Re: (My) Job pruning seems not to work as intended

Messages like "Begin pruning Jobs older than ..." should appear after the
termination status of the job.  Do you see any messages like that?

__Martin


>>>>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:15:24 +0200, Justin Case said:
> 
> I am wondering why I am seeing in my catalog lots of jobs older than the JobRetention defined in the pools, and also older than the default JobRetention assumed for the clients.
> The volume recycling seems to work fine adhering to the VolumeRetention in the pools.
> 
> To me it is a mystery, probably be cause I overlook some dependencies I am not aware of.
> Can someone please help me understanding this.
> 
> I hope I have provided all necessary ressources, including the Pruning job.
> 
> Cheers,
>  J/C
> 
> 
> Job {
> Name = "Pruning"
> Description = "Prune all expired volumes"
> Type = "Admin"
> Schedule = "EveryNight"
> JobDefs = "default-tier1"
> PruneJobs = yes
> PruneFiles = yes
> PruneVolumes = yes
> Enabled = yes
> Runscript {
> RunsWhen = "Before"
> RunsOnClient = no
> Console = "prune expired volume yes"
> }
> Priority = 15
> AllowDuplicateJobs = no
> }
> 
> JobDefs {
>   Name = "default-tier1"
>   Description = "Default backup job for Tier 1"
>   Type = "Backup"
>   Level = "Full"
>   Messages = "Standard"
>   Pool = "tier1-long"
>   FullBackupPool = "tier1-long"
>   IncrementalBackupPool = "tier1-short"
>   Client = “filer-fd"
>   Fileset = "EmptyFileset"
>   WriteBootstrap = "/disaster-recovery/bootstrap/%c_%n.bsr"
>   MaxFullInterval = 2678400
>   SpoolAttributes = no
>   Priority = 20
>   AllowMixedPriority = yes
>   AllowIncompleteJobs = no
>   Accurate = yes
>   AllowDuplicateJobs = no
> }
> 
> Schedule {
>   Name = "EveryNight"
>   Run = at 22:00
> }
> 
> Job {
>   Name = "catalog-tier1"
>   Description = "Backup Bacula MyCatalog to Tier 1 storage"
>   Pool = "tier1-long"
>   FullBackupPool = "tier1-long"
>   Fileset = "Catalog"
>   Schedule = "EveryNight-Full"
>   JobDefs = "various-tier1"
>   Enabled = yes
>   Runscript {
>     RunsWhen = "Before"
>     RunsOnClient = no
>     Command = "/opt/bacula/scripts/make_catalog_backup.pl MyCatalog"
>   }
>   Runscript {
>     RunsWhen = "After"
>     FailJobOnError = no
>     RunsOnClient = no
>     Command = "/opt/bacula/scripts/delete_catalog_backup"
>   }
>   Runscript {
>     RunsWhen = "After"
>     FailJobOnError = no
>     RunsOnClient = no
>     Console = "purge volume action=all allpools storage=unraid-tier1-storage"
>   }
>   Priority = 50
>   AllowIncompleteJobs = no
>   AllowDuplicateJobs = no
> }
> 
> JobDefs {
>   Name = "various-tier1"
>   Type = "Backup"
>   Level = "Full"
>   Messages = "Standard"
>   Pool = “tier1-long"
>   FullBackupPool = "tier1-long"
>   IncrementalBackupPool = "tier1-short"
>   Client = “filer-fd"
>   Fileset = "EmptyFileset"
>   Schedule = "Third-Sat-Full_Even-Incr"
>   WriteBootstrap = "/disaster-recovery/bootstrap/%c_%n.bsr"
>   Priority = 20
>   AllowMixedPriority = yes
>   Accurate = yes
> }
> 
> Pool {
>   Name = "tier1-short"
>   PoolType = "Backup"
>   LabelFormat = "tier1-short-vol-"
>   ActionOnPurge = "Truncate"
>   MaximumVolumes = 500
>   MaximumVolumeBytes = 20000000000
>   VolumeRetention = 3456000
>   NextPool = "tier2-short"
>   Storage = "tier1-storage"
>   ScratchPool = "Scratch"
>   Catalog = "MyCatalog"
>   FileRetention = 2592000
>   JobRetention = 2592000
> }
> 
> Pool {
>   Name = "tier1-long"
>   PoolType = "Backup"
>   LabelFormat = "tier1-long-vol-"
>   ActionOnPurge = "Truncate"
>   MaximumVolumes = 500
>   MaximumVolumeBytes = 20000000000
>   VolumeRetention = 8640000
>   NextPool = "tier2-long"
>   Storage = "tier1-storage"
>   ScratchPool = "Scratch"
>   Catalog = "MyCatalog"
>   FileRetention = 7776000
>   JobRetention = 7776000
> }
> 
> Client {
>   Name = “filer-fd"
>   Address = "127.0.0.1"
>   FdPort = 9102
>   Password = “redacted"
>   Catalog = "MyCatalog"
>   AutoPrune = yes
>   MaximumConcurrentJobs = 5
> }
> 
> Client defaults are AutoPrune yes, JobRetention 180d, FileRetention 60d
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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