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* [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup v2 1/2] docs: explain retention time for event allocation policy in more detail
@ 2022-02-28 11:20 Dominik Csapak
  2022-02-28 11:20 ` [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup v2 2/2] docs: add tape schedule examples Dominik Csapak
  2022-03-01  7:14 ` [pbs-devel] applied: [PATCH proxmox-backup v2 1/2] docs: explain retention time for event allocation policy in more detail Dietmar Maurer
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Dominik Csapak @ 2022-02-28 11:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pbs-devel

'when the calendar event' triggers was too vague, it could mean for
the current media-set or the next time. Apart from that, it was not
technically correct all the time, since we take the start time of
the next media set if that exists first.

The idea here is that we begin the retention when the media set is
finished.

Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
---
 docs/tape-backup.rst | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/tape-backup.rst b/docs/tape-backup.rst
index a8d6b7fd..ae597d3d 100644
--- a/docs/tape-backup.rst
+++ b/docs/tape-backup.rst
@@ -519,8 +519,9 @@ a single media pool, so a job only uses tapes from that pool.
 
      This balances between space efficiency and media count.
 
-     .. NOTE:: Retention period starts when the calendar event
-        triggers.
+     .. NOTE:: Retention period starts on the creation time of the next
+        media-set or, if that does not exist, when the calendar event
+        triggers the next time after the current media-set start time.
 
    Additionally, the following events may allocate a new media set:
 
-- 
2.30.2





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