Hello Eddie,
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Eddie Appel <eddie.ap...@j2.com> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> Forgive the long post, but I have a situation here that requires some
> help...
>
> My current setup...
> -- NetApp filer containing ~35TB of data to be backed up to tape
> -- Quantumi40 w/ 2 LTO-5 drives
> -- Quantum SL3 w/ 1 LTO-5 drive
> -- HP DL-380G5 with 16GB RAM and 3 x spool hdd
> -- CentOS 6.5 with kernel 2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64
> -- Bacula 7.0.5
> -- All data going to tape comes via NFS from filer with each tape drive
> having a dedicated spool spindle
> -- Full jobs run once per week, on Wednesdays
> -- Incremental jobs run daily
> -- Tapes leave daily to IronMountain, offsite for 1 week
>
> My current issues...
> -- Tape auto-recycling is not happening consistently/reliably
> -- Tapes now need to be offsite for longer periods of time.
>
> Given the amount of hand holding I have had to do with bacula over the
> last couple of years, I am convinced that my configs are not very
> helpful or accurate...
>
> So my question is this...
>
> What would be the best setup for pools/retention/schedules to accomplish:
> -- Manage volumes/pools between both autochanger devices
>
Having the same media type for both autochanger devices will let you
manage volumes in both autochangers. Update slots command will update the
device information for the tapes.
> -- Tapes offsite daily, to return 31 days later for recycling
> -- Tapes written daily/weekly via incremental and/or diff jobs
> -- Tapes written weekly/monthly via Full jobs
>
I would have 3 pools: DailyPool, WeeklyPool, MonthlyPool (I am supposing
you have different retention periods for this. You just specified a 31 days
retention for daily backups?).
Pool {
Name = DailyPool
...
Volume Retention = 31 days
...
}
> -- Automating the 'update slots' and 'volume status' changes when tapes
> leave daily
>
I have an admin job that runs every day immediately before the first
backup job. And this admin job just runs an update slots from bconsole.
> -- Restore validation tests performed quarterly
>
Do you want this to happen automatically? I do not understand your need
here... But if this is the case, you can do this with some scripting and
bls/bextract.
I have a 30 days retention for daily diff backups, 40 day retention for
weekly full backups and 5 years retention for monthly full backups. Please
let me know if you have a similar case.
Best regards,
Ana
>
> Let me know if you need further information, and thanks in advance for
> reading and any help!
>
>
>
> --eddie
>
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