Hello,
On 21.10.2005 22:56, Jason M. Nielsen wrote:
Hardware:
-24 tape library
-two magazines (7 tapes each) (other slots currently empty)
I want to make this as simple as possible for an individual to take
backups off site so my plan was to try and seperate the different
removals to coincide with the magazines. That is, make it so an entire
magazine can be pulled out and another put in (then just run the update
slots).
Well, the part of keeping the right tapes in the right magazines is a
little... interesting. The problem is that Bacula doesn't support such a
setup by itself, but it will not usually move tapes from slot to slot.
The backup schema is as follows:
Weekly backup of data (2 weeks)
-End of each week the first week is removed and taken off site and
replaced with the next weeks media.
Monthly backup of full systems (2 months)
-End of each month the first month is removed and taken off site and
replaced with the next months media.
Each of these groups(pools/jobs) of media can easily fit within the 7
tapes in each magazine. So my plan was to have 4 magazines (2 weeklys, 2
monthlys) which are rotated.
This is not the most ideal setup but thought it would make life easy for
those having to manage the volumes(tapes).
I think I have an idea how to do this accept one aspect and it is likely
a result of my total lack of understanding of bacula and how its
different from my previous experience but in anycase here is my issue.
It would seem I can only specify Job Retention periods per Client
Resource. If this is the case then my next conclusion is that if I want
multiple jobs with different Job Retentions (ie: weekly and monthly) I
will have to have multiple Client Resources for each client (since this
is where the retention for the job appears to be located). If this is
the case then it would seem I would also need another Job Resource for
each of those Client Resources since in the Job Resource I specify the
actual client.
Am I even on the right track or have I flown off into n00by confusion
land and not only am I going about this entirely wrong but I have not
grasped how the configs work?
I think you simply overlooked the fact that you can also set retention
times in the pools definition...
Setting up multiple client resources for one host is not usually very
useful, and setting up different jobs for different backup levels simply
doesn't work as you would want it.
TIA and I apologize upfront for my ignorance.
No need to apologize, and I hope I could help,
Arno
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