Hi,
On 30.09.2005 22:23, Bennett, Silas (GE Infrastructure) wrote:
Speaking as a bacula newbie who read the documentation, It did not seem obvious
to me. Having been unfamiliar with bacula I was thinking of running Full backup
jobs and Incremental/Differential backup jobs, not running a single job that
was Full/Differential/Incremental based upon some other requirements. Something
a bit more clear was needed for me to get it.
Which is one good reason to think about your suggestion...
Phil, some time ago I learn that the typical trouble-shooting
instructions in hardware manuals start with "check the power cords and
power switch" with a good reason - since then, I know how difficult it
is to express something even very simple in a way that leaves room for
(almost) no misunderstanding. When Silas didn't notice this - for you
and many others - obvious - statement, this might be important. I came
to right solution quickly only because I recalled others having made the
same mistake, so obviously, it's not clear enough. So, I think that
making this section clearer actually _is_ important.
I really don't care whether you apply the patch or not. I just wanted to be
helpful, and offer my newbie perspective while I still have it.
That's, of course, a very important point. The problem is that most of
the manual was written by people quite familiar with bacula, and that shows.
Unfortunately, not being a native English speaker and being quite
familiar with bacula by now it's rather difficult for me to improve the
manual.
;0)
I hope you don't take Phils's remark personal - after all, at least he
thinks about your suggestion ;-)
Arno
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Stracchino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 1:02 PM
To: Bennett, Silas (GE Infrastructure)
Cc: Kern Sibbald; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net; Arno Lehmann
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Differentials Jobs referencing obsolete Full
Job
Bennett, Silas (GE Infrastructure) wrote:
Here is a diff against
http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Configuring_Director.html
565c565,569
< performed as requested.
---
performed as requested.
<STRONG>Note: Since the director looks for a previous
full backup with the same job name of your incrimental, you cannot do
incrementals against full backups with a different job name. Even if the
Client and Filesets are the same for both jobs.</STRONG>
626c630,634
< performed as requested.
---
performed as requested.
<STRONG>Note: Since the director looks for a previous
full backup with the same job name of your differential, you cannot do
differentials against full backups with a different job name. Even if the
Client and Filesets are the same for both jobs.</STRONG>
You know, when I look at this, since the *very first* requirement
specified in the existing manual is that the reference job must have the
same job name, it seems perfectly clear to me. I really don't see how
it can be misunderstood.
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