Hello, I have setup bacula to make 3 generation backups to an USB disk. Now I want to extend it with the possibility to swap this disk to always have on stored remote.
To give you some background, actually I make backups of two machines to a corresponding local USB disk. I think of swapping these USB disks from time to time to have remote backups of both machines. The backup data should be on different encrypted partitions. I see the following problem. Each instance of bacula has its own database about pools and media. Changing the files which represent these backup media by swapping the whole disk does not change baculas information. So bacula may e.g. reuse that media which may actually be the newest on that disk or append to a media which was used months ago. I see two approaches: 1. Have a batch job recognize the change and have bacula import the physical media and their states. Problem: I have no idea how I can achieve that. 2. Just configure bacula to have its database on the USB disk, too. Does that work? Can I just swap the disks with database of a running bacula-director on it and after restarting bacula-director it will work on as expected? I hope I could interest you for that challenge and would very much appreciate any hint. Thanks, Marco ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
