1) setup automount of the usb disk on the mountpoint /media/usbdisk 2) always backup to /media/usbdisk 3) add the right number of volumes (I use 5GB size) to fill 3 disks 4) volume retention is 3 months 5) at the end of the month I update last used volume status to Used (it was Append) before umount; the next backup will create a new volume on /media/usbdisk 6) I generate a list of volumes by disk 7) when the volumes data expire the volumes are recycled so no new volume need to be created 8) before a restore you simply need to mount the right usb disk
You should send a remainder to the operator at the end of the month.. On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 06:55 -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Malanki wrote: > > Hello everyone ! > > > > I am a novice with Bacula. > > Here is my problem : > > -I would like to make some backup on three usb disks. > > -The main problem is to always have a backup out of the company > > -The usb disk can be changed by my customer whenever he wants (or just when > > he think about it :) ) > > -Consequently, I would like bacula to be able to detect which one of the > > disk is able to use (i saw it was possible by insert them in a unique pool, > > but never manage to make it work :( > > > > Your help would be welcomed ! > > I usually suggest this: > > Backup to local HDD. rsync to your USB drive every day. Let Bacula use > only the local HDD. Use the USB drives only as backups of your backups. > > This approach is simple compared to what you wish to do. > > - -- > Dan Langille > > BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ > PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAknUmbMACgkQCgsXFM/7nTw74gCdHeHfYGYP5D1Zyj7tgQPfiF8p > 0EEAnjZd7PKNPoktGhunU24hYLhtR+Uk > =AJNN > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
