Right. After the double migration, I verified the job with a small restore... Everything seemed fine...
Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Thursday 15 March 2007 20:44, Mike Seda wrote: > >> Fyi, my double migration was successfull... First I ran a job called T2D >> and then ran a job called D2T... Basically, I used a disk array as a >> temporary storage between the two tape pools... This was necessary since >> I only have one tape drive >> > > It is nice to hear that migration is actually being used. You might try > a "test" restore from the final tape just to be sure. I don't expect any > problems, but with something new like this, it is always conforting to have a > confirmation. > > >> Kern Sibbald wrote: >> >>> On Saturday 10 March 2007 19:25, Mike Seda wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Kern, >>>> My proposed method may be feasible, but do you recommend a more elegant >>>> solution to accomplish a migration job between two different tape pools >>>> based on the storage resources at my disposal? I just want to make sure >>>> before I make the necessary changes to my SAN fabric. >>>> >>> I'm not the best person to make such recommendations since I am not using >>> Migration in production as hopefully some people are. Perhaps someone >>> else from the list will have a better idea. >>> >>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> Kern Sibbald wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Friday 09 March 2007 02:33, Mike Seda wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> I too have switched off a few machines lately, and wish to save their >>>>>> last complete backup to an Archive pool. Basically, I want to migrate >>>>>> a few jobs from my "Weekly" pool to my "Archive" pool. Fortunately, I >>>>>> too have one last full backup in the system, but since I only have one >>>>>> tape drive migration is a bit tricky... I just wanted to run my >>>>>> temporary solution by you before I implement it (btw, a second tape >>>>>> drive is in our budget for next fiscal year): >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) Mount a 1 TB FC disk array (currently not being utilized) on the >>>>>> bacula server >>>>>> 2) Tell bacula the array is of Media Type "File" (my tape library is >>>>>> Media Type "Tape"), and put it in the "Disk" pool. >>>>>> 3) Do a migrate job from my "Weekly" pool to the "Disk" Pool. >>>>>> 4) Do a migrate job from my "Disk" pool to the "Archive" Pool. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does this sound like a reasonable solution until I can spring for >>>>>> another tape drive?... >>>>>> >>>>> Obviously migrating with only one tape drive is not optimal, but what >>>>> you describe sounds feasible. Be sure to mark the tapes you are taking >>>>> offsite as Archive. >>>>> >>>>> We will be very interested to hear how this double migration works for >>>>> you ... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Fyi, the array is fast (12 x 15 K FC disks in >>>>>> RAID 5)... >>>>>> >>>>>> Fyi, my setup is: >>>>>> Dell PE 2650 (1 x 73 GB RAID 1, 1 x 450 GB RAID 0 ) >>>>>> Bacula 2.0.1 (400 GB of Data-Spooling configured to mitigate tape >>>>>> shoe-shine, Current Pools=Weekly, Scratch) >>>>>> RHEL 4 AS >>>>>> Quantum PX502 (LTO-3, FC, 1-Drive) >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Mike >>>>>> >>>>>> Alan Brown wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have a number of machines which have been switched off in the last >>>>>>> 6 months and want to save their last complete backup to an archive >>>>>>> pool in order to both free up the main pool and to ensure there's one >>>>>>> last copy of everything. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In some cases, there is one last full backup in the system, so all >>>>>>> that'd be required is a single jobID migration >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In other cases, the migrated last full backup would have to be made >>>>>>> up of full+diff+inc >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Does anyone have cookiecutter instructions for this? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If so, they should be added to the manual's Migration chapter. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> AB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> -- -- Take Surveys. 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