So the question has come up about storing our backups off-site. We're using disk backups, with two USB disks. Each disk is a Storage, and each Storage has a single Pool, and each Pool has max 200 4GB volumes. Part of my configuration is below.
What I'd like to do is buy a second matching set of USB disks, take the existing disks off, mount the new disks in the same place, and just have Bacula pick up where it left off, seeing no volumes and creating them as it needs to. (We do full backups once a month anyway, and I would probably do it that morning.) Then in a month, I will do it again, take the disks off, put the old disks back in, and Bacula will just notice all of its old volumes are back. Is this a workable solution? --hymie! http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie hy...@lactose.homelinux.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (from bacula-sd.conf) Device { Name = FileStorage Device Type = File Media Type = File Archive Device = /storage Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1 LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media Random Access = Yes; AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it RemovableMedia = yes; AlwaysOpen = yes; } (from bacula-dir.conf) Storage { Name = File Address = 10.0.xxx.xxx # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here SDPort = 9103 Password = "xxxxxxxx" Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1 Device = FileStorage Media Type = File } Pool { Name = Pool1 Pool Type = Backup Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes Volume Retention = 6 months Maximum Volume Bytes = 4g LabelFormat = "S1Vol" Maximum Volumes = 200 Action On Purge = Truncate } ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
