On Thursday 07 July 2005 19:30, Richard White wrote: > >> Speaking of policies, BENW treats backup features such as type, > >> schedule, media usage and other things as independent items. They can be > >> changed without stopping and restarting BENW. I can create and modify > >> policies (which establish type, media usage, repeat period, before and > >> after tasks, etc.) and jobs (what to back up; each backup job must be > >> associated with a policy) at will, without stopping and re-starting > >> BENW. So, it's more "interactive". I can do the same with the hardware, > >> detecting added drives, re-configuring partitions (slot definitions), > >> etc. > >> > >> With Backula, all of these things are established in configuration > >> files, and if any of them changes, one must edit the file and stop and > >> re-start Bacula. Also, installation is not terribly interactive, but I'm > >> getting used to that with Linux, so that is not really a complaint. Once > >> Bacula is working, little would need to be changed anyway. > > Had a long talk with my boss today. What I will do to accommodate our needs > with Bacula's featues is create several (four, I think) bacula-dir.conf > files, one for each week of the month (figuring four weeks per month). Cron > jobs will swap these files over the active one, then stop and restart > Bacula.
I don't think this is a good idea. I would *never* (make that all caps) have more than one bacula-dir conf file that was in production use. I can no longer provide support, but I think you are going in the wrong direction. > That way, all that will be necessary is to change tapes on the > right schedule. The only thing I have to iron out now is to see whether or > not Bacula will recognize a tape mounted by a shell command. I will test > that this morning (provided I learn the correct syntax for mounting a > tape). > > TTFN, > > Richard > > "The price of liberty is eternal viligance." Thomas Jefferson -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users