Hi Robert,

I think the important distinction that you haven't grasped is that you can use 
the same pool for multiple jobs/schedules/levels.  ;0)

For instance you could just have One pool e.g. "Default" and have volumes 
labeled in that pool then tell all of your jobs (WeeklyFull, DailyDifferential, 
Catalog, FoobarJob) to use the "Default" pool.

For instance consider the hypothetical directives below (bacula-dir.conf):

Pool {

        Name = "Foobar"
        Pool Type = Backup
        Recycle = yes
        AutoPrune = yes
        Volume Retention = 14 days
        Accept Any Volume = yes
}

Pool {

        Name = "FULL"
        Pool Type = Backup
        Recycle = yes
        AutoPrune = yes
        Volume Retention = 365 days
        Accept Any Volume = yes
}

JobDefs {

        Name = "DefaultJob"
        Type = Backup
        Client = "Some-Client"
        Storage = "TAPE"
        Messages = Standard
        Priority = 10
}

Job {

        Name = "Weekly Full"
        Level = Full
        JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
        FileSet = "ALL"
        Schedule = "Weekly"
        Pool = "FULL"
        Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/WeeklyFull.bsr"
}

Job {

        Name = "Daily Diff"
        Level = Differential
        JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
        Fileset = "ALL"
        Schedule = "WeekDays"
        Pool = "Foobar"
        Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/DailyDiff.bsr"
}

Job {

        Name = "BackupCatalog"
        JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
        Level = Full
        Fileset = "Catalog"
        Schedule = "WeeklyCycleAfterBackup"
        RunBeforeJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/make_catalog_backup -u<user> 
-p<password>"
        RunAfterJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/delete_catalog_backup"
        Pool = "Foobar"
        Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/DailyDiff.bsr"
        Priority = 11
}



Notice both of the "BackupCatalog" and "Daily Diff" jobs use the same pool 
"Foobar"


In your case since you don't have an autoloader, you could create 2 jobs for 
backing up the Catalog with 2 different schedules and pools used. I.E. have one 
catalog backup scheduled to run after your Full backup using the same Pool as 
your full backup, and one catalog backup scheduled to run after your 
Differentials and use the same Pool as your Differential job.

Hope this helped...


Cheers,
Silas Bennett

=0)



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Buurke
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Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Bacula backup problem


>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?




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