I'm sorry on this one too, but I am not at all in favor of it, as I have pointed out a number of times. IMO, Bacula should always retain the full path to where it found the data, otherwise, it will be total chaos.
In addition, I find the symantics of your propose (for me) confusing. I doubt I could ever get it right. My view is that if my simple one step at a time brain cannot understand it then it is too complicated. Maybe I missed something in your request, but that is how I see it at the current time. The other very important half of the story (restore) has already been discussed and is now in test. That is if Bacula always retains the full path to where the data was saved, how do you get it back to the "right" place. We recently discussed this on the list, and Eric has nearly completed the implementation. On Monday 09 April 2007 18:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Item 1: allow bacula to alias one directory path to another > Origin: Mark Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon Apr 9 11:26:31 EDT 2007 > Status: > > What: Allow bacula to alias one directory path for another. > > Why: Snapshots (or other means of copying a directory tree) may appear under > a mount point, but all references to the data (for future restores) > should point to the original location. An "alias" within bacula would > enable this path substitution. > > Notes: Many operating systems and storage devices (SAN or NAS) allow a > snapshot to be made of a filesystem, often for backup purposes. > > Since bacula does file-level backups, the snapshot needs to be mounted > as a filesystem. However, this means that the backup will be associated > with the mount point, not with the original data. > > For example, if a snapshot of server1:/active/db/directory > is mounted under server1:/snapshot, bacula would do the backup > of /snapshot. > > The requested alias feature would allow users to: > > exclude /active/db/directory > include /snapshot/active/db/directory > alias /snapshot/active/db/directory to /active/db/directory > > this means that the backup catalog (and--most importantly, future > restores) would reference /active/db/directory when searching for > files. Since the underlying storage system (SAN, NAS, LVM, etc.) handles > the snapshot feature and ensures that the data is consistent, the > backup is truely of the data in /active/db/directory. > > ---- > Mark Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > System Administrator > Section of Biomedical Image Analysis 215-662-7310 > Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania > > http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de:11371/pks/lookup?search=mark.bergman%40.uphs.upenn.edu > > > > The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
