Hello, On 5/15/2007 10:56 PM, Peter Crighton wrote: > I am using conf files based on the defaults, with times changed. To > summarise, my backups are: > > Linux server "home" files daily at 11:00 > Linux server shares (i.e. my key files shared to other PCs) daily at > 11:00 > Above on a daily incremental / weekly differential / monthly full > cycle > > Windows client files at 19:00 incremental daily / 11:00 > full/differential on Saturdays (weekly/monthly) > > The catalog is backed up daily at 11:10, Full every day. > > The question - should I be backing up the catalog after each evenings > Windows files? I don't think so (this is a home environment). I think > that the only thing that could go wrong by not doing so is to lose the > ability to restore from one incremental backup of the Windows files > (if the worst happened and the server needed re-building). Is that > correct?
Yes. And your catalog will be confused aout the volume usage after a rebuild, but Bacula will usually notice that and handle it correctly. In your situation, the decision to not back up the catalog after the windows files sounds reasonable. Arno > [The only reason for having a different time for the Windows > incremental backup is that it is not normally on during weekdays] > -- > > Peter Crighton > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
