Re: "No files" in Bacularis for Jobs

> For me, the default values could be a bit higher. It could help many
> users, specially beginning Bacula users, I think. Otherwise the
> AutoPrune = yes (default) can work like a hidden trap :-)


I agree. In my early bacula days I was promptly surprised by that exact
thing.

Of course, that experience also led me to ask questions here, read the
relevant manual section thoroughly, and make sure such a thing never
happens to me again, so it was also good in the end.


Robert Gerber
402-237-8692
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 12:38 PM Marcin Haba <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 at 19:21, Rob Gerber <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > You should be able to review the contents of an old bacula catalog dump
> to find your missing file entries. Be careful not to restore the dump over
> top of your current catalog. Just to be safe, it would be a good idea to
> take a fresh catalog backup and restore it to a safe place before fooling
> around with the catalog.
> >
> > To add to what Bill and Marcin have said:
> >
> > There are default file, job, and volume retention periods hardcoded into
> bacula. I don't know what the defaults are, and I suspect that the manual
> is inaccurate when it states the defaults.
> > If I recall correctly, the manual says
> > File retention: 90 days
> > Job retention: 180 days
> > Volume retention: 365 days.
>
> Hello Everybody,
>
> For the file retention and pruning, Bill and Rob explained it very well.
> Thanks.
>
> I have two more words for the AutoPrune directive. By default it is
> enabled and in my opinion it has both advantages and disadvantages.
>
> The advantage is that the user does not need to care about pruning
> because it is realized automatically. The disadvantage is that the
> default file and job retention values are a bit low (60 days for file
> records and 180 days for job records). If the user is not aware about
> it, he/she can be surprised that he/she is not able to restore
> selected files.
>
> For me, the default values could be a bit higher. It could help many
> users, specially beginning Bacula users, I think. Otherwise the
> AutoPrune = yes (default) can work like a hidden trap :-)
>
> ( the last sentence is a joke :-) )
>
> Best regards,
> Marcin Haba (gani)
>

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