> I will opt to review my volume removal script based on the creation date and
> the retention time.
Knoax -
Best of luck. One last thing to point out from your comment above ...
expiration is not based on volume creation time, it is based on volume last
written time.
If you are willing to
Hello
Thank you very much Dan and Stefan for your interest in my problem and thank
you for your answers.
Indeed, Dan I think there is a problem of understanding on my part because I'm
not being an expert in English (I'm French ^_^) I have trouble expressing
myself.
In any case you understood
Hi Knoax,
> So when I backup twice a week (with a 6-day retention) a server with 2TB of
> data for example, Bareos makes 3 backups (6 TB of used disk space) before
> updating volumes status.
> And so, my script delete the oldest backup only next day.
Hmm... for me it seems to be something wrong
Knoax -
There is definitely something I don't understand about your configuration.
Volume expiration is a task that is performed when Bareos tries to find the
next volume for a job. The sequence of events is listed below.
1. Look for volume with "Append" status.
2. Try finding a recycled
