On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:37 PM, jackbroni <bacula-fo...@backupcentral.com> wrote: > Doesn't backing up the catalog into a Bacula Pool of volumes defeat the > purpose as it would be inconvenient to retrieve the catalog in the case of > failure? > > Sure it could be useful to have a catalog snapshow, but in the event of > failure perhaps it would be useful to store just a synced version of the > catalog in a different location.
I put catalog backup in a catalog pool that has 2GB (or so) disk based volumes so in my case at max 2 catalog backups will be on a single volume. I guess I could also have done a use volume once but in my 10+ years of using bacula I have only needed to recover the catalog 1 time. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
