Hello, On Thursday 12 June 2008 23:19:12 Matt Mills wrote: > Mr Sibbald, > > > I am considering putting a first cut of job consolidation into the > > next version of Bacula -- see item #3 on the y, Projects list "Merge > > multiple backups (Synthetic Backup or Consolidation)" > > I was wondering if you ever got anywhere with this, I'm very interested > in Synthetic backups. > > -Matt Mills
Job consolidation (or synthetic backups) is a project that is on our list, but as of this point in time nothing is implemented. It is a project that I would like to do, but it still remains undefined from the stand point of directives and how it would be used (e.g. could you specify a point in time rather than just the last Full backup, and if so, how; what happens if the backups done were not "accurate backups", which means the consolidation will not *really* be equivalent to a Full, ...). These kinds of problems (and testing) often take more time than the actual programming. I cannot promise that it will make it into the next release, because we already have a large number of projects in works. The next major release is scheduled for September or later. Best regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
