Hello, Fred Dirkse - OIC Group, Inc. wrote:
My question: I have three pools defined (4 with default pool, but not using it). I am basically emulating the Full-pool, Diff-pool, and Inc-Pool setup as defined in the Bacula docs. I am currently backing up one machine to a file device specifically for that machine, using the above pools. I would like to do this exact same thing for my other machines - each with it's own file device, and the same configuration of Pools/Volumes. That being said, do I have to define a subset of identical pools for each machine that I add, or can I use the same pools I have defined already and just point each job/client to a different device?
That should be possible. I'm using a relatively similar setup, but with tape drives instead of file storage. I can use volumes of any given pool on any storage device.
With file storage, you should keep in mind that bacula will not use the same device with two volumes at the same time (although, with file storage, that would seem possible).
So, you can define distinct storage devices for each client, or you can run the jobs sequentially.
The last is my understanding from earlier dicussions on the list, I didn't try this myself.
Will it create the pools/volumes under each device, or will it get confused? I'm not sure if the pools are more of a 'virtual defintion' of how to create volumes that you can apply anywhere, or if they are tied more closely to an instance.
No, a pool is just a collection of volumes, not ncessarily of the same type.
Thanks in advance.
I hope this helps you, and I guess you will find bacula does help a lot in doing proper backups.
Arno
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