[Bacula-users] Bacula and GDPR - right to be forgotten

2017-03-31 Thread Waqar Khan
Hi, The new GDPR laws coming into effect - it is being debated whether the "data erasure" section applies to backs up but from a technical point of view how are you guys deleting a person's data from every backup e.g. for the last 60 days. Does anyone have an opinion on whether this law effects

[Bacula-users] My plan to save disk space

2015-11-12 Thread Waqar Khan
Hi all, I am looking for a way to save disk space on my Bacula server. My config for one of the clients is below. And the list of volumes. Here is the list of volumes: linux1dcFull-1181 linux1dcFull-1049 linux1dcDiff-1161 linux1dcFull-1096 linux1dcDiff-1064 linux1dcDiff-1116 linux1dcDiff-1122 l

[Bacula-users] Old fileset still showing on restore

2015-10-30 Thread Waqar Khan
Hi All, I removed an old FileSet definition from my director config but when I do restore, bacula still thinks its a defined fileset.. Ive restarted sd,dir and fd for good measure. Here are the steps: Bconsole -> Restore -> Select the most recent backup for a client -> MyCLIENT. Then under "Th

Re: [Bacula-users] help with my backup plan

2015-10-29 Thread Waqar Khan
Nieto [mailto:esen...@gmail.com] Sent: 28 October 2015 18:15 To: Waqar Khan Cc: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] help with my backup plan For the Copy to Tape: I think you must install a second Storage Daemon in the second server and make the copy/migrate jobs

[Bacula-users] help with my backup plan

2015-10-28 Thread Waqar Khan
Hi All, I plan to use bacula to back up Windows machines, a mix of Server 2003 and Server 2008. My plan is as follows: 1 - run the grandfather, father, son rotation scheme. I will have a full backup at the start of the month, then incremental every day, diffs on a Saturday 2 - Once the month is

[Bacula-users] New volumes for each backup

2015-09-22 Thread Waqar Khan
Hi all. Bacula version: 5.0.0 I asked this question yesterday and have been reading the docs to find a solution but have not been able to do so. I only do file volume backups (no tapes) and I copy all the volumes to a remote location. In order to sync them I look at the volume names and decide

Re: [Bacula-users] Volume labels + removing old volumes

2015-09-21 Thread Waqar Khan
OK, thanks. - about my other query, any ideas? RE: the labelling of volumes. -Original Message- From: Борис Березовский [mailto:boris.berezovs...@cioinside.com] Sent: 21 September 2015 11:49 To: Waqar Khan Cc: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Volume labels

Re: [Bacula-users] Volume labels + removing old volumes

2015-09-21 Thread Waqar Khan
location and they are very big so I use the name to compare. -Original Message- From: Uwe Schuerkamp [mailto:uwe.schuerk...@nionex.net] Sent: 21 September 2015 10:15 To: Waqar Khan Cc: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Volume labels + removing old volumes Did you

[Bacula-users] Volume labels + removing old volumes

2015-09-21 Thread Waqar Khan
Hi All, I have two questions about file based volumes: Here is my bacula Incremental pool config: Pool { Name = "STR-Inc" LabelFormat = "STRInc-" Pool Type = "Backup" Recycle = "yes" Autoprune = "yes" Volume Retention = 8 days Maximum Volumes = 9 Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 } 1: I c

[Bacula-users] Bacula volume directory

2015-09-07 Thread Waqar Khan
Hi All, Bacula version: 5.0.0 My volumes are files stored in /path/to/backups/[volname]. If I create and store files not related to bacula in this directory, will that have an adverse affect on my backups. So I create a /path/to/backups/myfile.7za.001, will bacula complain or dislike that thi

[Bacula-users] Change of volume retention period ignored

2015-08-19 Thread Waqar Khan
Hi all, Bacula version: 5.0.0. In a client pool config, I have changed the lowered the retention period for the volumes and restarted the bacula director. I can still see volumes which are now not following the retention period time and autoprune is set to yes. Should it not remove these old v

Re: [Bacula-users] Choosing a backup strategy

2015-08-17 Thread Waqar Khan
ay 2015-08-17 12:09:15 Waqar Khan wrote: > Hi all. > > Bacula version: 5.0.0 > > At the moment I do a full backup at the start of the month then do a > diff backup every weekend and incremental backups every evening. I > would like a way to speed up the entire backup proces

[Bacula-users] Choosing a backup strategy

2015-08-17 Thread Waqar Khan
Hi all. Bacula version: 5.0.0 At the moment I do a full backup at the start of the month then do a diff backup every weekend and incremental backups every evening. I would like a way to speed up the entire backup process. I am thinking of removing the diff backup jobs and only running full and

Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrading bacula from version 5 to version 7

2015-03-27 Thread Waqar Khan
17:47 To: Waqar Khan Cc: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrading bacula from version 5 to version 7 Hi Wagar, On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Waqar Khan wrote: Hi, I have done some reading on bacula 7 and the 5.2.13 version in centos base. I have d

Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrading bacula from version 5 to version 7

2015-03-27 Thread Waqar Khan
16:09 To: Waqar Khan Cc: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrading bacula from version 5 to version 7 Hi Wagar, On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Waqar Khan wrote: Hi, Thanks all for the replies. My requirement is to move to a centos 7 OS with mysql as

Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrading bacula from version 5 to version 7

2015-03-27 Thread Waqar Khan
21 From: Ana Emília M. Arruda [mailto:emiliaarr...@gmail.com] Sent: 27 March 2015 15:13 To: Waqar Khan Cc: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrading bacula from version 5 to version 7 Hi Wagar, Is that clear for you? I saw the other posts. So you have two

Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrading bacula from version 5 to version 7

2015-03-27 Thread Waqar Khan
+ documentation :P Regards WaqarK PGP: D1388321 From: Ana Emília M. Arruda [mailto:emiliaarr...@gmail.com] Sent: 27 March 2015 13:35 To: Waqar Khan Cc: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrading bacula from version 5 to version 7 Hi! Which Bacula´s 5 version

[Bacula-users] Upgrading bacula from version 5 to version 7

2015-03-27 Thread Waqar Khan
Hi all, I am currently using version 5 of bacula dir,sd and fd. Is there any documentation on upgrading to the latest release from this version. Will I have to first upgrade to 7.0 or can I upgrade directly to 7.0.5. I am also upgrading the base OS from Centos 6 to Centos 7. Which problems can