Hello list, I am trying to get my grasp in Bacula configuration with virtual autochangers and I could certainly use some advice from you all.
I want to backup data from ~100 hosts. I have no tapes and I want to backup everything into a large, multi TB, disk array. Hosts come and go so my requirement is: if ever a host is deleted, all disk space allocated for this host should be freed (jobs purged + volumes truncated or deleted). I can't restart sd every time a host is added so I'm trying to set up Virtual Autochangers. On the sd I have a single mountpoint (/bacvol02) and I have created directories for a number of hosts greater than the hosts I have now to backup (/bacvol02/host001, /bacvol02/host002, ..., /bacvol02/host999). A virtual autochanger (VA) includes all of these devices. Let's call this autochanger "hosts-va". On the director I want to create a job for each host. Data for this host should go into its own directory (ie: jobs on host001 -> /bacvol02/host001, jobs on host002 -> /bacvol02/host002, etc..). How do I setup the VA on Director's side? Shoud I use pools? Can I use the same Media Type everywhere since there is no mounting/unmounting required? What if I had several jobs for each host (think about separate jobs for every user home): would it be possible to have each job create a volume (maybe with a descriptive label) inside the host device? Eg: job for joe should backup /home/joe on host001. Bacula then creates volumes such as /bacvol02/host001/joe-001, /bacvol02/host001/joe-002, ...) Thanks, .a.c. Andrea ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
