Re: [Bacula-users] keep a backup forever?

[Thomas M. <th...@ch...>]

>> Before I put the new (replacement) machine into the backup system, I
>> would like to know if there is a way that I can save the last bacukp(s)
>> of the original (now-dead) machine for longer than my 3-month rotation
>> schedule, just in case.
>> 
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> You can put the status Archive on the volume, and normally bacula avoid
> to touch it. (even with dbcheck) but I would prefer to have a dev
> confirmation about that one.

or the status "read-only". this is what i've used after I needed to do a  
catalog-repopulation with bscan. After changing it to read-only it 
stopped getting pruned again.

- Thomas