On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 6:50 AM, Nasos Nikologiannis <nasos...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am planning an enterprise-level network backup solution with the following > requirements/restrictions: > > -Local and remote servers with heterogenous operating systems > (Linux,Windows) > -Backup policy that dictates backup data availability monthly for a year > cycle, weekly for a month cycle and daily for a week cycle. > -No tape device availability, only finite amount of disk storage. > > I am using Bacula, currently at testing environment, to implement the above. > The setup that i am using is the following: > > -Full backup every month, differential every week and incremental daily at > dedicated volumes for each client and each backup type. The volumes produced > according to this scheme: Client1-Full-Vol, Client3-Diff-Vol etc. > -Since volume recycling is essential due to finite disk space, the > respective rules have been applied to the corresponding Pools. There are N > Pools = clients x backup type(3 types) > > My question is if this setup of backup ,for the given requirements, is too > complicated involving too many volumes and pools. > > Any suggestion would be appreciated. >
Take a look at the bacula vchanger http://sourceforge.net/projects/vchanger/ To me this greatly simplifies disk setups especially if you want concurrency and volumes from different pools loaded at the same time. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
