Re: [Bacula-users] Creating "archival" backup

2012-05-09 Thread Gour
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 14:20:23 +0100 Uwe Schuerkamp wrote: > You can simply set the archived volumes to status "archive" (update > voluume in bconsole). Excuse me for jumping a bit late into the thread, but we're back to Bacula after using Amanda for some time... Our use case is the following:

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating "archival" backup

2011-01-18 Thread Craig Miskell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Mueller wrote: > Am Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:48:40 -0300 schrieb Kleber Leal: > >> I do it at last 31th december. >> I created a Full backup (VirtualFull) to a tape and purged the volume. >> But, you should not to do differential ou incremental back

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating "archival" backup

2011-01-09 Thread John Drescher
> From what I've read, that means the volumes will not be recycled.  But > will they still be considered as the base from which an inc/diff > backup can be built? That is why you need a separate job with the same fileset. John

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating "archival" backup

2011-01-09 Thread Ben Beuchler
>> Once a year, I need to create a full backup that will be stored >> off-site.  This backup will not be readily available for normal >> restores.  The obvious approach would be to delete that backup (and >> its volumes) from the catalog so they will not be considered when >> performing future back

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating "archival" backup

2011-01-06 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:48:40 -0300 schrieb Kleber Leal: > I do it at last 31th december. > I created a Full backup (VirtualFull) to a tape and purged the volume. > But, you should not to do differential ou incremental backups between > you full and purge. > You can use bscan to repopulate the cata

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating "archival" backup

2011-01-06 Thread John Drescher
2011/1/6 Kleber Leal : > I do it at last 31th december. > I created a Full backup (VirtualFull) to a tape and purged the volume. But, > you should not to do differential ou incremental backups between you full > and purge. > You can use bscan to repopulate the catalog again if you need. > That is

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating "archival" backup

2011-01-06 Thread Kleber Leal
I do it at last 31th december. I created a Full backup (VirtualFull) to a tape and purged the volume. But, you should not to do differential ou incremental backups between you full and purge. You can use bscan to repopulate the catalog again if you need. Kleber 2011/1/5 Ben Beuchler > Once a ye

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating "archival" backup

2011-01-06 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 11:06:52AM -0600, Ben Beuchler wrote: > Once a year, I need to create a full backup that will be stored > off-site. This backup will not be readily available for normal > restores. The obvious approach would be to delete that backup (and > its volumes) from the catalog so

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating "archival" backup

2011-01-05 Thread John Drescher
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Ben Beuchler wrote: > Once a year, I need to create a full backup that will be stored > off-site.  This backup will not be readily available for normal > restores.  The obvious approach would be to delete that backup (and > its volumes) from the catalog so they wil