On 10/18/10 07:21, Holikar, Sachin (ext) wrote: > > Hi Bruno, > > You hit the bullz eye!! > > I read both the scripts > > make_catalog_backup & delete_catalog_backup. > > Found that previous admin has modified this script. > > After the statement , > > mysqldump -u ${2}${MYSQLPASSWORD}${MYSQLHOST} -f --opt $1 > > He is copying the bacula.sql file onto the location where it is currently has > grown to 6 GB in size. > > I am not sure why he is doing it ... Any guesses? > > But I guess I can remove this step and simply delete the bacula.sql ( 6 GB) > file. > > Please correct me if I am wrong.
Well, without seeing the script, we're somewhat guessing. Personally, I keep my catalog dumps around because if something crashes my database, it's faster to just reload the last database than to do a bscan. However, I'm currently working on moving to a snapshot-based backup instead, in which I won't have a dump file at all, and will in fact simply take filesystem snapshots for my incremental database backups and keep the most recent snapshot around until the next night's backup has been completed. -- Phil Stracchino, CDK#2 DoD#299792458 ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355 ala...@caerllewys.net ala...@metrocast.net p...@co.ordinate.org Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, Free Stater It's not the years, it's the mileage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users