On 11/26/2009 03:16 AM, Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hello, > > 26.11.2009 08:54, Ralf Gross wrote: > >> Moby schrieb: >> >>> It is my understanding that one must use the same job name for full and >>> incremental backups, otherwise Bacula is not able to perform an >>> incremental backup. >>> I have a need to send full backups of machines to one disk and >>> incremental backups to another disk. If I have to use the same job >>> definition for both incremental and full backups (with incremental and >>> full backup levels being specified in the schedule definition), then how >>> can I send full backups to one disk and incrementals to another? >>> >> you can overwrite the storage device and the pool in your schedule resource. >> >> >> Schedule { >> Name = "Backup VU0EM005" >> Run = Level=Full 1st sun at 00:08 >> Run = Level=Differential Storage=VU0EM005-DISK >> Pool=VU0EM005-Disk-Differential 2nd-5th sun at 00:08 >> Run = Level=Incremental Storage=VU0EM005-DISK >> Pool=VU0EM005-Disk-Incremental tue-sat at 00:08 >> } >> > You can also set up "Full Backup Pool", "Differential Backup Pool", > and "Incremental Backup Pool" directives in the job configuration, > then link the referenced pools to their storage device, and everything > works without overrides :-) > > JobDefs { > Name = "DefaultBackup" > Type = Backup > Level = Incremental > Schedule = "Regular" > Storage = FileCh > Pool = DiskShort > Full Backup Pool = DiskLong > Differential Backup Pool = DiskShort > Incremental Backup Pool = DiskShort > ... > } > > Schedule { > Name = "Regular" > Run = Level=Full 1st tue at 8:20 > Run = Level=Differential 2nd-5th tue at 8:25 > Run = Level=Incremental sun,mon,wed-sat at 8:25 > } > > Pool { > Name = DiskLong > Storage = FileCh > ... > } > > Pool { > Name = DiskShort > Storage = File3Ch > ... > } > > Arno > >
Thanks Arno and Ralf: I decided to go with Arno's approach and used different pool definitions in the job definition, and then tied each pool definition to a separate device. Works like a charm, thanks again. -- --Moby They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users