Re: "No files" in Bacularis for Jobs

Am 23.06.25 um 18:51 schrieb Marcin Haba:

> It looks that your file records for that job are pruned. In this case
> it is good to check and adapt the File Retention and AutoPrune
> directives. To make sure that it is this case, you can run in bconsole
> (for jobid=XXXX):
> 
> list files jobid=XXXX
> 
> If you are not seeing the file list, it means that the file records are pruned.

Why that? So far I have assumed that as long as tapes aren't 
overwritten, the jobs on the volume also will have a file list in the 
database. Did I get that wrong?

> For the restore in Bacularis, a bit above this message about no files,
> there is also another message:
> 
> "No file found for selected backup. It can mean file records for this
> backup are pruned. Restoring selected files is not available but if
> you continue, there will be performed full restore all backup files."
> 
> So, if you finish this wizard, Bacularis will do full restore all
> files. This is the same what can be done directly in Bconsole as well.

OK, thanks. So I wait for the tapes to be on site and try that.

And increase retention time or so, as soon as I understand the issue 
discussed above.

regards, Stefan