It's possible to specify options like : 'Level=Incremental'
when you launch a backup. So with the same pool you can use all backup levels. Is that what you want ? Klaas Le mardi 14 juin 2005 à 01:40 -0700, laczko attila a écrit : > Hi to all, > I'm studying and testing bacula from some time and i > have a big dilema for wich i request help. > > Initial Conditions: > I have and I want several servers (bacula clients) to > backup (aprox 10). For each of them i have configured > in bacula-dir.conf every necesary resource (jobdefs, > jobs, filests, client's, storage), with a default pool > definition - meaning of course that all data is backed > up in to a single file/Volume. In bacula-sd.conf for > each client i have defined a file device resource. > Each server has a good bacula-fd.conf file. > Tests with backing up in to a single file/Volume, and > restoring, each client with the default set of files: > /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/bacula-1.36.3 has worked fine. > No missing files at backups and restores operations. > OS's: RedHat from 9.0 to Fedora Core 3 > Bacula ver: 1.36.3 > The Problem: > After testing of good network communications between > Clients, Director and Storage by backing up and > restoring I a few hundred times, I decided to move > forward with configuration: now i want that each > client have his files to be becked up in to a separate > directory, say /backup2/bacula-backup/server(1...n), > and for each client to have diferent volumes for full, > incremental and differential backup, ofcource in each > client's directory. > > Solution: > One partial solution could be one Pool definition for > each client, in order to keep things right in each > client backup directory, according to Chapter: "Basic > Volume Management" and another partial solution could > be 3 Pool definitions for full, incremental and > differential backups, according to Chapter:"Using > Pools to manage Volumes" from Bacula Users Manual. > > My dilema: > - How do I make things right? to obtain what I want: > combinning the two partial solutions in order to > obtain the result that for each client the data is > backed up in a per-client-directory and in per type - > full,inc or diff; Volumes?????? > As far as I understanded, a have to define 4 pool > definitions per client: 1 as default for keeping > things in place, 1 definition for full, 1 for inc and > one for diff backups, thus resulting in an amount of > 40 Pool definitions for 10 clients!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > plus the other resources defintions i will obtain a > verry large bacula-dir.conf file:(( > - There are not other solutions to resolve this > problem or to simplifly it?????? > Please help!!!! i think that others too will benefit > from resolving this problem. > > Notes: > the configuration files are properly made and tested > for each daemon, following the instructions from > Bacula Users Manual, by now only for using a single > Volume for all clients. > > With regards in advance, > Attila. > > PS: excuse my poor english! pls!!! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput > a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? > If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. > Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
