Mike Reinehr wrote: > Dave, > > On Tuesday 21 November 2006 15:43, DAve wrote: >> Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>>>> On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:07:27 -0500, DAve said: >>>> I've read through the following portions of the manual and I think I >>>> might not be able to do what I need. >>>> >>>> http://bacula.org/rel-manual/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html >>>> http://bacula.org/rel-manual/Basic_Volume_Management.html >>>> http://bacula.org/rel-manual/Bacula_Freque_Asked_Questi.html#SECTION0003 >>>> 430000000000000000 >>>> http://bacula.org/rel-manual/Bacula_Freque_Asked_Questi.html#SECTION0003 >>>> 425000000000000000 >>>> >>>> I am trying to backup a simple disaster recovery set, kept for a single >>>> day (there is local tape making routine backups), and then reused 24 >>>> hours later. The backup set is for off site emergencies only. This all >>>> works, just fine. >>>> >>>> Now I want to generate a report for the past thirty days to show the >>>> backups were made. Currently I can't get my job information to stay in >>>> the DB so I can query it for reporting. >>>> >>>> I have the following set, >>>> Client { >>>> Name = alli-fd >>>> Address = fd.alli.com >>>> FDPort = 49101 >>>> Catalog = DataVault >>>> Password = "o/hEQs5oQgO103AfF1cvrmhW21BuodfrzN" >>>> File Retention = 2 days >>>> Job Retention = 30 days >>>> AutoPrune = yes >>>> } >>>> >>>> Pool { >>>> Name = Daily-Alli-Pool >>>> Pool Type = Backup >>>> Recycle = yes >>>> AutoPrune = yes >>>> Volume Retention = 1 day >>>> Accept Any Volume = yes >>>> LabelFormat = "Daily-alli-" >>>> Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 >>>> Maximum Volumes = 2 >>>> } >>>> >>>> I think I can change my Maximum Volume Jobs to 30 and get the result I >>>> want which is, 30 days of jobs in the catalog, only two Volumes in use. >>>> I am trying it tonight. If I am misunderstanding something, smack me. >>> It will be confusing if you still have Volume Retention = 1 day. >>> >>> Also, it is overkill for the goal of "disaster recovery set kept for a >>> single day ... and then reused 24 hours later." It implies keeping 30-60 >>> days of backups in the 2 volumes. >>> >>> I think the problem you have is that the job information must be removed >>> from the catalog before the volume can be recycled. Therefore, if you >>> want to keep only 1-2 days of backups then the catalog can only contain >>> 1-2 jobs. >> That is how I read the docs as well, and the test showed the same. So I >> understand it correctly, good. >> >> I understand the problem with what they requested, but I don't so sales >> and I am not the IT manager for the client (This is for a client within >> our building). They believe they just need to to get fresh copies of >> certain files into our NOC every night for DR purposes. There is only >> one current copy of the files in each volume, the previous volume is >> purged shortly after. >> >> Doesn't make sense to me, but it pays the same as a strategy that does. >> >> DAve > > I imagine you've already thought of this, but it sounds like the solution to > this dilema is to have a run-after-job which will execute an sql query on the > database to extract the necessary information and save it in another database > or text file. Then, once a month you can generate your report from this file, > purge it and start over. > > Cheers! > > cmr >
Already working on it, great minds must think alike ;^) DAve -- Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos for other non-international holidays, but nothing for Veterans? Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
