On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 14:43 -0700, Don MacArthur wrote: > I'm preparing to upgrade from 1.38.7. My current nightly process looks > like this: > 1. Backup to tape. > 2. Backup to file. > > In looking at the current documentation on bacula.org, the migration job > info says a migration *moves* the data and pointer in the catalog to new > volumes. > > Somewhere else (I think on the list), I saw a note from Kern with the > text "Migration/copy". > > My question is, can I use a migration job to *copy* my backup jobs to > new volumes - as opposed to *moving* them? If so, can you point me to > the documentation/posting? > Migration copies the data from one volume to another (note it must a volume on a different storage device). After the copy is complete it marks the data on the old volume as being obsolete (and hence subject to volume purging etc). The key is that if you try to do a restore after the migrate it will take the data from the new volume and not the old.
Copy is a future extension (not currently scheduled) that is more like an offsite copy. The idea there is that the restore would come from the original volume but if need be you could get it from the offsite volume. So to answer your question you can use migration to copy the data but the bacula catalog will only try to use new copy of the data at a later date. The original data will still exist until a volume gets reused. Regards Richard > I have searched the list, so I apologize if I missed it. > > Many thanks in advance. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- Richard Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
