Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Rsync-like Functionality

2007-12-14 Thread Dan Langille
Conny Brunnkvist wrote: 14 dec 2007 kl. 13.38 skrev Michel Meyers: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Short wrote: When I perform backups on almost 16 Windows 2003 Servers, bacula must backup an entire NTBackup archive (which is several GB) for change which is only a

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Rsync-like Functionality

2007-12-14 Thread Conny Brunnkvist
14 dec 2007 kl. 13.38 skrev Michel Meyers: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Short wrote: When I perform backups on almost 16 Windows 2003 Servers, bacula must backup an entire NTBackup archive (which is several GB) for change which is only a few hundred MB. Is there some

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Rsync-like Functionality

2007-12-14 Thread Michel Meyers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Short wrote: When I perform backups on almost 16 Windows 2003 Servers, bacula must backup an entire NTBackup archive (which is several GB) for change which is only a few hundred MB. Is there some way to perform an rsync-like function on

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Rsync-like Functionality

2007-12-14 Thread David Legg
Hi Dan, Dan Langille wrote: What I do for large files such as database dumps: run pg_dump to get the text file. Then use rsync to update the local copy, then backup that. I was thinking along the same lines. There is a problem with this strategy though. At the very moment when your

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Rsync-like Functionality

2007-12-14 Thread Dan Langille
On Fri, December 14, 2007 10:07 am, David Legg wrote: Hi Dan, Dan Langille wrote: What I do for large files such as database dumps: run pg_dump to get the text file. Then use rsync to update the local copy, then backup that. I was thinking along the same lines. There is a problem with

[Bacula-users] Bacula Rsync-like Functionality

2007-12-13 Thread Michael Short
When I perform backups on almost 16 Windows 2003 Servers, bacula must backup an entire NTBackup archive (which is several GB) for change which is only a few hundred MB. Is there some way to perform an rsync-like function on these archives so we don't have to waste several GB of bandwidth on a

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Rsync-like Functionality

2007-12-13 Thread Dan Langille
Michael Short wrote: When I perform backups on almost 16 Windows 2003 Servers, bacula must backup an entire NTBackup archive (which is several GB) for change which is only a few hundred MB. Is there some way to perform an rsync-like function on these archives so we don't have to waste several

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Rsync-like Functionality

2007-12-13 Thread Dan Langille
Michael Short wrote: Is there a tool which I can execute from Bacula which will perform the actions I described? I've been searching around for binary diff utilities but I haven't found much. I'm sure there must be binary diff tools. I found a few here: http://tinyurl.com/2ehhsv I would

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Rsync-like Functionality

2007-12-13 Thread Michael Short
Thanks, it seems xdelta is perfect for my situation. http://code.google.com/p/xdelta/ Sincerely, -Michael - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Rsync-like Functionality

2007-12-13 Thread Michael Short
Is there a tool which I can execute from Bacula which will perform the actions I described? I've been searching around for binary diff utilities but I haven't found much. Thanks, -Michael Short - SF.Net email is sponsored

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Rsync-like Functionality

2007-12-13 Thread Dan Langille
Michael Short wrote: Thanks, it seems xdelta is perfect for my situation. http://code.google.com/p/xdelta/ Good. Let us know the results. -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference: http://www.bsdcan.org/