On 14/04/10 03:53, ikkysleepy wrote: > > Hi, > > I have two external backup drives that I want to incorporate using Bacula, > but have some questions: > > > 1) When making a Full backup, does this replace the expired backup or will > this create a new Volume on the drive?
Depends on your pool configuration. In most setups it'll recycle an older volume that's outside its retention period. See the bacula documentation. > 2) Can you force the Full backup to expire on a weekend? Why would you want to? ... and yes, using a cron job that prunes (safe) or purges (unsafe) it via a command to the director. > 3) Will auto-pruning prune the oldest incremental? Depends on your retention setup. > 4) I read that having many incremental backups, like I plan on having will > make the restoring of files slow compared to a diff, can someone confirm this? I've never had a problem, and sometimes have hundreds of incrementals. However, I use disk-based storage. On tape it might well be an issue. -- Craig Ringer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
