[Bacula-users] Migration: last full backup to archive?
I have a number of machines which have been switched off in the last 6 months and want to save their last complete backup to an archive pool in order to both free up the main pool and to ensure there's one last copy of everything. In some cases, there is one last full backup in the system, so all that'd be required is a single jobID migration In other cases, the migrated last full backup would have to be made up of full+diff+inc Does anyone have cookiecutter instructions for this? If so, they should be added to the manual's Migration chapter. AB - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Migration: last full backup to archive?
Hi All, I too have switched off a few machines lately, and wish to save their last complete backup to an Archive pool. Basically, I want to migrate a few jobs from my "Weekly" pool to my "Archive" pool. Fortunately, I too have one last full backup in the system, but since I only have one tape drive migration is a bit tricky... I just wanted to run my temporary solution by you before I implement it (btw, a second tape drive is in our budget for next fiscal year): 1) Mount a 1 TB FC disk array (currently not being utilized) on the bacula server 2) Tell bacula the array is of Media Type "File" (my tape library is Media Type "Tape"), and put it in the "Disk" pool. 3) Do a migrate job from my "Weekly" pool to the "Disk" Pool. 4) Do a migrate job from my "Disk" pool to the "Archive" Pool. Does this sound like a reasonable solution until I can spring for another tape drive?... Fyi, the array is fast (12 x 15 K FC disks in RAID 5)... Fyi, my setup is: Dell PE 2650 (1 x 73 GB RAID 1, 1 x 450 GB RAID 0 ) Bacula 2.0.1 (400 GB of Data-Spooling configured to mitigate tape shoe-shine, Current Pools=Weekly, Scratch) RHEL 4 AS Quantum PX502 (LTO-3, FC, 1-Drive) Regards, Mike Alan Brown wrote: > I have a number of machines which have been switched off in the last 6 > months and want to save their last complete backup to an archive pool in > order to both free up the main pool and to ensure there's one last copy of > everything. > > In some cases, there is one last full backup in the system, so all that'd > be required is a single jobID migration > > In other cases, the migrated last full backup would have to be made up of > full+diff+inc > > Does anyone have cookiecutter instructions for this? > > If so, they should be added to the manual's Migration chapter. > > AB > > > - > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > ___ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Migration: last full backup to archive?
On Friday 09 March 2007 02:33, Mike Seda wrote: > Hi All, > I too have switched off a few machines lately, and wish to save their > last complete backup to an Archive pool. Basically, I want to migrate a > few jobs from my "Weekly" pool to my "Archive" pool. Fortunately, I too > have one last full backup in the system, but since I only have one tape > drive migration is a bit tricky... I just wanted to run my temporary > solution by you before I implement it (btw, a second tape drive is in > our budget for next fiscal year): > > 1) Mount a 1 TB FC disk array (currently not being utilized) on the > bacula server > 2) Tell bacula the array is of Media Type "File" (my tape library is > Media Type "Tape"), and put it in the "Disk" pool. > 3) Do a migrate job from my "Weekly" pool to the "Disk" Pool. > 4) Do a migrate job from my "Disk" pool to the "Archive" Pool. > > Does this sound like a reasonable solution until I can spring for > another tape drive?... Obviously migrating with only one tape drive is not optimal, but what you describe sounds feasible. Be sure to mark the tapes you are taking offsite as Archive. We will be very interested to hear how this double migration works for you ... > Fyi, the array is fast (12 x 15 K FC disks in > RAID 5)... > > Fyi, my setup is: > Dell PE 2650 (1 x 73 GB RAID 1, 1 x 450 GB RAID 0 ) > Bacula 2.0.1 (400 GB of Data-Spooling configured to mitigate tape > shoe-shine, Current Pools=Weekly, Scratch) > RHEL 4 AS > Quantum PX502 (LTO-3, FC, 1-Drive) > > Regards, > Mike > > Alan Brown wrote: > > I have a number of machines which have been switched off in the last 6 > > months and want to save their last complete backup to an archive pool in > > order to both free up the main pool and to ensure there's one last copy > > of everything. > > > > In some cases, there is one last full backup in the system, so all that'd > > be required is a single jobID migration > > > > In other cases, the migrated last full backup would have to be made up of > > full+diff+inc > > > > Does anyone have cookiecutter instructions for this? > > > > If so, they should be added to the manual's Migration chapter. > > > > AB > > > > > > - > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > ___ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > - > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > ___ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Migration: last full backup to archive?
