On 2014-03-08 08:23, Michael Potts wrote:
> I have set up Bacula to backup several servers and everything is
> humming along nicely.
>
> My goal is to get Bacula to backup to multiple smaller files instead
> of one large (in my case ~2GB) file for offsite to Amazon S3. My
> thought being if I can get the incremental changes from all the
> servers each day to go to a new file. This file will then get picked
> up by a cron job and sent to S3.
>
> The way to do this seems to center aroundÂ
>
>>> Use Volume Once = yes
>
> but right now that just creates a new volume for every backup. I just
> want one volume per day and like 14 days history (so 14 volumes that
> rotate around or I can use my cron job to delete volumes as needed).
> For scale's sake, this will probably have 20 or so jobs run to it and
> each job seems to net around 7MB of changed data. Total on the initial
> backup is like 250MB per job. Backup jobs run at night but eventually
> I want to crank that up to run several times a day (all to the same
> daily volume)
>
> Relevant data from config files to follow:
>
> bacula-dir.conf
>
> Client {
> Name = server-sandbox-fd
> Password = <crazypassword>
> Address = fqdn-to-server.srv.internal.domain.com [1]
> FDPort = 9102
> Catalog = MyCatalog
> File Retention = 30 days
> Job Retention = 6 months
> }
>
> Job {
> Name = server_SandboxBackup
> Type = Backup
> Level = Incremental
> Client = server-sandbox-fd
> FileSet = "Data Opt Backup"
> Schedule = "Daily Evening"
> Storage = File
> Pool = Serverpool
> Messages = Standard
> }
>
> Pool {
> Name = Serverpool
> Pool Type = Backup
> Volume Retention = 24h
> Recycle = yes
> AutoPrune = yes
> LabelFormat = servervol_
> Maximum Volumes = 12
> Use Volume Once = yes
> }
>
> Storage {
> Name = File
> Address = fqdn-to-server.srv.domain.com [2]
> SDPort = 9103
> Password = <crazypassword>
> Device = FileStorage
> Media Type = File
> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
> }
>
> bacula-sd.conf
>
> Device {
> Name = FileStorage
> Media Type = File
> Archive Device = /mnt/backupdisk/serverbackups
> LabelMedia = yes
> Random Access = yes
> AutomaticMount = yes
> RemovableMedia = no
> AlwaysOpen = no
> }
>
> Thanks so much! Any insight or alternative approaches are appreciated!
>
> Michael Potts
>
Have a look at "Volume User Duration" in the Pool definition. Sounds
like it might what you are looking for.
Regards
Mike
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