Hi Jeremy,
Am 26.01.2011 um 14:46 schrieb Jeremy Maes: > Hey > > I've been working on gradually implementing bacula with all of our > clients as the new backup solution. Usually we run a standard GFS > rotation scheme to tape. However I've run into a special case today: > > I need to backup our linux server to a foreign share on a different > machine. The share can only ever contain a single volume at a time > to save space. This volume then gets backed up by the sysadmin to > tape. (out of my hands/control) > > So my idea was to do regular backups with volumes in our usual > Monday, Tuesday..., Weekly and Monthly pools, but remove the > existing volume on the share with a script in a runbefore job. When > emulating this however bacula will always look for the Monday, > Tuesday, ... volume that was used the week before, as it's retention > has expired, even tho recycling has been turned off. But this volume > no longer exists on the disk. > > Is there a way to tell bacula to create a new volume every time, yet > still keep all the relevant information in the database so we can do > day-restores up to a week ago, week restores for a couple of weeks, > etc? i guess Pool { Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 } force the next job to be on the new volume. Cheers PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users