Re: [Bacula-users] why catalog backup

2009-03-09 Thread Ulrich Leodolter
Hello, On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 12:47 +0200, Timo Neuvonen wrote: > > if your host with bacula catalog database dies, you really wan't to have > > a catalog backup. re-creating the catalog from the tapes/disk isn't > > really a fun task (if you have lot's of tapes and/or lots of data it will > > be a

Re: [Bacula-users] why catalog backup

2009-03-09 Thread Timo Neuvonen
> if your host with bacula catalog database dies, you really wan't to have > a catalog backup. re-creating the catalog from the tapes/disk isn't > really a fun task (if you have lot's of tapes and/or lots of data it will > be a pain-in-the-ass job). you will be _much_ faster restoring it from a >

Re: [Bacula-users] why catalog backup

2009-03-09 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:19:28 +0100, Ulrich Leodolter wrote: >> > >> > do i really need a daily catalog backup ? (like the default setup) >> > >> > isn't it enough to dump (maybe rsync) the catalog database to other >> > system(s) ? >> > >> Yes, that will be fine. Make sure you properly dump and n

Re: [Bacula-users] why catalog backup

2009-03-09 Thread Ulrich Leodolter
On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 16:44 -0500, John Drescher wrote: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Ulrich Leodolter > wrote: > > hello, > > > > do i really need a daily catalog backup ? > > (like the default setup) > > > > isn't it enough to dump (maybe rsync) > > the catalog database to other system(s) ?

Re: [Bacula-users] why catalog backup

2009-03-08 Thread Dan Langille
Ulrich Leodolter wrote: > hello, > > do i really need a daily catalog backup ? > (like the default setup) > > isn't it enough to dump (maybe rsync) > the catalog database to other system(s) ? Personally, I would dump to a text file and copy the output to another system. And back it up to tape.

Re: [Bacula-users] why catalog backup

2009-03-08 Thread John Drescher
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Ulrich Leodolter wrote: > hello, > > do i really need a daily catalog backup ? > (like the default setup) > > isn't it enough to dump (maybe rsync) > the catalog database to other system(s) ? > Yes, that will be fine. Make sure you properly dump and not just rsync t