From 9c7b295a9eb4e249f9af63b052090859b6471863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Bollengier Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:19:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document File/Job Retention by Pool --- docs/manuals/en/main/dirdconf.tex | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/main/dirdconf.tex b/docs/manuals/en/main/dirdconf.tex index e262af1a..c1223b9b 100644 --- a/docs/manuals/en/main/dirdconf.tex +++ b/docs/manuals/en/main/dirdconf.tex @@ -2177,6 +2177,7 @@ console run command. This directive is required. \label{FileRetention} \item [File Retention = \lt{}time-period-specification\gt{}] + \label{FileRetention} \index[dir]{File Retention} \index[dir]{Directive!File Retention} The File Retention directive defines the length of time that Bacula will @@ -2200,6 +2201,7 @@ console run command. This directive is required. \label{JobRetention} \item [Job Retention = \lt{}time-period-specification\gt{}] + \label{JobRetention} \index[dir]{Job Retention} \index[dir]{Directive!Job Retention} The Job Retention directive defines the length of time that Bacula will keep @@ -2962,6 +2964,39 @@ Pool { sure that some day, Bacula will recycle a Volume that contains current data. The default is {\bf no}. +\item [File Retention = \lt{}time-period-specification\gt{}] + \index[dir]{File Retention} + \index[dir]{Directive!File Retention} + The File Retention directive defines the length of time that Bacula will + keep File records in the Catalog database after the End time of the + Job corresponding to the File records. + + This directive takes precedence over Client directives of the same name. For + example, you can decide to increase Retention times for Archive or OffSite + Pool. + + Note, this affects only records in the catalog database. It does not affect + your archive backups. + + For more information see Client documentation about + \ilink{FileRetention}{FileRetention} + +\item [Job Retention = \lt{}time-period-specification\gt{}] + \index[dir]{Job Retention} + \index[dir]{Directive!Job Retention} + + The Job Retention directive defines the length of time that Bacula will keep + Job records in the Catalog database after the Job End time. As with the + other retention periods, this affects only records in the catalog and not + data in your archive backup. + + This directive takes precedence over Client directives of the same name. + For example, you can decide to increase Retention times for Archive or + OffSite Pool. + + For more information see Client side documentation + \ilink{JobRetention}{JobRetention} + \item [Cleaning Prefix = \lt{}string\gt{}] \index[dir]{Cleaning Prefix} \index[dir]{Directive!Cleaning Prefix} diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex b/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex index fdf16b68..903b492f 100644 --- a/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex +++ b/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex @@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ This project was funded by Bacula Systems. % TODO check We added two new Pool directives, \texttt{FileRetention} and \texttt{JobRetention}, that take precedence over Client directives of the same -name. It allows you to control the Catalog pruning algorithm Pool by Pool. +name. It allows you to control the Catalog pruning algorithm Pool by Pool. For +example, you can decide to increase Retention times for Archive or OffSite Pool. \section{Read-only File Daemon using capabilities} \label{sec:fdreadonly} -- 2.39.5