[Bacula-users] Bacula strategy question

Hello everybody, I have a question about bacula strategy. Currently I'm making backups on local partition (sata hard drives in raid5 configuration). I store 2 FULL backups every week and on all other days I make Incremental backups. I keep max 15 volumes. Below are "parts" from my configuration:

Re: [Bacula-users] Perception of Bacula (was: products based on bacula)

On Jan 30, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 29.01.2009 16:06, Foo wrote: >> Sorry, don't have the thread in my mail anymore, so new thread. >> >> Today I got this snippet in the mail regarding permission to install >> Bacula on a subcontractor's systems: >> >> "Regarding `the count

Re: [Bacula-users] Considering upgrade from bacula 1.38.11

Hi, 29.01.2009 11:19, ToMasz wrote: > I've been using bacula 1.38.11 for some time and recently upgraded > successfully one of my file daemons to ver. 2.4.4. > Now I'm thinking about complete upgrade on all machines including > director but am unsure about possible pitfalls. There are some pitfal

Re: [Bacula-users] suitability

Hi, 28.01.2009 19:22, Terry wrote: > Small lan with about 4 work stations and 5 laptops Ok, enough clients to make the investment into Bacula reasonable. > that are mostly > running vista Client available, though I hope you don't have 64-bit versions of Vista, as the VSS doesn't work then wit

Re: [Bacula-users] Perception of Bacula (was: products based on bacula)

Hi, 29.01.2009 16:06, Foo wrote: > Sorry, don't have the thread in my mail anymore, so new thread. > > Today I got this snippet in the mail regarding permission to install > Bacula on a subcontractor's systems: > > "Regarding `the count bacula', I need to escalate your request to my > collea

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula-fd on DMZ

--- On Thu, 1/29/09, Ricardo Duarte wrote: > From: Ricardo Duarte > Subject: [Bacula-users] Bacula-fd on DMZ > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 12:27 PM > Hi, > > I was planning to do some backups from servers on my DMZ. > My backup server is running

Re: [Bacula-users] Lock file during backup/restore

No, that would be difficult to do because you can't simply say "ALL other programs" need to be locked out. Some would have to stay running just to keep the system going. If you are backing up things such as databases or email systems, and are using snapshots, such a lockout would defeat the pur

[Bacula-users] Lock file during backup/restore

Hello, Does bacula manage locks Before/After Backup/Restore ? The idea is : * prevent other programs to run if a backup/restore is in process * prevent bacula to run backup/restore if another program is running the second point could also be : * make bacula backup/restore wait until another prog

Re: [Bacula-users] delete volume after life cycle

Hi, you maxbe want to use that: http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html Regards Julian Von: Daniele Palumbo [mailto:dani...@retaggio.net] Gesendet: Fr 30.01.2009 11:12 An: bacula-users Betreff: [Bacula-users] delete volume after l

[Bacula-users] delete volume after life cycle

hi. this is maybe a faq... i do not know. i have a storage on tape and a storage on disk. that is my sd Device { Name = DanieleHDD Media Type = File Archive Device = /home/dpalumbo/backups/bacula/ LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media Rando