On Sunday 18 March 2007 00:07, Mike Seda wrote: > Right. After the double migration, I verified the job with a small > restore... Everything seemed fine...
Nice. As I say, I wouldn't expect otherwise. The code that makes the new backup and that does the restore is code that has existed for a long time (not new code), so I expect it to be quite solid. > > > 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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