello Everybody, > > For the file retention and pruning, Bill and Rob explained it very well. > Thanks. > > I have two more words for the AutoPrune directive. By default it is > enabled and in my opinion it has both advantages and disadvantages. > > The advantage is that the user does not need to care about pruning > because it is realized automatically. The disadvantage is that the > default file and job retention values are a bit low (60 days for file > records and 180 days for job records). If the user is not aware about > it, he/she can be surprised that he/she is not able to restore > selected files. > > For me, the default values could be a bit higher. It could help many > users, specially beginning Bacula users, I think. Otherwise the > AutoPrune = yes (default) can work like a hidden trap :-) > > ( the last sentence is a joke :-) ) > > Best regards, > Marcin Haba (gani) >
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