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From: John Drescher <dresche...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] FileStorage configuration and rotation
To: Bernd Schoeller <bernd.schoel...@comerge.net>
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Bernd
Schoeller<bernd.schoel...@comerge.net> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I am currently setting up a backup strategy and I am very happy that I
> have discovered bacula. It looks like a tool much superior to what we
> are currently using and it has decent quality and good documentation.
> Thanks!
>
> We are backing up to a rather large (6 TB) RAID hard-disk. I have
> created a directory and I am using the following configuration for the
> bacula-sd:
>
> Device {
> Name = FileStorage
> Media Type = File
> Archive Device = /store/bacula-pool
> LabelMedia = yes;
> Random Access = Yes;
> AutomaticMount = yes;
> RemovableMedia = no;
> AlwaysOpen = no;
> }
>
> I have now create a label called 'Main' with the console and now
> everything gets backed up to /store/bacula-pool/Main.
>
> My questions:
>
> - Backing up everything into a single file seems dangerous:
I would never use a single volume. This is user configurable. Look at
the following documentation:
http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html
> what happens
> if a file gets corrupted?
>
You will loose everything after the point of the corruption.
> - How does it work with reusing the HD space once the HD becomes full?
>
Recycling is an entire volume or nothing. You need fix your
configuration so that you limit your volume size (use duration, number
of jobs ..) so that recycling can work.
> - Is a rotation possible within a single archive file? How can I
> otherwise rotate the archives?
No.
> - Is it possible to have bacula create a single file per backup?
Yes.
Use volume once
> - Is it possible to access the archive from the command line to see its
> contents (simular to using 'tar')?
>
bls
>
> I have browsed through the archives - I bet the answer is there -, but I
> have not found any support for setting up a good FileStorage-based
> configuration. Most examples use tapes, where rotation and reuse is much
> more obvious.
>
I know its there dozens of times because I have replied dozens of
times about that. It may be hard to find because you need to know the
correct search terms though...
John
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John M. Drescher
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