There is no way to alias AKAIK. If you change the FileSet File= options then you will get a full backup unless you set Ignore FileSet Changes = yes.
Have you considered using bind mounts instead of a symlinks? I've not tested it, but that should allow you to do backups via the old paths and keep the existing File= options until the day of the the next full backup (assuming you have the same number of mounts on the new and old servers). Also, if you are copying the files (rather than the raw filesystem bytes) to the new disk then the ctime will change on every file, which will cause Bacula to include it in the next incremental. You can fix this by setting "mtimeonly = yes" in the FileSet options, but beware that can also prevent backup of files if something changes the mtime or other file attributes. Likewise, if you are using Accurate mode backups then you will need to set the "accurate = ..." option as well to avoid at least the ctime and inode (the default is mtime+ctime+size). There may be more...you are going to have fun with this. __Martin >>>>> On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 17:43:03 -0400, mark bergman said: > > [Bacula 9.4.1, CentOS 6 & 7 servers & clients, Postgres database.] > > We're moving data to a new set of storage arrays and new servers. > > The data is identical and the new filesystems will be mounted at different > mount points, but available (via symlinks) using the same logical paths > on the new & old storage devices. > > We'd like to use existing full (and incremental) backups as the basis > for new, on-going backups of the same data on the new devices. Of course, > when a full backup of a selected fileset is scheduled (every 2x months), > that would happen normally. > > Is there anyway to "alias" an existing Bacula job or fileset to a new > server and new path so that we do not immediately trigger 100+TB of > full backups? > > Thanks, > > Mark > > -- > Mark Bergman voice: 215-746-4061 > > mark.berg...@pennmedicine.upenn.edu fax: 215-614-0266 > http://www.med.upenn.edu/cbica/ > IT Technical Director, Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics > Department of Radiology University of Pennsylvania > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
