Hi, you could use copy jobs (copying backups to tape), bacula will only ask for tapes if there is no local backup.
greetings Am 22.01.2016 um 11:01 schrieb Ana Emília M. Arruda: > Hello Andrea, > > Do you have 2 different jobs to accomplish this? I do not understand > what do you mean when you say "The Fileset is the same for both jobs". > If you use different jobs, one for doing the disk backups (monthly full > and daily diff/incr) and another one for the tape backups (weekly full), > both with the same FileSet, the daily diff/incr disk backups should > reference the monthly full disk backups and not the weekly full tape > backups. > > Best regards, > Ana > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Andrea Venturoli <m...@netfence.it > <mailto:m...@netfence.it>> wrote: > > Hello. > > I'm loosing myself in what I think should be a pretty easy thing, > probabily a FAQ, but I could not find a clear answer... > > > > My situation is as follows: > _ I do monthly full and daily diff/incr backup to a NAS (this is fast > and easy); > _ I also do weekly full backups to tapes (slow, unconfortable, but > safer). > > The Fileset is the same for both jobs. > > So, in case of a restore, bacula selects the last tape backup (since > it's usually more recent than the last full disk backup) and subsequent > diff and incr from disk. > This is coherent with the fact that diff/incr backups are made with > reference to the last full (on tape) backup. > > > > What I'd like to achieve, instead, is to always use restore from disk > and leave tapes as a last resort, in case something really went bad. > > Is there a way I can tell bacula to almost ignore tape backups, so: > a) always use the last disk full as a reference for subsequent > diff/incr; > a) always restore from disk, unless I really ask for the tape (e.g. by > job number)? > > Is there a flag I can mark the tape pool with? > > > > I thought: > a) do a VirtualFull from disk to tape, but that would then again be used > as a reference full, wouldn't it? > b) do a Copy: this should work, but I'd need to copy several > full/diff/incr jobs (not having a complete up to date full); > c) purge the tape job just after doing it, but then I would only be able > to bextract from it and I would have no track of it in the DB; > d) do a VirtualFull on disk, copy it to tape, delete it (since it would > take too much space on the NAS), but should it really be this difficult? > e) is that what archive pools (currently unimplemented AFAIK) are for? > > > > Any hint appreciated. > > bye & Thanks > av. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users