Good afternoon,
I have been trying to configure Bacula 11 with PostgreSQL 12 as database
backend. (Have not seen a more advisable combination...)
One of my goals, was to be able to do only once a first full backup and
later each day run an incremental backup.
Basically I wanted to have :
- Four month of virtualfull backup (so 4 virtual full backup) that have
been done in the first day of each month. Perhaps an incremental one
really too, after this virtual full backup of the first day of the
month.
- The rest of the days of these 4 month I would do incremental backups
from it's parent virtual full.
- So, I wanted to have a virtual full backup per month, done the first
day of each month for having more "handy or easy" restoration, from any
of the following incremental backup.
For achieving that, I have configured (I put just what I consider that
are the relevant parts only ) :
+ IN THE SD
Device {
Name = FileStorage-BACK999999
Media Type = File
Archive Device = /expert/baculadata/LIBRERIA/LIBRERIA-BACK999999
LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled
media
Random Access = Yes;
AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
RemovableMedia = no;
AlwaysOpen = no;
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
}
Device {
Name = FileStorage-BACK999999-VF
Media Type = File
Archive Device = /expert/baculadata/LIBRERIA/LIBRERIA-BACK999999-VF
LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled
media
Random Access = Yes;
AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
RemovableMedia = no;
AlwaysOpen = no;
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
}
Device {
Name = FileStorageRestore-BACK999999
Media Type = File
Archive Device = /expert/baculadata/LIBRERIA/LIBRERIA-BACK999999R
LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled
media
Random Access = Yes;
AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
RemovableMedia = no;
AlwaysOpen = no;
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
}
+ In the dir
Storage {
Name = File-BACK999999
Address = node05.cloudbackup.ramattack.net
SDPort = 9103
Password = "the-password-used"
Device = FileStorage-BACK999999
Media Type = File
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
TLS Enable = Yes
TLS Require = Yes
TLS CA Certificate File = "/usr/local/etc/bacula/cacert.pem"
TLS Certificate =
"/usr/local/etc/bacula/node05.cloudbackup.ramattack.net-cert.pem"
TLS Key =
"/usr/local/etc/bacula/node05.cloudbackup.ramattack.net-key.pem"
}
Storage {
Name = FileStorage-BACK999999-VF
Address = node05.cloudbackup.ramattack.net
SDPort = 9103
Password = "the-password-used"
Device = FileStorage-BACK999999-VF
Media Type = File
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
TLS Enable = Yes
TLS Require = Yes
TLS CA Certificate File = "/usr/local/etc/bacula/cacert.pem"
TLS Certificate =
"/usr/local/etc/bacula/node05.cloudbackup.ramattack.net-cert.pem"
TLS Key =
"/usr/local/etc/bacula/node05.cloudbackup.ramattack.net-key.pem"
}
Storage {
Name = FileRestore-BACK999999
Address = node05.cloudbackup.ramattack.net
SDPort = 9103
Password = "the-password-used"
Device = FileStorageRestore-BACK999999
Media Type = File
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
TLS Enable = Yes
TLS Require = Yes
TLS CA Certificate File = "/usr/local/etc/bacula/cacert.pem"
TLS Certificate =
"/usr/local/etc/bacula/node05.cloudbackup.ramattack.net-cert.pem"
TLS Key =
"/usr/local/etc/bacula/node05.cloudbackup.ramattack.net-key.pem"
}
AS JOB IN BACULA CONFIG :
JobDefs {
Name =
"backed-up-vm-by-bacula-server.clientes.cloudbackup.ramattack.net-fd_defs"
Client =
"backed-up-vm-by-bacula-server.clientes.cloudbackup.ramattack.net-fd"
Messages = GENERAL05
Priority = 10
}
Job {
Name =
"backed-up-vm-by-bacula-server.clientes.cloudbackup.ramattack.net-fd_copia"
JobDefs =
"backed-up-vm-by-bacula-server.clientes.cloudbackup.ramattack.net-fd_defs"
Type = Backup
Schedule = "SEMANAL_MIERCOLES_1800"
Messages = GENERAL05
######Max Full Interval = 7 days no sense.... when using virtualfulls
I assume...
Backups To Keep = 32
DeleteConsolidatedJobs = yes
Pool = catalogo_BACK999999_incrementales
NextPool = catalogo_BACK999999_VF
Reschedule On Error = Yes
Reschedule Interval = 10 minutes
Reschedule Times = 5
Max Wait Time = 7200
Accurate = Yes
Storage = File-BACK999999
FileSet =
"backed-up-vm-by-bacula-server.clientes.cloudbackup.ramattack.net_backup_fileset"
Write Bootstrap =
"/expert/baculadata/Bootstrap/backed-up-vm-by-bacula-server.clientes.cloudbackup.ramattack.net-fd.bsr"
RunAfterJob =
"/expert/scripts/scripts-jobs-post-pre/generar_cache_catalogo.sh %i %h
%l BACK999999 0"
}
When I have a a normal full backup plus perhaps 40 incremental backups
of backed-up-vm-by-bacula-server I induce a VirtualFull by modifying the
schedule used, causing in SEMANAL_MIERCOLES_1800, just a virtualfull in
that moment. It does great. It seems to consolidate jobs. Later as I set
to remove the consolidated ones... they get removed.... ALL seem FINE,
until here....
But know... If create for instance, 10 incrementals more and I modify
again the SEMANAL_MIERCOLES_1800 schedule, in order to induce a new
virtual full at just the new time, when I do that this time does not
work. It seems, it cannot find the virtual full dedicated tapes in the
location /expert/baculadata/LIBRERIA/LIBRERIA-BACK999999 . But that's
normal!! it should be looking at
/expert/baculadata/LIBRERIA/LIBRERIA-BACK999999-VF instead!!!. At this
moment I cannot do more virtual full job backups. I'm stuck here....
Apart from that I'm almost sure this config is not allowing me to have :
- A normal full (first time) and 31 incrementals
- New month a new virtualfull and new 31 incrementals and so on....
- New month a new virtualfull and new 31 incrementals and so on....
.
.
I say it... because I'm seeing that due to :
Backups To Keep = 32
DeleteConsolidatedJobs = yes
what I end up by getting is.... imagine I have the first month :
1 normal full + 50 incrementals that month (imagine I have done 50
incrementals because I have run them by hand due to something or
whatever...).....
After the following virtualfull I end up with the 1 normal full + 32
incrementals + 1 new virtualfull + 1 incremental...... but then... how
could I recover a backup a position like was first normal full + 4
incremental backups?. Is it consolidated in some place?. Where?. In the
new virtualfull?. But then, I think you could end up :
A normal full + gap of deleted incrementals + N incrementals.... as far
as I know... you cannot recover an incremental is some of them have
disappeared from the previous full. Isn't it?.
Any help would be extremely appreciated,
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