Hi, On 9/29/2006 11:19 AM, Benjamin Zeller wrote: > Dear listusers, > > we are currently backing up 5 servers as a pilot before final > bacula-installation with storage unit and biiiig server ;-) > > We configured expiration and pruning to suit our needs and everything's fine. > What we are experiencing is, that we need to insert another harddrive to > handle the upcoming data. > > So, what I am planning to do and where I need some advice: > > Plugin another harddrive, partition and format it and mount it etc. > > Then I wanna tell bacula in his config, to backup 2 servers to this new > partition. I need to configure another StorageDevice which uses this new > partition. > Then I want to move the affected container files, which we're already > written, > from old to new partition. > > Then I need to tell bacula, that these container files moved, and that is my > main question: How do I do that? Stop bacula and then I hope that there's a > command that tells bacula, that these files are now on another place in the > file system and that bacula doesn't look for them in the old but in the new > partition from there on (should be important for restore ;-) ).
Hmm. I don't think you need to shutdown Bacula for that. Rather I'd suggest the following: First, make sure you have a good understanding of the reationship between MediaType of the volume files and the storage devices. Depending on your version of Bacula you might find you're not able to easily restore from from any volume using any storage device. Then, after moving the volume files, simply change their media types. I'd do this using a SQL query, either through bconsole or using your database front-end. Also, change the volumes pool association. > Any help is appreciated. What I'd _really_ do, though, is thinking about your backend storage setup. I wouldn't consider storing backups on single hard drives a good idea. Rather use a standalone disk system where you can add drives to a RAID array on the fly. Start wih a RAID5 with 3 disks, and make sure you know how to add disks later to increase the overall capacity. The same result can be achieved by using LVM/dm in linux, but I'd prefer a stand-alone disk subsystem for better maintenance. Arno > Greetings, > > Benni > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
