Hello, I am a first-time user setting up Bacula 5.0.3. So far Bacula is outstanding and brilliant in every regard, but I've come across a point where perhaps a useful adjustment could be made.
The backup server under construction will take full backups every six months with an age-out after 18 months. It's for a set of ten development systems, and I'm trying to mimic my manual approach of taking rare snapshots and then tracking file changes during the intervals. Configuring no differentials, just daily incrementals. Want everything to fit on a mirrored pair of 3TB disks where a third drive will occasionally be swapped for a mirror leg and rotated off-site. I've hit a snag, which is that if the FileSet list is modified, a full backup is forced. This will eat significant disk space in the envisioned setup. Since its running in "Accurate" mode, it seems to me that there is no need to force a full backup when the FileSet is changed. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Accurate backup mode operates essentially as a set subtraction operation from the set of all previous incremental and differential backups back to the last full backup and the current set of files. So if for example, the FileSet is tweaked by adding an exception for a new directory, the difference in the before and after sets is minor and Accurate mode should have no trouble maintaining continuity through the change. Even if one made a radical FileSet modification, it would still work and I can see how allowing this could a useful as well. The forced-to-full backup condition makes perfect sense when Accurate backup mode is disabled, so my suggestion is to allow FileSet changes to not force a full backup only when Accurate mode is present in entire the backup set for a target system. Hope this idea makes sense and is deemed worthy of attention. Thank you for the wonderful software. Regards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
