On Friday 08 December 2006 12:15, Georg Altmann wrote: > > --On Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2006 14:58 -0500 Andrew Fabian > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Any thoughts on this scenario? I'm not sure that a quick answer exists. > > > > I'd like to have bacula back up our collection of hosts to it's > > file-based pool, so that we can browse backups "online" and restore > > individual files quickly. > > > > I'd also like to have a complete off-site copy of the pool for disaster > > prevention. > > > > So what I think I'd like to do is: backup to the file pool, then copy > > new files to dvd's, but in a way that bacula is aware of both copies. > > Then when devices get purged from the file pool, bacula will still be > > aware of the copy on dvd. > > > > Migrating doesn't quite work because that removes new data from the file > > pool, which limits our ability to browse and restore backups > > automatically. Manually copying files a la bimagemgr doesn't work > > because bacula is not aware of the copies, and then when the file pool > > is purged, it will think that the backups are gone for good. > > Read my recent post regarding the subject "scalability / multiple storage > devices / infiniBand". > Until copy jobs are implemented I can't think of a workable solution.
You can run a clone job, which will not produce a bit for bit identical output if the OS being backed up is being modified during the backup, but it can be used to produce a second set of backup tapes for any job. > > Regards, > Georg > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
