Hi,
I'd just like to run something by you guys to see am I doing it right.
We have a senior staff member who exclusively works on a laptop and moves
around and travels a lot. A full backup takes 5+ hours due mainly to the
relatively slow disk and large amount of data. That's just not practical.
An incremental takes about an hour, which is workable.
I have created a bacula job for his laptop. We're using file-based volumes
on a reasonably remote server. His assistant starts bconsole and types
"run" to start an incremental, accurate backup weekly. We schedule a
monthly virtual full to consolidate the incrementals. To facilitate this,
I've created two pools and two devices, all writing to the same directory
on the backup server.
If I'm right, I think I need to alternate the Pool each month in the
schedule, so that the most recent virtual full is used, something like:
Schedule {
Name = "XXXXXXXXX-Schedule"
# Create virtual full backups monthly
#Run = VirtualFull Pool=XXXXXXXXX-Full-Pool 1st sun at 21:00
Run = VirtualFull Pool=XXXXXXXXX-Full-Pool jan,mar,may,jul,sep,nov 1st sun
at 21:00
Run = VirtualFull Pool=XXXXXXXXX-Full-Pool-2 feb,apr,jun,aug,oct,dec 1st sun
at 21:00
}
Does that seem about right? Many thanks in advance for any comments,
Gavin
# Default pool definition
Pool {
Name = XXXXXXXXX-Full-Pool
Pool Type = Backup
Storage = "XXXXXXXXX-Storage-1"
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 3 months # one year
Label Format = XXXXXXXXX-Full-
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
Maximum Volumes = 3
NextPool = XXXXXXXXX-Full-Pool-2
}
# Default pool definition
Pool {
Name = XXXXXXXXX-Full-Pool-2
Pool Type = Backup
Storage = "XXXXXXXXX-Storage-2"
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 3 months # one year
Label Format = XXXXXXXXX-Full-
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
Maximum Volumes = 3
NextPool = XXXXXXXXX-Full-Pool
}
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