Re: [Bacula-users] Retaining files indefinitely ?

2018-09-04 Thread Chris Wilkinson
Sorry for my ambiguity. I meant versions of files. I don't have access to Retrospect now to check on this point. I will re-read the documentation. At first look "backups" could be interpreted as volumes or files. My understanding was files but now I'm not so sure. Regards Chris Wilkinson On Tue,

Re: [Bacula-users] Changing volume of running job?

2018-09-04 Thread Sebastian Suchanek
Am 04.09.2018 um 13:54 schrieb Martin Simmons: >> On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 21:40:02 +0200, Sebastian Suchanek said: >> Am 03.09.2018 um 21:15 schrieb Bill Arlofski: >> > >> > [...] >> > Bacula honors the "InChanger" field for volumes when choosing a volume. >> > [...] >> >> Well, that's the behavio

Re: [Bacula-users] Retaining files indefinitely ?

2018-09-04 Thread Martin Simmons
I can't decide what you mean by "the last n >=1 versions" (versions of files or versions of backups?). Yes, with m=30 you could set a volume retention time of 31 days. If you also set a volume use duration of 7 days, then you would have 2 volumes. However, I would not use n=1 because you risk lo

Re: [Bacula-users] Changing volume of running job?

2018-09-04 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 21:40:02 +0200, Sebastian Suchanek said: > > Am 03.09.2018 um 21:15 schrieb Bill Arlofski: > > > > Assuming this is a tape library with barcode reader, > > Yes, it is. > > > you will need to let > > Bacula know which tapes are in the library: > > > > * update slots st