On 03/09/10 23:21, bacula-us...@catcons.co.uk wrote:
> Hello :-)
>
> In case anyone else is trying to set up something similar, I'll answer my
> own post with a simpler solution than using Bacula to implement the concept.
>
> 1. Create udev rules to run a script when one of the external HDDs
> is plugged in.
> 2. Create the script to:
> a) Stop Bacula and the database.
.... As long as no jobs are currently running.
> b) rsync the Bacula storage on internal HDD to the external HDD.
> c) Backup the database to the external HDD
> d) Unmount the external HDD.
> e) Start the database and Bacula.
>
> This would create a snapshot of the whole Bacula system on external HDD.
> Snaphots (for example using LVM) could be used to minimise the Bacula system
> down time.
Yup. Snapshots rock for jobs like this. A further refinement: you
need not necessarily HALT the database, particularly if just taking a
snapshot; for that brief time it should be sufficient to quiesce it.
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