Hello everyone
I am preparing to implement Bacula on one of the servers I look after, but
being new to the Bacula subject I would like to ask for some advisory from
users more experienced.
The server I mean to run Bacula on is Debian Wheezy-based and serves as a
host to several LVM-based Xen virtual machines running Wheezy as well. Some
of the VMs are database servers (mainly PostgreSQL). The intended Bacula
version is 5.2.6, available in Wheezy repositories.
My first question concerns where it is more advisable to place Bacula
daemons: on the host system (and back up using LVM snapshots) or in the
virtual machines themselves? I guess it's easier to ensure data consistency
using LVM snapshots but I am afraid it would be much harder to restore the
machine in this way so I am inclined to install Bacula in the VMs. However,
wisdom comes from experience, so I ask you, the more seasoned users: which
of the ways is less likely to give me headaches and what are possible
'gotchas' in each one? My intended use of Bacula is being able to restore a
failed VM back up quickly in case of a disaster, rather than restoring
single files. Any recommendations would be more than welcome.
Best regards,
Dawid Piotrowski
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