Robert Buurke wrote: >> You can have multiple pools of tapes that use the same tape device; >> there's not a problem with that. It just means you have to switch the >> tape or have an autoloader do so. > > > I understand. I do this for the Weekly (Weekly pool) & Monthly (Monthly > pool) tape(s). These pools share the same tape device. But the switching > of the tape (not an autoloader) is not an option. > > >> Personally, I do my nightly Catalog backups on the same tape as my >> nightly incrementals and weekly differentials. > > > I'm interessed how you defined that situation in your bacula-dir.conf. > Is it possible if I can have a look at how you accomplished that?
Sure: # Tape pool definitions Pool { Name = Full Pool Type = Backup Recycle = yes AutoPrune = yes Volume Retention = 365d Accept Any Volume = yes Recycle Oldest Volume = yes Recycle Current Volume = yes Label Format = "VXA-V17-Full-" Maximum Volumes = 3 } Pool { Name = Inc Pool Type = Backup Recycle = yes AutoPrune = yes Volume Retention = 90d Accept Any Volume = yes Recycle Oldest Volume = yes Recycle Current Volume = yes Label Format = "VXA-V17-Inc-" Maximum Volumes = 2 } .... JobDefs { Name = Backup Type = Backup Storage = VXA1 Messages = Standard Level = Full Pool = Full Full Backup Pool = Full Differential Backup Pool = Inc Incremental Backup Pool = Inc RunBeforeJob = "/opt/bacula/bin/checkhost %c" Rerun Failed Levels = yes Schedule = Oh-Dark-Thirty Priority = 10 } Job { Name = "Catalog Save" JobDefs = Backup Client = babylon5 FileSet=Catalog Schedule = Catalog RunBeforeJob = /opt/bacula/bin/dump_catalog RunAfterJob = /opt/bacula/bin/delete_catalog_dump Write Bootstrap = /opt/bacula/var/working/BackupCatalog.bsr Priority = 15 } When I do a Full backup of everything, the "Full" catalog backup (which actually contains exactly the same data as a differential or incremental, it's just a dump of the Bacula database) goes on the tapes with the Full job. When I do an Incremental or Differential, the pool is automatically overridden to use the Inc pool, so again, the catalog backup, running after all the other jobs complete, goes onto the same tape; only this time it's an incremental/differential tape. -- Phil Stracchino [EMAIL PROTECTED] Renaissance Man, Unix generalist, Perl hacker Mobile: 603-216-7037 Landline: 603-886-3518 ------------------------------------------------------- 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