Hi Sebastian, On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:38:50AM +0100, Sebastien Douche wrote: > > I think bacula is not the ideal tool for running additional offsite > > backups. And very likely rsync is not a good way if you use bacula. > I rsync data, catalog and bsr files on external disks and I would know > what it's not a goold solution.
Well, as you copy the matching catalog as well it should just be fine. It depends all on what you want to be your backup be for. In my case I want to be save from loosing single/some backup media while the backup server is still fine as I run redundant servers anyway. You obviously plan for a complete backup system breakdown on the expense of a harder time while restoring single lost media. On the other hand, if I experience a complete backup server outage I have to bscan the offsite tapes. Benefits of both ways you get by e.g. - copyjob for media offsite, if some medium fail, the copy job gets active if you delete it. - sql-server replication offsite, alternatively dump&restore - having all configuration files ready offsite. As I run 'Linux-VServers' I would just rsync the backup-server itself. Regards, Adrian -- LiHAS - Adrian Reyer - Hessenwiesenstraße 10 - D-70565 Stuttgart Fon: +49 (7 11) 78 28 50 90 - Fax: +49 (7 11) 78 28 50 91 Mail: li...@lihas.de - Web: http://lihas.de Linux, Netzwerke, Consulting & Support - USt-ID: DE 227 816 626 Stuttgart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users