Hi,
I've been happily using Bacula to backup my production servers for a while
now. One thing that's missing from the mix is that I need to back up log
files from servers and have them in fairly plain format for archiving.
At present, I've got some bash scripts which ssh/rsync logs from boxes back
to a central server. If we need to refer to them then we can do so,
otherwise after a period of time they get archived (so far, we're batching
them up and sending them to Amazon Glacier). We keep logs mainly for
regulatory reasons, so don't expect to need to retrieve them. We are also
evaluating ELK for referring to logs, but having the original files in an
'easy' format is still a requirement.
I'd like to ask if there's a way I can get Bacula to replace my rsync
scripts here? I'd craft a Full backup of the log locations on the client
boxes, and have Bacula pull all those files for me, but instead of putting
them into Bacula Storage Volumes, they'd be saved out as ordinary files
(possibly in the original directory layout).
I guess I could have Bacula backup the logs into separate Storage Volumes,
and then restore those volumes on the backup server to get the original
files back. This seems like a lot of work (probably not worth it - the bash
script seems easier). Other solutions would presumably need some
changes/replacements for the Storage Daemon. Does anyone know of any such
projects?
Cheers,
...Ralph
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