Hi Dave, We have a similar idea - the way we utilise bacula however is just to create a single pool for a client, and then set their quota as the Maximum Volume Bytes * Maximum Volumes.
This works for us simply because the client then has a definitive quota set which we can modify by increasing the Maximum Volumes settings, and having a File Retention of whatever time is required (1 week/month) whatever. You just need to make sure you have enough space :) Kind regards Chris Sarginson Technical Support UKFast.Net Ltd (t) 0870 111 8866 (f) 0870 458 4545 "The UK's Best Hosting Provider" ISPA Awards 2007, 2006 and 2005 Dedicated Servers - Managed Hosting - Domain Names- http://www.ukfast.net UKFast.Net Ltd, City Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester, M1 4BT Registered in England. Number 384 5616 DAve wrote: > Good afternoon, > > We have been using Bacula for a while now and having good success within > our NOCs. We have a problem still, though not with Bacula itself. > > Currently we configure three pools per client. A full pool which is used > on the 1st Sun, a Diff pool which is used on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th > Sun, and a Inc pool which is used on Mon-Sat. We followed the example at > http://bacula.org/rel-manual/Automated_Disk_Backup.html > > Unfortunately this allows some clients to greatly exceed their alloted > space. I think it is our fault for not configuring Bacula properly. I > would like to know if we can create 1GB volumes up to the client's > alloted space and then configure Bacula to use them to best advantage. > IE keep as much data as possible, but complete the scheduled backup even > if pruning all previous data is required to fit the current backup > within the volumes. > > I am still reading through the manual again but I am not seeing a > possible solution, though I believe it is there. > > Can anyone point me at a solution, a chapter/section to read, or an example? > > Thank you. > > DAve > > -- Kind regards Chris Sarginson Technical Support UKFast.Net Ltd (t) 0870 111 8866 (f) 0870 458 4545 "The UK's Best Hosting Provider" ISPA Awards 2007, 2006 and 2005 Dedicated Servers - Managed Hosting - Domain Names- http://www.ukfast.net UKFast.Net Ltd, City Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester, M1 4BT Registered in England. Number 384 5616 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