Hi Kern, My proposed method may be feasible, but do you recommend a more elegant solution to accomplish a migration job between two different tape pools based on the storage resources at my disposal? I just want to make sure before I make the necessary changes to my SAN fabric. Regards, Mike Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Friday 09 March 2007 02:33, Mike Seda wrote: > >> Hi All, >> I too have switched off a few machines lately, and wish to save their >> last complete backup to an Archive pool. Basically, I want to migrate a >> few jobs from my "Weekly" pool to my "Archive" pool. Fortunately, I too >> have one last full backup in the system, but since I only have one tape >> drive migration is a bit tricky... I just wanted to run my temporary >> solution by you before I implement it (btw, a second tape drive is in >> our budget for next fiscal year): >> >> 1) Mount a 1 TB FC disk array (currently not being utilized) on the >> bacula server >> 2) Tell bacula the array is of Media Type "File" (my tape library is >> Media Type "Tape"), and put it in the "Disk" pool. >> 3) Do a migrate job from my "Weekly" pool to the "Disk" Pool. >> 4) Do a migrate job from my "Disk" pool to the "Archive" Pool. >> >> Does this sound like a reasonable solution until I can spring for >> another tape drive?... >> > > Obviously migrating with only one tape drive is not optimal, but what you > describe sounds feasible. Be sure to mark the tapes you are taking offsite > as Archive. > > We will be very interested to hear how this double migration works for you ... > > > > >> Fyi, the array is fast (12 x 15 K FC disks in >> RAID 5)... >> >> Fyi, my setup is: >> Dell PE 2650 (1 x 73 GB RAID 1, 1 x 450 GB RAID 0 ) >> Bacula 2.0.1 (400 GB of Data-Spooling configured to mitigate tape >> shoe-shine, Current Pools=Weekly, Scratch) >> RHEL 4 AS >> Quantum PX502 (LTO-3, FC, 1-Drive) >> >> Regards, >> Mike >> >> Alan Brown wrote: >> >>> I have a number of machines which have been switched off in the last 6 >>> months and want to save their last complete backup to an archive pool in >>> order to both free up the main pool and to ensure there's one last copy >>> of everything. >>> >>> In some cases, there is one last full backup in the system, so all that'd >>> be required is a single jobID migration >>> >>> In other cases, the migrated last full backup would have to be made up of >>> full+diff+inc >>> >>> Does anyone have cookiecutter instructions for this? >>> >>> If so, they should be added to the manual's Migration chapter. >>> >>> AB >>> >>> >>> - >>> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >>> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share >>> your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash >>> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >>> ___ >>> Bacula-users mailing list >>> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >>> >> - >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share >> your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> ___ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >> - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Migration: last full backup to archive?
