Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to file - delete on monthly basis
not yet (well, not without using some heavy sql magic). check out 'projects' at bacula page (it's like a feature request list) - this feature is number 5, if i remember correctly On 2007.09.25. 19:10, sgraves66 wrote: > I have a full backup scheduled monthly and incremental daily. Since space is > limited, every month during the full backup, I'd like to completely delete > the prior months backups. At the moment, I'm doing this manually prior to > the monthly full. Is there a way to automate this process? -- Rich - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to file - delete on monthly basis
On 25 Sep 2007 at 9:10, sgraves66 wrote: > > I have a full backup scheduled monthly and incremental daily. Since > space is limited, every month during the full backup, I'd like to > completely delete the prior months backups. At the moment, I'm doing > this manually prior to the monthly full. Is there a way to automate > this process? Read up on Recycle/Recycling. And Retention. NOTE: You'll want to keep at least one monthly backup at all times. Do not let your previous backup expire before the new one is completed. -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ Available for hire: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Backup to file - delete on monthly basis
I have a full backup scheduled monthly and incremental daily. Since space is limited, every month during the full backup, I'd like to completely delete the prior months backups. At the moment, I'm doing this manually prior to the monthly full. Is there a way to automate this process? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Backup-to-file---delete-on-monthly-basis-tf4516682.html#a12883118 Sent from the Bacula - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to file - delete on monthly basis
Hi, 26.09.2007 07:52,, Eric Böse-Wolf wrote:: > Hello Scott, > > Scott Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I have a full backup scheduled monthly with incremental daily. Space is >> limited, so I would like to delete the previous months backup prior to the >> scheduled full. At the moment, I am doing this manually. Is there a way to >> automate this process? > > You could recycle your volume files, set all retention (volume, job, > files) periods less than a month, set AutoPrune = Yes, Recycle = Yes and > set a limit to the pool Maximum Volume Bytes = xxx and Maximum Volumes = > y such that xxx times y matches the size you want to invest in your > backups. > > Where to place all those directives? I don't know out of my mind, read > the manual as I would have to do to tell you ... In the pool resource. And don't forget to update the existing volumes after you reloaded the configuration. Also it's worth carefully reading the description for the pool options "Recycle Current Volume" and "Purge Oldest Volume". Note that I strongly discourage a setup Scott is wanting: It's very dangerous to delete the only valid backup when recycling volumes, because when the job starts, you don't have any valid backup left. What happens if this backup fails, or the backed up machine even dies during the backup? I can only recommend to read the mail from Chris on the subject of "Bacula use any tape in drive." and then think if you really want such a setup. By the way - if you simply intend to overwrite one tape again and again, Bacula with its catalog features and careful volume handling and preservation is probably not the best tool to use. tar, dump, cpio can be used for that more easily. You lose much of the security of a good backup strategy, though. Arno > mfg > > Eric > > > > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ > > > > > ___ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to file - delete on monthly basis
Hello Scott, Scott Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a full backup scheduled monthly with incremental daily. Space is > limited, so I would like to delete the previous months backup prior to the > scheduled full. At the moment, I am doing this manually. Is there a way to > automate this process? You could recycle your volume files, set all retention (volume, job, files) periods less than a month, set AutoPrune = Yes, Recycle = Yes and set a limit to the pool Maximum Volume Bytes = xxx and Maximum Volumes = y such that xxx times y matches the size you want to invest in your backups. Where to place all those directives? I don't know out of my mind, read the manual as I would have to do to tell you ... mfg Eric pgp0gNQ6k0RFy.pgp Description: PGP signature - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Backup to file - delete on monthly basis
I have a full backup scheduled monthly with incremental daily. Space is limited, so I would like to delete the previous months backup prior to the scheduled full. At the moment, I am doing this manually. Is there a way to automate this process? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Backup-to-file---delete-on-monthly-basis-tf4518841.html#a12890142 Sent from the Bacula - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
