On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 12:12:58PM -0600, Jason Balicki wrote:
> I have a client trying to backup a MS SQL database. We
> use RunBefore and RunAfter commands to stop and start the
> DB. Usually this works fine, but if we run out of space
> on a tape then Bacula can't get any farther until someone
> mounts another tape. However, because the application
> is critical, someone usually will manually start the
> services before the job can finish. I can't fix this
> behavior.
If you have enough space disk space on the clients being backed up, one
alternative is to have the RunBefore script stop the database, copy it to a
staging area, restart the database, and then let the staging area get backed
up. The RunAfter script would then clean up the staging area.
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