I have used Mondo/Mindi. I'm not sure there is a need to incorporate
Mindi into Bacula though. For one thing, Mindi will work only for Linux
and FreeBSD. For another, Bacula already has the hooks to incorporate
Mondo/Mindi through a RunScript directive in bacula-dir.conf. I have
always run mondoarchive from cron, but I believe it could easily be run
from bacula-dir. Just configure mondoarchive as you would for running it
from cron (see
http://www.cod.utvinternet.com/documentation/mondo-with-cron/mondo-with-cron.html#toc5).
Then use something like the following in the Job directive for the
bacula-dir machine's backup job:
RunScript {
RunsWhen = After
RunsOnFailure = No
AbortJobOnError = No
RunsOnClient = Yes
Command = "/etc/cron.d/mondoarchive.cron" # the script generated by
'at' to run mondoarchive from cron
}
The only problem I can see with this is that it will make the Job run at
least twice as long, which might delay other Bacula jobs. This is why I
just run it from cron.
Note that it must be RunOnClient=Yes because mondoarchive must be run as
root.
Note also that Bacula cannot be allowed to use the device that Mondo
will use, so you have to have a backup device dedicated to Mondo. Unless
you have a spare tape drive, the simplest way is to have Mondo create
ISO images on disk somewhere and then manually burn DVDs later.
This is actually a good way to backup a Linux (or apparently FreeBSD)
director, because everything needed is restored except for the most
current bacula catalog. A bare-metal restore becomes:
1. Boot replacement machine with Mondo rescue CD/DVD, which runs
mondorestore and restores from mondo backup media
2. Once re-booted into OS, run bconsole to restore current bacula
catalog from bacula media
3. Restart bacula-dir
---
Josh Fisher
Jonathan B Bayer wrote:
> Hello bacula-users,
>
> Has anyone ever thought about doing with Bacula and Mindi what Mondo
> and Mindi do? Mondo and Mindi are a complete disaster recovery
> solution for one computer, in that a complete image is taken of the
> system, stored in whatever media is selected, and by using Mindi
> creates a bootable rescue CD which can then restore from the backup
> media in a full bare-metal restore.
>
> I love Bacula, but my one problem with it is recovery after a
> disaster. Right now I would first have to reinstall the OS, reinstall
> Bacula, and then restore the files.
>
>
> JBB
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