Below are excerpts from my configs. My /u1 is a 1.4T filesystem. I backup to disk daily and then migrate weekly to tape. If you jump down to the sd.conf excerpt at the bottom I added a wrinkle of keeping each pool of volumes for each client system in a separate directory. I then have multiple entries that are nearly identical in the sd.conf so multiple systems and simultaneously backup.
This approach is clearly different than creating a collection of fixed size volumes. The retention time ends up being lower (7 days) than what it is once it's written to tape. peter =================================== ###################### # HOST ###################### Job { Name = "HOST" Client = HOST-fd Write Bootstrap = "/u1/bacula/working/HOST.bsr" Type = Backup FileSet = "HOST Set" Schedule = "WeeklyCycle0805" Client Run Before Job = /var/lib/mysql/hotcopy.bash Messages = Standard Pool = HOST Priority = 10 } Job { Name = "HOST-migrate" Type = Migrate Level = Full Client = volga-fd Write Bootstrap = "/u1/bacula/working/HOST-migrate.bsr" FileSet = "HOST Set" Schedule = "MigrateCycle" Messages = Standard Pool = HOST Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 4 Selection Type = Volume Selection Pattern = ".*" Priority = 12 } Client { Name = HOST-fd Address = 10.1.102.1 FDPort = 9102 Catalog = VolgaCatalog Password = "FD-PASSWORD" File Retention = 7 days Job Retention = 1 months AutoPrune = yes } Storage { Name = HOSTFiles Address = 10.1.102.11 SDPort = 9103 Password = "SD-PASSWORD" Device = HOSTDev Media Type = File } Pool { Name = HOST Use Volume Once = yes Pool Type = Backup Auto Prune = yes Volume Retention = 13 days Label Format = HOST- Maximum Volumes = 15 Recycle = yes Storage = HOSTFiles Next Pool = TAPE } =================================== then in the sd.conf, an excerpt: =================================== Device { Name = HOSTDev Media Type = File Archive Device = /u1/bacula/HOST LabelMedia = yes; Random Access = Yes; AutomaticMount = yes; RemovableMedia = no; AlwaysOpen = no; } =================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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