Hi folks,
As part of our audit requirement, I need to be able to recover data for " *5
years to the exact* *date* " and would like to have advice on best way to
implement it.
# Questions:
1. Backup strategy:
a) Multiple Jobs : Define ONE job per client ( I don't foresee more than
30 clients
max for the next few years)
b) Single Job : Mount ReadOnly of clients' partitions and backup through
ONE job.
- Will this strategy cause issues with file restores in the future?
- How about *.bsr files in this scenario?
c) I am planning to create a directory where all differentials for
relevant data are backed up (onto a file system) on a weekly basis and then
back up that whole directory at the end of the month when I do a Full backup
which will be taken off-site.
2. Tape Pools:
a) Single or multiple pools?
Current tests are being done with TWO pools, differential and full.
3. Retention Period:
a) What is the best strategy to recover data for 5 yrs to the exact
date? Keep record of
what was backed up on to the off-site tapes and do "bscan"?
Current definition for clients:
Client {
Name = nfsserver-fd
Address = nfsserver
FDPort = 9102
Catalog = MYSQL
Password = "blahblahblah" # password for FileDaemon
File Retention = 60 days
Job Retention = 6 months
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
}
Current definition for both pools:
Pool {
Name = AllFulls ** NOTE: ====> Same for AllDifferentials
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle
Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Storage = IBM_Changer1
Volume Retention = 365 days
}
4. Is backing up the Bacula catalog on a daily basis sufficient to recover
Bacula database in case the MySQL database goes up in smoke?
Thanks in advance for the much anticipated input.
Cheers,
Win
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