> On Mar 4, 2015, at 2:35 PM, Dan Langille <d...@langille.org> wrote:
>
> I have an idea, and have not tried it yet. Have you done this before?
> Suggestions? Ideas?
>
> I backup to disk, then copy to tape. The issue is how to schedule that Copy
> To Tape. The timing
> of the Copy To Tape jobs is critical to success.
>
> Here is how I do that:
> http://www.freebsddiary.org/bacula-disk-to-tape-via-sql.php
>
> Background:
>
> The Copy To Tape jobs run some SQL to figure out what to copy. This SQL is
> run
> when the Job is queued, not when the Job is started. This is the nature of
> Copy/Migration Jobs. If you
> queue Copy jobs at the same time as regular jobs, you will only copy the jobs
> from yesterday, not from today.
> This seems OK, but I prefer to have the jobs copied to tape ASAP.
>
> This means such jobs cannot be queued until after the regular jobs are
> completed. At present, I accomplish
> this via Schedule, but this doesn't seem optimal. Sometimes the regular jobs
> are delayed for various reasons.
> Therefore, I want to schedule the Copy job from a job itself.
>
> Idea:
>
> - Create a new job, Type = Admin. By assigning Priority appropriately, this
> job will always run after all the regular jobs.
>
> - The job has a RunAfter directive, which invokes a script, which then
> issues, something like this:
>
> echo 'run job=CopyToTape yes' | bconsole
>
> That seems simple enough.
FYI, this worked.
The only tweak I will do now:
Adjust the priority of the Admin Job so it runs after my Catalog backup.
>
> But...
>
> I want different types of copy job on different days. So I will create these
> schedules:
>
> Schedule {
> Name = "CopyToTape-Inc"
> Run = Mon-Sat at 5:55
> }
>
> Schedule {
> Name = "CopyToTape-Diff"
> Run = 2nd-5th sun at 5:55
> }
>
> Schedule {
> Name = "CopyToTape-Weekly"
> Run = 2nd-5th sun at 5:55
> }
>
> Why those times?
>
> Because all my regular jobs run off:
>
> Schedule {
> Name = "WeeklyCycle"
> Run = Level=Full 1st sun at 5:55
> Run = Level=Differential 2nd-5th sun at 5:55
> Run = Level=Incremental mon-sat at 5:55
> }
>
> Which leads me to these three jobs:
>
> Job {
> Name = "InitiateCopyToTape-Inc"
> JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
>
> Client = bacula-fd
> FileSet = "Catalog"
>
> Schedule = "CopyToTape-Inc"
>
> # This creates an ASCII copy of the catalog
> RunAfterJob = "/usr/local/bacula/InitiateCopyToTape-Inc"
>
> Write Bootstrap = "/usr/local/bacula/bsr/InitiateCopyToTape-Inc.bsr"
>
> Priority = 110
> }
>
> Job {
> Name = "InitiateCopyToTape-Diff"
> JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
>
> Client = bacula-fd
> FileSet = "Catalog"
>
> Schedule = "CopyToTape-Diff"
>
> # This creates an ASCII copy of the catalog
> RunAfterJob = "/usr/local/bacula/InitiateCopyToTape-Diff"
>
> Write Bootstrap = "/usr/local/bacula/bsr/InitiateCopyToTape-Diff.bsr"
>
> Priority = 110
> }
>
> Job {
> Name = "InitiateCopyToTape-Full"
> JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
>
> Client = bacula-fd
> FileSet = "Catalog"
>
> Schedule = "CopyToTape-Full"
>
> # This creates an ASCII copy of the catalog
> RunAfterJob = "/usr/local/bacula/InitiateCopyToTape-Full"
>
> Write Bootstrap = "/usr/local/bacula/bsr/InitiateCopyToTape-Full.bsr"
>
> Priority = 110
> }
>
>
> In short, this solution means three new jobs and three new scripts.
>
> As mentioned above: ideas, suggestions, comments?
>
> —
> Dan Langille
> http://langille.org/
>
>
>
>
>
>
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