Hi, On 10/11/2006 10:46 PM, Joshua Myles wrote: > On 10/11/2006 03:41 PM, Arno Lehmann wrote: > >>Should all work as long as you don't change the names. As names and >>addresses are separate I expect no problems. > > > That's what I'm asking about, though. I'm almost positive changing DNS > host names isn't a problem (assuming correct Bacula configs), it's the > Bacula names I'm worried about. For example, in bacula-dir.conf: > > Director { > Name = foo-dir > > That one. > > >>Now might be the right time to start investigating CNAME records in DNS :-) > > > I generally always use service names (either CNAME aliases or additional > A records) to abstract services from their host. I didn't do that in > this case, because the Bacula names themselves don't necessarily have > anything to do with a DNS host name. Which is exactly what I wanted, > except I didn't take advantage of it in this case. Oops. :-P > > So, does changing Bacula Director and/or SD names (not host names) break > stuff?
I don't think so, provided you fix all the places where they occur... all your FDs, SDs, possibly monitoring... but existing backups reference only volume IDs and client IDs. Volume IDs are not a problem as they can be assigned to a new SD automatically when you've got your Media Type and Pool settings correct. Client IDs will probably change when you create a new client - which happens implicitly when you introduce a new name. The address does not play a role there. So I think it's safe to change SD and DIR names, but when you change the client names you will either have to re-run full backups, or manually fiddle with the catalog. You will not lose backups, as long as you know which new client corresponds to which old client. So, I'm quite sure that you can change SD and DIR names as much as you like, but should take care with FD names. Arno > Josh > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users