Hi, > Does bacula allow me to backup the 20TB(in full initially) over the > 3TB drives and then do incremental backups swapping the disks as they > get full?
while looking through many pages for my own problem i stumbled upon this howto and bookmarked it almost instantly: http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=removable_disk#bacula_and_removable_disk_howto Maybe that helps :-) Apart from that maybe just setting Removable Media to your Device entry will just do - haven't tried that either. Removable media = yes|no If Yes, this device supports removable media (for example, tapes or CDs). If No, media cannot be removed (for example, an intermediate backup area on a hard disk). If Removable media is enabled on a File device (as opposed to a tape) the Storage daemon will assume that device may be something like a USB device that can be removed or a simply a removable harddisk. When attempting to open such a device, if the Volume is not found (for File devices, the Volume name is the same as the Filename), then the Storage daemon will search the entire device looking for likely Volume names, and for each one found, it will ask the Director if the Volume can be used. If so, the Storage daemon will use the first such Volume found. Thus it acts somewhat like a tape drive -- if the correct Volume is not found, it looks at what actually is found, and if it is an appendable Volume, it will use it. If the removable medium is not automatically mounted (e.g. udev), then you might consider using additional Storage daemon device directives such as Requires Mount, Mount Point, Mount Command, and Unmount Command, all of which can be used in conjunction with Removable Media. Just my 2 cents ;-) Frank. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