On Saturday 10 March 2007 19:25, Mike Seda wrote: > Hi Kern, > My proposed method may be feasible, but do you recommend a more elegant > solution to accomplish a migration job between two different tape pools > based on the storage resources at my disposal? I just want to make sure > before I make the necessary changes to my SAN fabric. I'm not the best person to make such recommendations since I am not using Migration in production as hopefully some people are. Perhaps someone else from the list will have a better idea. > Regards, > Mike > > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > On Friday 09 March 2007 02:33, Mike Seda wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> I too have switched off a few machines lately, and wish to save their > >> last complete backup to an Archive pool. Basically, I want to migrate a > >> few jobs from my "Weekly" pool to my "Archive" pool. Fortunately, I too > >> have one last full backup in the system, but since I only have one tape > >> drive migration is a bit tricky... I just wanted to run my temporary > >> solution by you before I implement it (btw, a second tape drive is in > >> our budget for next fiscal year): > >> > >> 1) Mount a 1 TB FC disk array (currently not being utilized) on the > >> bacula server > >> 2) Tell bacula the array is of Media Type "File" (my tape library is > >> Media Type "Tape"), and put it in the "Disk" pool. > >> 3) Do a migrate job from my "Weekly" pool to the "Disk" Pool. > >> 4) Do a migrate job from my "Disk" pool to the "Archive" Pool. > >> > >> Does this sound like a reasonable solution until I can spring for > >> another tape drive?... > > > > Obviously migrating with only one tape drive is not optimal, but what you > > describe sounds feasible. Be sure to mark the tapes you are taking > > offsite as Archive. > > > > We will be very interested to hear how this double migration works for > > you ... > > > >> Fyi, the array is fast (12 x 15 K FC disks in > >> RAID 5)... > >> > >> Fyi, my setup is: > >> Dell PE 2650 (1 x 73 GB RAID 1, 1 x 450 GB RAID 0 ) > >> Bacula 2.0.1 (400 GB of Data-Spooling configured to mitigate tape > >> shoe-shine, Current Pools=Weekly, Scratch) > >> RHEL 4 AS > >> Quantum PX502 (LTO-3, FC, 1-Drive) > >> > >> Regards, > >> Mike > >> > >> Alan Brown wrote: > >>> I have a number of machines which have been switched off in the last 6 > >>> months and want to save their last complete backup to an archive pool > >>> in order to both free up the main pool and to ensure there's one last > >>> copy of everything. > >>> > >>> In some cases, there is one last full backup in the system, so all > >>> that'd be required is a single jobID migration > >>> > >>> In other cases, the migrated last full backup would have to be made up > >>> of full+diff+inc > >>> > >>> Does anyone have cookiecutter instructions for this? > >>> > >>> If so, they should be added to the manual's Migration chapter. > >>> > >>> AB > >>> > >>> > >>> --- > >>>-- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > >>> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > >>> your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn > >>> cash > >>> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVD > >>>EV ___ > >>> Bacula-users mailing list > >>> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > >> > >> > >>- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > >> your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn > >> cash > >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE > >>V ___ > >> Bacula-users mailing list > >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > - > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > ___ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users ma
Re: [Bacula-users] Migration: last full backup to archive?
Fyi, my double migration was successfull... First I ran a job called T2D and then ran a job called D2T... Basically, I used a disk array as a temporary storage between the two tape pools... This was necessary since I only have one tape drive Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Saturday 10 March 2007 19:25, Mike Seda wrote: > >> Hi Kern, >> My proposed method may be feasible, but do you recommend a more elegant >> solution to accomplish a migration job between two different tape pools >> based on the storage resources at my disposal? I just want to make sure >> before I make the necessary changes to my SAN fabric. >> > > I'm not the best person to make such recommendations since I am not using > Migration in production as hopefully some people are. Perhaps someone else > from the list will have a better idea. > > >> Regards, >> Mike >> >> Kern Sibbald wrote: >> >>> On Friday 09 March 2007 02:33, Mike Seda wrote: >>> Hi All, I too have switched off a few machines lately, and wish to save their last complete backup to an Archive pool. Basically, I want to migrate a few jobs from my "Weekly" pool to my "Archive" pool. Fortunately, I too have one last full backup in the system, but since I only have one tape drive migration is a bit tricky... I just wanted to run my temporary solution by you before I implement it (btw, a second tape drive is in our budget for next fiscal year): 1) Mount a 1 TB FC disk array (currently not being utilized) on the bacula server 2) Tell bacula the array is of Media Type "File" (my tape library is Media Type "Tape"), and put it in the "Disk" pool. 3) Do a migrate job from my "Weekly" pool to the "Disk" Pool. 4) Do a migrate job from my "Disk" pool to the "Archive" Pool. Does this sound like a reasonable solution until I can spring for another tape drive?... >>> Obviously migrating with only one tape drive is not optimal, but what you >>> describe sounds feasible. Be sure to mark the tapes you are taking >>> offsite as Archive. >>> >>> We will be very interested to hear how this double migration works for >>> you ... >>> >>> Fyi, the array is fast (12 x 15 K FC disks in RAID 5)... Fyi, my setup is: Dell PE 2650 (1 x 73 GB RAID 1, 1 x 450 GB RAID 0 ) Bacula 2.0.1 (400 GB of Data-Spooling configured to mitigate tape shoe-shine, Current Pools=Weekly, Scratch) RHEL 4 AS Quantum PX502 (LTO-3, FC, 1-Drive) Regards, Mike Alan Brown wrote: > I have a number of machines which have been switched off in the last 6 > months and want to save their last complete backup to an archive pool > in order to both free up the main pool and to ensure there's one last > copy of everything. > > In some cases, there is one last full backup in the system, so all > that'd be required is a single jobID migration > > In other cases, the migrated last full backup would have to be made up > of full+diff+inc > > Does anyone have cookiecutter instructions for this? > > If so, they should be added to the manual's Migration chapter. > > AB > > > --- > -- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn > cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVD > EV ___ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >> - >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share >> your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> ___ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >> -
Re: [Bacula-users] Migration: last full backup to archive?
