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Kern
On Thursday 27 December 2007 23:28, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote:
> I know this has probably been asked on the list before but i have searched
> and read the docs and would like a to ask one more time please. I seem to
> have a great deal of difficulty understanding the pruning, volume
> retention periods, and the like. It can take a great deal of time to
> identify a problem as you must wait months to reach a fully running backup
> state.
>
> Here is what i would like to achieve, I would like a FULL backup once per
> month on the first of the month. Also i would like incremental backups
> every day for the rest of the month. Since i am using harddisk as storage,
> space is limited and i do not really see a need for differential backups
> these are mostly for tapes right? Please someone correct me if i am
> incorrect about this. Therefore i have created a simple schedule like this
>
> Schedule {
> Name = "First"
> Run = Level=Full on 1 at 05:05
> Run = Level=Incremental on 2-31 at 05:05
> }
>
> I am hoping Bacula takes into account some months are not 31 days long and
> will adjust accordingly therefore i have chosen to keep things consistent
> and use months for my volume retention and purge recycle stuff too.
>
> My next concern is the limited storage space and cost of Bandwidth so I
> only wish to do FULL backup once per month. I read in the documentation
> that it is best to have retention period 2 times the length of the full
> backup. But which ones Volume, Files or Jobs please help.
>
> Pool {
> Name = canmail
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle
> Volumes AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
> Volume Retention = 2 months # one year
> }
>
> JobDefs {
> Name = "DefaultJob"
> Type = Backup
> Level = Incremental
> Client = Default-fd
> FileSet = "Full Set Unix"
> Schedule = "First"
> Storage = File
> Messages = Standard
> Pool = Default
> Priority = 10
> }
>
> Job {
> Name = "canmail.org"
> Client = canmail.org-fd
> JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
> Pool = canmail
> FileSet = "canmail.org"
> Storage = canmail
> Write Bootstrap = "/var/db/bacula/canmail.org.bsr"
> }
>
> Client {
> Name = canmail.org-fd
> Address = 66.244.200.225
> FDPort = 9102
> Catalog = MyCatalog
> Password = "xxxx" # password for FileDa
> File Retention = 1 months # 30 days
> Job Retention = 2 months # six months
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
> }
>
> In summary i would like to know if 1 month file retention is enough as i do
> not want to be doing a FULL backup more that once per month because i set
> something wrong.
>
> Will any of the directives i have in my bacula-dir.conf file cause bacula
> to save only one full backup or worst case 2 full backups and the
> incrementals. Then at the end of the 2 month period i want bacula to purge
> the catalog and recycle the volume.
>
> IE i do not want a bunch of data on the file system older than one or two
> full backups nor do i want this data in the catalog for more than the 2
> month period.
>
> IDEALLY one Full Backup and the incrementals would be erased as soon as the
> 2nd FULL backup is taken this would make sense right? Will I achieve this
> with my directives or do i need to add something or change something Max
> volumes = 1. I seem to be lost within the flexibility of Bacula.
>
> Please is this a sensible to to get a full month of backups and not much
> more I do not want files or catalogs going back a year.
>
> A HUGE THANK YOU to whomever tries to help me figure this out i am close
> but just cant quite visualize it yet.
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