John Drescher napsal(a): > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Radek Hladik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> I would like to ask how should I recycle catalog backups. >> I am using disk based storage and catalog pool is by default set to >> half-year or so long retention period. I would think, that week would be >> more than sufficient. >> What is old catalog backup good for? I mean if I have catalog backup >> older that data backup I would need to run bscan from scratch. Otherwise >> more recent data would not be recognized by Bacula and on the other hand >> there may be data in catalog which are not in data backups any more... >> > > I do not keep more than a month or so. However the server I have them > on is not were my regular backups go so I have tons of space there. > > John
I have no problem with backing up catalog on other server with less expensive storage space. But I do not see any use of old catalog backups at all. I would do "bscan into new catalog" in all cases except the one, where I have catalog backup newer than last data backed up and I need to recover it. I.e. database server crash or something like that. In all other cases I would not risk the possible complications... Radek ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