On Thursday 15 March 2007 20:44, Mike Seda wrote: > Fyi, my double migration was successfull... First I ran a job called T2D > and then ran a job called D2T... Basically, I used a disk array as a > temporary storage between the two tape pools... This was necessary since > I only have one tape drive It is nice to hear that migration is actually being used. You might try a "test" restore from the final tape just to be sure. I don't expect any problems, but with something new like this, it is always conforting to have a confirmation. > > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > On Saturday 10 March 2007 19:25, Mike Seda wrote: > >> Hi Kern, > >> My proposed method may be feasible, but do you recommend a more elegant > >> solution to accomplish a migration job between two different tape pools > >> based on the storage resources at my disposal? I just want to make sure > >> before I make the necessary changes to my SAN fabric. > > > > I'm not the best person to make such recommendations since I am not using > > Migration in production as hopefully some people are. Perhaps someone > > else from the list will have a better idea. > > > >> Regards, > >> Mike > >> > >> Kern Sibbald wrote: > >>> On Friday 09 March 2007 02:33, Mike Seda wrote: > Hi All, > I too have switched off a few machines lately, and wish to save their > last complete backup to an Archive pool. Basically, I want to migrate > a few jobs from my "Weekly" pool to my "Archive" pool. Fortunately, I > too have one last full backup in the system, but since I only have one > tape drive migration is a bit tricky... I just wanted to run my > temporary solution by you before I implement it (btw, a second tape > drive is in our budget for next fiscal year): > > 1) Mount a 1 TB FC disk array (currently not being utilized) on the > bacula server > 2) Tell bacula the array is of Media Type "File" (my tape library is > Media Type "Tape"), and put it in the "Disk" pool. > 3) Do a migrate job from my "Weekly" pool to the "Disk" Pool. > 4) Do a migrate job from my "Disk" pool to the "Archive" Pool. > > Does this sound like a reasonable solution until I can spring for > another tape drive?... > >>> > >>> Obviously migrating with only one tape drive is not optimal, but what > >>> you describe sounds feasible. Be sure to mark the tapes you are taking > >>> offsite as Archive. > >>> > >>> We will be very interested to hear how this double migration works for > >>> you ... > >>> > Fyi, the array is fast (12 x 15 K FC disks in > RAID 5)... > > Fyi, my setup is: > Dell PE 2650 (1 x 73 GB RAID 1, 1 x 450 GB RAID 0 ) > Bacula 2.0.1 (400 GB of Data-Spooling configured to mitigate tape > shoe-shine, Current Pools=Weekly, Scratch) > RHEL 4 AS > Quantum PX502 (LTO-3, FC, 1-Drive) > > Regards, > Mike > > Alan Brown wrote: > > I have a number of machines which have been switched off in the last > > 6 months and want to save their last complete backup to an archive > > pool in order to both free up the main pool and to ensure there's one > > last copy of everything. > > > > In some cases, there is one last full backup in the system, so all > > that'd be required is a single jobID migration > > > > In other cases, the migrated last full backup would have to be made > > up of full+diff+inc > > > > Does anyone have cookiecutter instructions for this? > > > > If so, they should be added to the manual's Migration chapter. > > > > AB > > > > > > - > >-- -- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > > share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and > > earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DE > >VD EV ___ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > -- > -- - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and > earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEV > DE V ___ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > >> > >> > >>- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > >> Join SourceForge.n
Re: [Bacula-users] Migration: last full backup to archive?
