Re: [Bacula-users] Long-term off-site storage with Bacula
That's the approach I was considering; with the scenario you've outlined, you mention both diff and incremental jobs. Would this mean 1 Base + Monthly Full + Weekly Diff + Daily Incremental? Thanks! On Mon, 2012-03-19 at 10:19 -0400, Josh Fisher wrote: > > Consider using virtual full backups instead of normal full backups. > Virtual full jobs take the previous base+full+diff+incremental jobs and > merge them into a single full job. A virtual full requires no > interaction at all with the client, so is a good match for backup over a > slow link. You might also consider using daily incremental backups, > rather than daily differential backups, since that would also cut down > on FD to SD transfers. > > > Hi all > > > > I've a backup scenario I'm wanting to implement with bacula, but need > > some advice about whether this is a correct, stable approach. > > > > The scenario is this: our office want an off-site backup, preferably > > using bacula as we're used to it. Due to the slow nature of our > > office's ADSL link, we want to do this: > > > > 1. We set up a box with a RAID5 array to store backed-up data > > 2. Do one full backup of all of our data (about 1TB) before taking > > the machine off-site > > 3. Do monthly full backups of the data, with daily differential > > backups (rather than incremental) to make restoration reasonably quick > > (daily backups amount to ~50MB max) > > > > Having talked to someone on the #bacula IRC channel, they've suggested > > we start with a Base backup type, so my strategy would be this: > > > > 1. Create a Base backup with the machine on-site > > 2. Configure monthly Full backups based on the base, to run off-site > > 3. Configure daily differentials as per normal > > 4. Set up bacula-fd to encrypt all data submitted as per > > instructions online > > 5. Set up SSH tunnels into the office to run bacula over > > > > Does this sound reasonably sensible? -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Long-term off-site storage with Bacula
Hi all I've a backup scenario I'm wanting to implement with bacula, but need some advice about whether this is a correct, stable approach. The scenario is this: our office want an off-site backup, preferably using bacula as we're used to it. Due to the slow nature of our office's ADSL link, we want to do this: 1. We set up a box with a RAID5 array to store backed-up data 2. Do one full backup of all of our data (about 1TB) before taking the machine off-site 3. Do monthly full backups of the data, with daily differential backups (rather than incremental) to make restoration reasonably quick (daily backups amount to ~50MB max) Having talked to someone on the #bacula IRC channel, they've suggested we start with a Base backup type, so my strategy would be this: 1. Create a Base backup with the machine on-site 2. Configure monthly Full backups based on the base, to run off-site 3. Configure daily differentials as per normal 4. Set up bacula-fd to encrypt all data submitted as per instructions online 5. Set up SSH tunnels into the office to run bacula over Does this sound reasonably sensible? Thanks, Justin -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
RE: [Bacula-users] list files jobid and more detail
Think this is worth raising as possible feature request? I can probably do the work myself for something this simple :) -Original Message- From: Martin Simmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 August 2005 11:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] list files jobid and more detail >>>>> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:15:48 +0100, "Justin Finkelstein" >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: J> I'm just looking at a list of files for a job that recently finished J> executing, and list files jobid=xx is quite useful in that it shows me a J> list of files that were backed up. J> Is it possible to see the same list, but with file sizes as well? AFAIK, there is no built-in way to do that. The information is stored in the LStat column of the File table. __Martin --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] list files jobid and more detail
Hi I'm just looking at a list of files for a job that recently finished executing, and list files jobid=xx is quite useful in that it shows me a list of files that were backed up. Is it possible to see the same list, but with file sizes as well? j. Redwire Design Limited Studio 12 37 Tanner Street London SE1 3LF [ www.redwiredesign.com ] [ 020 7403 1444 ] - voice [ 020 7378 8711 ] - fax --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Volume retention and calendar months
Hi guys I've just starting to use Bacula for our backup. The schema I'm using is a removable hard drive situation set up using the multiple disks, as described in the Basic Volume Management chapter of the manual. My question is this: I want to use three volumes - one per calendar month, so that I know (physically) where my data is. For me to do this, I'd like to be able to say that a volume is recycled at the end of the current calendar month. Also, I'd like bacula to prompt me at the end of each month to insert a new volume, so that I have a chance to swap the drive for the next one in sequence. Can anyone suggest how I can do this? This is probably in the manual, but having read through most of it, I may have missed the blindingly obvious. Thanks! Justin Redwire Design Limited Studio 12 37 Tanner Street London SE1 3LF [ www.redwiredesign.com ] [ 020 7403 1444 ] - voice [ 020 7378 8711 ] - fax --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
