>>>>> On Wed, 19 May 2010 13:49:53 +0200, ?Marcus said:
>
> 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?
If you have "AutoPrune = yes" in the Client definition then it might still get
pruned. That directive causes File and Job pruning for all jobs on the
client, so you might need a separate Client definition for the archiving.
__Martin
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