Re: [Bacula-users] Serializing catalog backup

2011-01-10 Thread Blake Dunlap
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 18:18, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 01/10/11 16:49, Mike Ruskai wrote: > > So simply having the catalog backup be a different priority ensures that > > no other job can run at the same time, provided mixed priorities are > > disallowed (that would allow the higher-priority

Re: [Bacula-users] Serializing catalog backup

2011-01-10 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 01/10/11 16:49, Mike Ruskai wrote: > So simply having the catalog backup be a different priority ensures that > no other job can run at the same time, provided mixed priorities are > disallowed (that would allow the higher-priority backup jobs to start > while the catalog backup is under way)

Re: [Bacula-users] Serializing catalog backup

2011-01-10 Thread James Harper
> > So simply having the catalog backup be a different priority ensures that > no other job can run at the same time, provided mixed priorities are > disallowed (that would allow the higher-priority backup jobs to start > while the catalog backup is under way). Which is just as well, since I > do

Re: [Bacula-users] Serializing catalog backup

2011-01-10 Thread Mike Ruskai
On 1/10/2011 4:20 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 01/10/11 15:48, Mike Ruskai wrote: > >> I know how to backup the database. That's not my question. My question >> is how to create a schedule, in an environment with multiple concurrent >> jobs, that guarantees that the catalog backup runs aft

Re: [Bacula-users] Serializing catalog backup

2011-01-10 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 01/10/11 15:48, Mike Ruskai wrote: > I know how to backup the database. That's not my question. My question > is how to create a schedule, in an environment with multiple concurrent > jobs, that guarantees that the catalog backup runs after all other > scheduled jobs, and by itself. > > So

Re: [Bacula-users] Serializing catalog backup

2011-01-10 Thread Mike Ruskai
On 1/8/2011 2:07 PM, Dan Langille wrote: > On 1/7/2011 3:03 PM, Mike Ruskai wrote: >> Right now, I'm backing up to a drive array with one concurrent job. I'd >> like to increase that, and really need to for a new backup environment >> I'm creating soon. >> >> With the single concurrent job, gettin

Re: [Bacula-users] Serializing catalog backup

2011-01-08 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/7/2011 3:03 PM, Mike Ruskai wrote: > Right now, I'm backing up to a drive array with one concurrent job. I'd > like to increase that, and really need to for a new backup environment > I'm creating soon. > > With the single concurrent job, getting a consistent catalog backup is > trivial - I j