On 12.05.2014 11:56, ML mail wrote: > > So my question here is: how do I need to configure bacula in order to restore > files whenever during a 7 days period no matter if there is a full backup > before available or not. You can't. Restoring from an incremental backup always requires ALL preceding incremental backups AND the last full backup they are based on. That means you retention period for all jobs must be at least twice as long as your frequency of full backups - because a 7 day old job may be based on a full backup that is 14 days old. And with your current configuration (incremental jobs, single pool), even doubling the retention period would be submoptimal ... because you would be carrying around up to 7 days worth of orphaned old incremental backups.
I would suggest using not incremental but differential backups. A differential backup only requires the job from the point in time you want to recover, and the latest full backup job before that, but not any jobs inbetween. Create two volume pools: One for full backups and one for differential backups. Give the full backups a retention period of 14 days, and the differential backups a retention period of 7 days. That way, you have 7 days coverage, and you only have jobs in your pool that you actually need. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sven Tegethoff EDV-Team _________________________________________________________ UDO BÄR GmbH & Co. KG Obermauerstr. 1-3 47051 Duisburg Tel.: +49 (0) 203 28117-142 Fax: +49 (0) 203 28117-151 E-Mail: tegeth...@udobaer.de Ust.-Idnr.: DE119562189, HRA 6056, Sitz der Gesellschaft: Duisburg, Gerichtsstand: Duisburg Geschäftsführer: Bodo Badnowitz, Jürgen Dietz Ein Unternehmen der BTI Gruppe: www.bti-group.com Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser E-Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
