On Friday 29 September 2006 12:02, Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, Hi Arno,
> > 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. Well, to be more specific: atm, backups to hdd are situated in /backup. I want to plug in a 2nd harddrive and mount it at /backup1 (e.g.). Then I want to move backupfiles of Server1 and Server2 from /backup to /backup1. > Then, after moving the volume files, simply change their media types. Why change their mediatypes? They are both MediaType=File, aren't they? > I'd do this using a SQL query, either through bconsole or using your > database front-end. Also, change the volumes pool association. > I thought that there was a command in bacula (update in bconsole whatever) to tell bacula, that files from Server1 and Server2 have moved from /backup to /backup1. I wouldn't be able to tell, what changes are needed in SQL. > > 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. So won't I ;-) > 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. > This is the plan for the final server, as the current setup only displays a test, where given hardware was planned to be used. In the end, we will introduce a StorageUnit with plenty of space, raid and the possibility to increase capacity by simply plugging in another drive, be sure that we made this reflections,too. Nevertheless, thanks a lot for your suggestions. > Arno Benni > > > 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 -- Benjamin Zeller Ing.-Büro Hohmann Bahnhofstr. 34 D-82515 Wolfratshausen Tel.: +49 (0)8171 347 88 12 Mobil: +49 (0)160 99 11 55 23 Fax: +49 (0)8171 910 778 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ibh-wor.de
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