Dan Langille wrote: > On 12/20/2010 7:26 PM, infosyst wrote: > > > I want to setup migration and need some thoughts on the best way to > > configure things in order to achieve what I want. > > > > I have a backup server running bacula 2.4.4. It runs backups over the > > network for 9 different servers and stores them to hard disk. I run a > > single full backup once a week and differential backups every night the > > rest of the week in a 7 day cycle. > > > > If you can upgrade. That is nearly 2 years old. > > > > > > This is fine, but now I would like to migrate my backups to tape and store > > the tape off-site each day. My thought is to move the hard drive backups to > > a single day cycle and use the tapes for a 14 day cycle. That way I never > > have to worry about disk space as there is always only a single day of > > backups stored on the disks. This also means that the previous nights > > backups are stored securely off-site as soon as they are migrated to tape. > > > > So basically what is the best configuration for doing this? My biggest > > challenge is configuring the Pools/Volumes/Jobs in a layout that is ideal > > for this setup. How should I approach that? Or should I be taking a > > different approach to this? > > > > I just wrote: http://www.freebsddiary.org/bacula-disk-to-tape.php > > -- > Dan Langille - http://langille.org/
Yes, I can probably upgrade. I am reconfiguring most of it anyway so I might as well while I am at it. Good writeup. Would you recommend that I use copy over migration? I have space to store up to 7 days of backups on the server hard drive. If I understand it correctly, I can copy those jobs to tape and keep them for an additional 7 days if I want (for a total of 14 days) and still restore individual files from them even after the initial 7 days is up and the volumes on the server have been recycled/purged, correct? The big benefit that I would see to copying is that if I need to restore anything within the first 7 days I can simply restore it from the server without having to go get a tape and load it. What job completes faster, a migration or a copy? +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by i...@bonnergeneral.org via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
