Re: [Bacula-users] Best way to force a volume to recycle so it can be used immediately

[Marcello R. <mr...@ot...>]

Il 17/01/2013 21:36, Craig Isdahl ha scritto:
> All -
>
> I goofed on a config change and have multiple copies of 20gb data
> backups - I don't need all that so I'd like to recycle them immediately
> rather than waiting for auto recycling to happen (90 days). All backups
> are to disk volumes.  What's the best way to do that?  If I mark them
> 'used" will that work?  If not do I need to purge them?
>
> Version: 5.0.0
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
> -- Craig
>
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"Used" volumes are not selected for new backups.

I think you should use the "purge" command on each volume you want to empty.
Like:

purge jobs volume=<name of the volume>

-- 
Marcello Romani