Right. After the double migration, I verified the job with a small restore... Everything seemed fine... Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Thursday 15 March 2007 20:44, Mike Seda wrote: > >> Fyi, my double migration was successfull... First I ran a job called T2D >> and then ran a job called D2T... Basically, I used a disk array as a >> temporary storage between the two tape pools... This was necessary since >> I only have one tape drive >> > > It is nice to hear that migration is actually being used. You might try > a "test" restore from the final tape just to be sure. I don't expect any > problems, but with something new like this, it is always conforting to have a > confirmation. > > >> Kern Sibbald wrote: >> >>> On Saturday 10 March 2007 19:25, Mike Seda wrote: >>> Hi Kern, My proposed method may be feasible, but do you recommend a more elegant solution to accomplish a migration job between two different tape pools based on the storage resources at my disposal? I just want to make sure before I make the necessary changes to my SAN fabric. >>> I'm not the best person to make such recommendations since I am not using >>> Migration in production as hopefully some people are. Perhaps someone >>> else from the list will have a better idea. >>> >>> Regards, Mike Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Friday 09 March 2007 02:33, Mike Seda wrote: > >> Hi All, >> I too have switched off a few machines lately, and wish to save their >> last complete backup to an Archive pool. Basically, I want to migrate >> a few jobs from my "Weekly" pool to my "Archive" pool. Fortunately, I >> too have one last full backup in the system, but since I only have one >> tape drive migration is a bit tricky... I just wanted to run my >> temporary solution by you before I implement it (btw, a second tape >> drive is in our budget for next fiscal year): >> >> 1) Mount a 1 TB FC disk array (currently not being utilized) on the >> bacula server >> 2) Tell bacula the array is of Media Type "File" (my tape library is >> Media Type "Tape"), and put it in the "Disk" pool. >> 3) Do a migrate job from my "Weekly" pool to the "Disk" Pool. >> 4) Do a migrate job from my "Disk" pool to the "Archive" Pool. >> >> Does this sound like a reasonable solution until I can spring for >> another tape drive?... >> > Obviously migrating with only one tape drive is not optimal, but what > you describe sounds feasible. Be sure to mark the tapes you are taking > offsite as Archive. > > We will be very interested to hear how this double migration works for > you ... > > >> Fyi, the array is fast (12 x 15 K FC disks in >> RAID 5)... >> >> Fyi, my setup is: >> Dell PE 2650 (1 x 73 GB RAID 1, 1 x 450 GB RAID 0 ) >> Bacula 2.0.1 (400 GB of Data-Spooling configured to mitigate tape >> shoe-shine, Current Pools=Weekly, Scratch) >> RHEL 4 AS >> Quantum PX502 (LTO-3, FC, 1-Drive) >> >> Regards, >> Mike >> >> Alan Brown wrote: >> >>> I have a number of machines which have been switched off in the last >>> 6 months and want to save their last complete backup to an archive >>> pool in order to both free up the main pool and to ensure there's one >>> last copy of everything. >>> >>> In some cases, there is one last full backup in the system, so all >>> that'd be required is a single jobID migration >>> >>> In other cases, the migrated last full backup would have to be made >>> up of full+diff+inc >>> >>> Does anyone have cookiecutter instructions for this? >>> >>> If so, they should be added to the manual's Migration chapter. >>> >>> AB >>> >>> >>> - >>> -- -- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >>> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >>> share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and >>> earn cash >>> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DE >>> VD EV ___ >>> Bacula-users mailing list >>> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >>> >> -- >> -- - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >> share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and >> earn cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEV >> DE V ___ >>
Re: [Bacula-users] Migration: last full backup to archive?
