Thank you Pablo for your help. I will do a test with the base job done through LAN, then the full through wifi. I will post the result here.
JC Le mercredi 18 mai 2011 j'ai reçu le message suivant: > > Are there any informations in the log file that prove the first full > > after a base job is effectively using the base job ? > > The Bacula report after the FULL gives you very useful information, > including the BASE backup files used. > > This is a sample report after a FULL backup, notice the line Base > files/Used files: > > JobId: 371 > Job: server-fd-data.2011-05-09_16.58.33_17 > Backup Level: Full (upgraded from Incremental) > Client: "server-fd" 5.0.3 (04Aug10) Linux,Cross-compile,Win32 > FileSet: "server-set" 2011-05-09 14:29:09 > Pool: "Yearly" (From User input) > Catalog: "MyCatalog" (From Client resource) > Storage: "FileStorage" (From Job resource) > Scheduled time: 09-May-2011 16:58:24 > Start time: 09-May-2011 17:02:10 > End time: 09-May-2011 18:01:16 > Elapsed time: 59 mins 6 secs > Priority: 10 > FD Files Written: 39,344 > SD Files Written: 39,344 > FD Bytes Written: 8,600,464,982 (8.600 GB) > SD Bytes Written: 8,606,510,471 (8.606 GB) > Rate: 2425.4 KB/s > Software Compression: 39.7 % > Base files/Used files: 39336/39114 (99.44%) > VSS: yes > Encryption: no > Accurate: yes > Volume name(s): Tape-Year-0001 > Volume Session Id: 358 > Volume Session Time: 1302812565 > Last Volume Bytes: 252,270,109,076 (252.2 GB) > Non-fatal FD errors: 0 > SD Errors: 0 > FD termination status: OK > SD termination status: OK > Termination: Backup OK > > For your case, depending on how much data changes on the Laptop, it maybe > OK just to leave it on the WiFi for all backups (except for the BASE). > > Pablo > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "- -" <tipmeab...@gmail.com> > To: "Pablo Marques" <pmarq...@miamilinux.net> > Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:10:55 AM > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Base jobs and incremental backups > > > 2011/5/18 Pablo Marques < pmarq...@miamilinux.net > > > > > When you do a Base backup, you need to do a FULL immediately after, > because the BASE backup is a "special" backup and you cannot restore only > from it. > > From then on you can do Incrementals, Fulls or Differentials. > > All the FULL backups that you will run after that fist FULL are going to be > very small, so you should only need to have the laptop on Gig on your > first BASE backup. > > Hope this helps. > > Pablo > > > > > > > > > Hello ! > > That's an interesting point ! I did not understand when read the > documentation that a full is necessary after a base job. I though a base > replaces a full. For me the interesting point of a base job was that you > can do a base job of a "template" server, and then backup n servers > directly without having n full backups to do. Writing that, I now > understand better the concept of base jobs, all the n full would contain > pointers on the base jobs. Are there any informations in the log file that > prove the first full after a base job is effectively using the base job ? > Something like "running 'client-bkp job' based on 'based-job' " ? > > So for my problem, I should try to do a floating IP between the 2 interface > - GiB and wifi - and do the backup on this interface: if the LAN cable is > connected, backup goes through the LAN, if there is only the wifi it would > use it. I think I can do that with a piece of script. eth0 would be > "client-lan", wlan0 "client-wlan" and the backup interface would be > "client-bkp" pointing on "eth0:0" if cable is connected or "wlan0:0". > > Thanks for your help ! > > JC > > > > <blockquote> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TipMeAbout" < tipmeab...@gmail.com > > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 5:09:10 PM > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Base jobs and incremental backups > > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:07 PM, TipMeAbout < tipmeab...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I use Bacula for some times now and I experiment now the base job > > > backup. I have to solve a problem and I need help: I have to backup a > > > laptop. > > > > > > This laptop is most of the time connected by wifi. As it contains quite > > > large > > > data, I have decided to do a full the 1st of each month and an > > > incremental the > > > other days. > > > To let the full run quickly, I decided that the laptop will be > > > connected by its LAN 1Gb connection the 1st and by wifi the rest of > > > the month. So I have 2 > > > client instances configured: "client-lan" and "client-wlan", one for > > > each type > > > of backup, each with its own IP address. But when I start an > > > incremental for > > > "client-wlan", Bacula tells me it does not find a valid full, so it > > > starts a > > > full through the wifi connection. Too long !! > > > I have decided to do a base job the 1st of the month by LAN for > > > instance "client-lan" and then each incremental for "client-wlan" > > > would be based on this base job. It does not work neither as it still > > > starts a full backup in wifi mode instead of incremental. I have read > > > that a base job is like a full > > > and let full backup base on it: so I change my incremental backup by a > > > full with hope it would saved only some datas, for instance > > > "client-wlan". But after a while running, I have the impression Bacula > > > does a new total full without taking into consideration the base job > > > backup. > > > > > > So my questions are simple: does base job can be used with incremental > > > backups > > > to realise what I would like and how to do that ? > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your help ! > > > > > > > > > JC > > > > Rather than try to backup the laptop with Bacula, I would use RSYNC to on > > the laptop and then backup the rsync "mirror" of the laptop, that way you > > don't rely on the laptop being connected and once you have done the > > initial rsync the incrementals are much easier to manage over your WiFi > > bandwidth. You could also trigger your rsync job to run when the > > interface comes up, and if you did this over SSH via an Internet > > resolvable f.q.d.n then you can backup from "anywhere" > > > > Although Bacula is fantastic for backing up, sometimes other "tools" can > > make the overall process better > > Hello, > > Thanks for your answer ! > Of course I could use other tools, but the challenge is to do that with > bacula and to highlight how to use base job backup as a base for > incremental backup. > > By using RSYNC, I have to provide space left on the bacula server which > would act as mirror, and then space to backup this mirror with bacula (I > use backup on disk file of 4GiB). > Moreover, the rsync would mirror data I don't care (iso, mpeg, jpg) which > are space and bandwidth consuming through wifi; with bacula, it excluded > from the beginning. And maintaining 2 lists of exclusion - one for each > tool - is not the most recommended I think. > > If someone else has a proposal, I'm still open for an answer. > I will myself think if a solution based on virtual IPs can be set up. If I > found something, I would of course complete this thread. > > See you all ! > > JC -- http://www.tipmeabout.org http://www.tipmeabout.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
