Hi!,
Concretely for all this set up I have borrowed ideas from
https://www.bacula.lat/bacula-virtual-synthetic-full-and-forever-incremental-backups/?lang=es
But it seems not to work as its... directly....
Cheers!
El 2022-02-09 19:48, egoitz--- via Bacula-users escribió:
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> 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,
>
> Best regards,
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