Media expiration info missing in UI

[Oleg Volkov]

In previous versions, there was a column named "Retention/Expiration" , in current version, it is only Retention info.

How to get an Expiration info about volumes ?

[Andreas Rogge]

Am 01.08.23 um 09:16 schrieb Oleg Volkov:

> How to get an Expiration info about volumes ?

Short answer: there's no easy way to get that information.

Long answer: That is a good question and actually the point why we
removed that column.
A volume expires if all jobs on it have expired. This is the case if all
jobs on the volume have been pruned/purged/deleted (either manually or
by some retention).
Now the interesting part is how volume retention works: a job will
expire if "end date + volume retention > now". For copied or migrated
jobs this can be a lot earlier than "last written + volume retention"
(which is what the WebUI used to display).
This means that without looking at the jobs stored on a volume, you
cannot reliably determine when it will expire. We removed the column to
not display bogus information anymore.

Best Regards,
Andreas

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[Oleg Volkov]

Bareos director decides to reuse the media by some reason, I guessing that by expiration status.

If director knows about this status, why can't I see this info ?

[Andreas Rogge]

Am 03.08.23 um 20:15 schrieb Oleg Volkov:

> Bareos director decides to reuse the media by some reason, I guessing
> that by expiration status.
> If director knows about this status, why can't I see this info ?

It doesn't "know" that status. It calculates it on a case-by-case basis
during auto-recycling.
You're right, that information should be visible somehow. However,
currently it is not exposed via any api.