list of *all* the volumes
> that contain the version of the object would be displayed, the label
> read, and any volume (assuming it is on the list displayed) used.
>
> FWIW.
>
> On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 20:01 -0500, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE--
> I agree. It would be nice if there was a 'clone volume' command that
> would create a copy of the tape (or backup file) and create new records
> for the associated catalog data with pointers to the second volume. I
> used to work with a Legato system and I'm pretty sure that it had that
> featu
Dwight,
> > Would you use bcopy separate from bacula, creating your own scripts
> > that run off a cron job? Or would you somehow integrate using bcopy
> > into a bacula job using custom bacula scripts?
>
> I plan on creating my own scripts, but called as part of the Catalog
> backup job. It wil
Dwight,
Thanks for the thoughts, very helpful!
> > Even though option #3 has some drawbacks, the likelihood of those
> > drawbacks happening are slim, especially if I mirror my big backup
> > drive. I'm leaning toward it at the moment unless someone can suggest
> > a way to make a COPY of a volu
Is anyone doing snapshot backups out there? Have you integrated it
with bacula at all?
I'm referring to techniques that utilize rsync and hardlinks to create
snapshots of data and can keep an easily accessible history of data
states for users to access at any time. Here are some resources to
che
After much thought, I think the best solution for my needs is to have
all full and incremental backups saved to disk volumes my large drive
for fast backups and convenient restores. In addition, I would like a
weekly full backups of all systems stored on tape so that it can be
taken offsite.
>Fro
Stephen,
Thanks again for the details about your backup plan.
> Yes the data is moved from disc to tape and I agree it would be nice to
> access the data off disc instead of tape. The Volume on disc still
> exists but will be recycled when needed. My test restore came off the
> tape. If you run a
Stephen,
Thanks for the fast feedback! See below...
> I have a somewhat similar situation but have XP clients on workstations
> and laptops to backup as well as some Linux servers. The tape unit is a
> HP Dat 72x6.
>
> I am trying to get Migration to work - nearly there.
Haven't looked into Mig
Hello,
I've been using bacula for a couple years, backing up several servers
to an HP DAT40x6 autochanger. It has worked great! However, I had a
failure on my backup server and I've now rebuilt it, installing recent
bacula versions, and an additional large hard drive.
So I now have a 500GB hard