On Sunday 18 March 2007 00:07, Mike Seda wrote: > Right. After the double migration, I verified the job with a small > restore... Everything seemed fine... Nice. As I say, I wouldn't expect otherwise. The code that makes the new backup and that does the restore is code that has existed for a long time (not new code), so I expect it to be quite solid. > > > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > On Thursday 15 March 2007 20:44, Mike Seda wrote: > > > >> Fyi, my double migration was successfull... First I ran a job called T2D > >> and then ran a job called D2T... Basically, I used a disk array as a > >> temporary storage between the two tape pools... This was necessary since > >> I only have one tape drive > >> > > > > It is nice to hear that migration is actually being used. You might try > > a "test" restore from the final tape just to be sure. I don't expect any > > problems, but with something new like this, it is always conforting to have a > > confirmation. > > > > > >> Kern Sibbald wrote: > >> > >>> On Saturday 10 March 2007 19:25, Mike Seda wrote: > >>> > Hi Kern, > My proposed method may be feasible, but do you recommend a more elegant > solution to accomplish a migration job between two different tape pools > based on the storage resources at my disposal? I just want to make sure > before I make the necessary changes to my SAN fabric. > > >>> I'm not the best person to make such recommendations since I am not using > >>> Migration in production as hopefully some people are. Perhaps someone > >>> else from the list will have a better idea. > >>> > >>> > Regards, > Mike > > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > On Friday 09 March 2007 02:33, Mike Seda wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > >> I too have switched off a few machines lately, and wish to save their > >> last complete backup to an Archive pool. Basically, I want to migrate > >> a few jobs from my "Weekly" pool to my "Archive" pool. Fortunately, I > >> too have one last full backup in the system, but since I only have one > >> tape drive migration is a bit tricky... I just wanted to run my > >> temporary solution by you before I implement it (btw, a second tape > >> drive is in our budget for next fiscal year): > >> > >> 1) Mount a 1 TB FC disk array (currently not being utilized) on the > >> bacula server > >> 2) Tell bacula the array is of Media Type "File" (my tape library is > >> Media Type "Tape"), and put it in the "Disk" pool. > >> 3) Do a migrate job from my "Weekly" pool to the "Disk" Pool. > >> 4) Do a migrate job from my "Disk" pool to the "Archive" Pool. > >> > >> Does this sound like a reasonable solution until I can spring for > >> another tape drive?... > >> > > Obviously migrating with only one tape drive is not optimal, but what > > you describe sounds feasible. Be sure to mark the tapes you are taking > > offsite as Archive. > > > > We will be very interested to hear how this double migration works for > > you ... > > > > > >> Fyi, the array is fast (12 x 15 K FC disks in > >> RAID 5)... > >> > >> Fyi, my setup is: > >> Dell PE 2650 (1 x 73 GB RAID 1, 1 x 450 GB RAID 0 ) > >> Bacula 2.0.1 (400 GB of Data-Spooling configured to mitigate tape > >> shoe-shine, Current Pools=Weekly, Scratch) > >> RHEL 4 AS > >> Quantum PX502 (LTO-3, FC, 1-Drive) > >> > >> Regards, > >> Mike > >> > >> Alan Brown wrote: > >> > >>> I have a number of machines which have been switched off in the last > >>> 6 months and want to save their last complete backup to an archive > >>> pool in order to both free up the main pool and to ensure there's one > >>> last copy of everything. > >>> > >>> In some cases, there is one last full backup in the system, so all > >>> that'd be required is a single jobID migration > >>> > >>> In other cases, the migrated last full backup would have to be made > >>> up of full+diff+inc > >>> > >>> Does anyone have cookiecutter instructions for this? > >>> > >>> If so, they should be added to the manual's Migration chapter. > >>> > >>> AB > >>> > >>> > >>> - > >>> -- -- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > >>> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > >>> share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and > >>> earn cash > >>> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DE > >>> VD EV ___ > >>> Bacula-users mailing list > >>> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacu
