Hi,
My first post so please be gentle.
OS RHEL5.7 server
Hardware Dell R810 and PV-124T with LTO-4 tape
Bacula 5.2.4 complied from source (couldnt get bat or bwx-console to
work (depkgs-qt or installing qt4))
I have Bacula installed. I have got the tape changer and tape drive
working. I have run full and incremental daily backups and have
restored backups from tape. So far all good.
I am about to get serious and start properly running the system rather
than running tests.
In my bacula-dir.conf I have been trying to schedule backups to run on
the folowing intervals:-
1) 2nd,3rd,4th,5th Friday at <time>
2) 1st Friday of <month> at <time> where month = jan-nov in seperate
schedules per month
using the examples from the main manual pdf section 22.5 the Schedule
Resource (manual version 5.2.5 page 161-162)
I see that the following ought to be correct for :-
Case 1 :
Schedule {
Name = "Week 3 Full Cycle"
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_3_Full 3rd friday at 22:00
}
Case 2
Schedule {
Name = "Month 1 Full Cycle"
Run = Level=Full Pool=Month_1_Full january 1st friday at 22:00
}
Yet niether register as valid when bacula is restarted.
To test some combinations I tried the following
Schedule {
Name = "Week_2_Full_Cycle"
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full on friday at 22:01 #no =
doesnt work i.e does not appear as a scheduled job in bacula
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full friday at 22:02 #no
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full at 22:03 #yes = does
work i.e appears as a scheduled job in bacula
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full on monthly at 22:04 #yes
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full monthly at 22:05 #yes
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full on daily at 22:06 #yes
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full daily at 22:07 #yes
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full weekly at 22:08 #yes
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full on 1st friday at 22:09 #no
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full 1st friday at 22:10 #no
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full on 1st fri at 22:11 #no
Run = Level=Full Pool=Week_2_Full 1st fri at 22:12 #no
}
So it appears that anything using a <wday-keyword> doesnt work.
To try and get my head round specifying the date/time I did a diagram:-
<begin bad ascii art>
<date-time-spec> = <month-spec> <day-spec> <time-spec> i.e. "jan 1st
sun at 23:15"
where
<month-spec> <day-spec> <time-spec> i.e. "jan 1st sun at 23:15"
| | |
| | |-- = <at-keyword> <time> i.e. "at 23:15"
or "at 10:30am"
| | | |
| | | |-- = <hour>:<minute>
| | | |-- = <12hour>:<minute>am
| | | |-- = <12hour>:<minute>pm
| | |
| | |-- = <hourly-keyword> i.e. "hourly"
| |
| |-- = <day> i.e. "26"
| |-- = <wday-keyword> i.e. "thu"
| |-- = <day-range> i.e. "1-7" (* see below)
| | |
| | |-- = <day>-<day>
| |
| |-- = <wday-range>
| | |
| | |-- = <wday-keyword>-<wday-keyword> i.e. "wed-sat"
| |
| |-- = <week-keyword> <wday-keyword> i.e. "1st sun"
| |
| |-- = <week-keyword> <wday-range> i.e. "2nd mon-fri
| | |
| | |-- =
<wday-keyword>-<wday-keyword>
| |
| |-- = <daily-keyword> i.e. "daily"
|
|
|-- = <month-keyword> i.e. "jan"
|
|-- = <month-range> i.e. "jul-aug"
| |
| |-- = <month-keyword>-<month-keyword>
|
|-- = <monthly-keyword> i.e. "monthly"
</begin bad ascii art> --- It works in fixed pitch font but goes a tad
awry in proportional....
Which would seem to suggest that both case 1 and 2 should work but they dont.
Am I doing something silly or missing something blindingly obvious?
* As an aside should the line in the list of specifications : -
<day-spec> = <day> | <wday-keyword> | <day> | <wday-range> |
<week-keyword> <wday-keyword> | <week-keyword> <wday-range> |
<daily-keyword>
Actually read
<day-spec> = <day> | <wday-keyword> | <day-range> | <wday-range> |
<week-keyword> <wday-keyword> | <week-keyword> <wday-range> |
<daily-keyword> ?
Any advice greatly appreciated I am somewhat stuck if it isnt possible
to schedule as shown in case 1 or case 2.
Thanks
Mike 8-{>
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