Am Donnerstag, 17. November 2016 17:59:16 UTC+1 schrieb darkadept:
> I'm new to bareos and I'm trying to implement the "Always Incremental" backup
> strategy.
>
> I have about 250gb of data I'm backing up onto a NAS (mounted via CIFS).
>
> I can't find any other documentation or examples about Always Incremental
> except for what it mentions in the docs. I think I have configured it as to
> what it says but I'm not sure. Does this look correct?
>
> My assumption is that this configuration will:
> * Do a full backup initially
> * Do incremental backups every weekday at 21:00
> * Consolidate (every weekday) the incrementals older than 7 days
> * Always keep at least 7 incrementals
> * Consolidate job only consolidates with the Full backup every 14 days,
> otherwise it consolidates just the incrementals (not sure if this is the
> correct assumption of how "Always Incremental Max Full Age" works.)
> * Only consolidates 1 per consolidate job (if multiple clients).
> * Creates a virtual full backup on the 1st saturday of every month.
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> On my Storage Daemon I have two devices configured:
>
> Device {
> Name = AI-Consolidated
> Media Type = File
> Archive Device = /mnt/nas/bareos/consolidated
> LabelMedia = yes;
> Random Access = yes;
> AutomaticMount = yes;
> RemovableMedia = no;
> AlwaysOpen = no;
> Description = "Used for AI consolidated backups"
> }
>
> Device {
> Name = AI-File
> Media Type = File
> Archive Device = /mnt/nas/bareos/file
> LabelMedia = yes;
> Random Access = yes;
> AutomaticMount = yes;
> RemovableMedia = no;
> AlwaysOpen = no;
> Description = "Used for AI regular"
> }
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> On my Director I have the following three pools:
>
> Pool {
> Name = AI-Incremental
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = yes
> AutoPrune = no
> Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G
> Label Format = "AI-Incremental-"
> Volume Use Duration = 23h
> Storage = MyStorage-AI-File
> }
>
> Pool {
> Name = AI-Consolidated
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = yes
> AutoPrune = no
> Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G
> Label Format = "AI-Consolidated-"
> Volume Use Duration = 23h
> Storage = Steinbach-AI-Consolidated
> Next Pool = AI-Longterm
> }
>
> Pool {
> Name = AI-Longterm
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = yes
> AutoPrune = yes
> Volume Retention = 10 years
> Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G
> Label Format = "AI-Longterm-"
> Volume Use Duration = 23h
> Storage = MyStorage-AI-File
> }
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> I also have the following two Schedules defined:
>
> Schedule {
> Name = AI-Cycle
> Run = Incremental mon-fri at 21:00
> }
>
> Schedule {
> Name = AI-Longterm
> Run = Full 1st sat at 21:00
> }
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> And finally I have the following three Jobs defined:
>
> Job {
> Name = Backup-data
> Client = myclient
> FileSet = MyFileSetData
>
> Always Incremental = yes
> Always Incremental Job Retention = 7 days # older than this will be
> merged into new Virtual backup
> Always Incremental Keep Number = 7 # will always keep this many
> incrementals
> Always Incremental Max Full Age = 14 days
> Accurate = yes
> Pool = AI-Incremental
> Full Backup Pool = AI-Consolidated
>
> Type = Backup
> Level = Incremental
> Schedule = AI-Cycle
> Messages = Standard
> Priority = 10
> Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bareos/%c.bsr"
> }
>
> Job {
> Name = Consolidate-data
> Type = Consolidate
> Accurate = yes
> JobDefs = DefaultJob
> Max Full Consolidations = 1
> }
>
> Job {
> Name = VirtualLongtermFull
> Client = bareos-fd
> FileSet = SelfTest
> Schedule = AI-Longterm
> Type = Backup
> Level = VirtualFull
> Pool = AI-Consolidated
> Messages = Standard
> Priority = 13
> Run Script {
> console = "update jobid=%i jobtype=A"
> Runs When = After
> Runs On Client = No
> Runs On Failure = No
> }
> }
@Dan I have taken your config to my server, daily incremenatals now working,
the 4 day consolidate is working, but my monthly virtual full is failing. job
started, and after a few minutes the director is hanging, and no reaction in
bconsole or the webui
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