Hi all
I am working on building a backup solution with bareos. the system will be
used to replace arkeia which is no longer supported. Arkeia backups were
quite easy to install and monitor but we are.
I have install bareos-director and bareos-sd on the same server. They are
running on the same network interface.
My initial backups went fine but as time went on the backups would queued.
Including the catalog backup.
I sometime see that the system is asking for a labeling to happen but it
doesn't always fix the problem.
mostly linux vms and proxmox physical servers.
Some of the harder ones to backup is our file server with home volume of 90
TB. This is something that we could never backup and has become a source of
many problems.
How would you backup such a volume. Should it be split? Since there is a
lot of static content in there, should it be archived?
I am not sure if config files are is set correctly.
I have incremental backups happening daily and differentials happening
weekly but I often have full backups happening multiple times during a
month.
Currently we have no tape library in place so all is running on disk.
Thought I could add some code snippets to give an idea of what I have going
on here
client
Client {
Name = dr001-fd
Address = 10.60.100.12
Password = <passwd>
}
Job
Job {
Name = dr001-Daily-inc
JobDefs = linux-daily-inc
Type = backup
Messages = Standard
Client = dr001-fd
}
JobDefs {
Name = linux-daily-inc
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
Storage = File
Pool = Incremental
FileSet = LinuxAll
}
each job has its own schedule. is this necessary
Schedule {
Name = dr001-daily-inc
Description = Incremental Daily for dr001-fd
Run = daily at 11:00
}
storage under the bareos-dir.d folder
File.conf file
Storage {
Name = File
Address = ctbackup.cape.saao.ac.za # N.B. Use a fully
qualified name here (do not use "localhost" here).
Password = <password>
Device = FileStorage
Media Type = File
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
}
The Pools are configured as
Pool {
Name = Incremental
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes # Bareos can automatically recycle
Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 30 days # How long should the Incremental
Backups be kept? (#12)
Maximum Volume Bytes = 150G # Limit Volume size to something
reasonable
Maximum Volumes = 30 # Limit number of Volumes in Pool
Label Format = "Incremental-" # Volumes will be labeled
"Incremental-<volume-id>"
}
Pool {
Name = Differential
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes # Bareos can automatically recycle
Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 90 days # How long should the Differential
Backups be kept? (#09)
Maximum Volume Bytes = 100G # Limit Volume size to something
reasonable
Maximum Volumes = 60 # Limit number of Volumes in Pool
Label Format = "Differential-" # Volumes will be labeled
"Differential-<volume-id>"
}
Pool {
Name = Full
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes # Bareos can automatically recycle
Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 365 days # How long should the Full Backups be
kept? (#06)
Maximum Volume Bytes = 350G # Limit Volume size to something
reasonable
Maximum Volumes = 100 # Limit number of Volumes in Pool
Label Format = "Full-" # Volumes will be labeled
"Full-<volume-id>"
}
unfortunately there has been a bit of a thumb suck regarding the numbers
here.
The storage config looks like this
Devices
Device {
Name = FileStorage
Media Type = File
Archive Device = /data1/bareos/FileStorage
LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bareos label unlabeled media
Random Access = yes;
AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
RemovableMedia = no;
Collect Statistics = yes
AlwaysOpen = no;
Description = "File device. A connecting Director must have the same Name
and MediaType."
}
bareos-sd.conf
Storage {
Name = bareos-sd
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
# remove comment from "Plugin Directory" to load plugins from specified
directory.
# if "Plugin Names" is defined, only the specified plugins will be loaded,
# otherwise all storage plugins (*-sd.so) from the "Plugin Directory".
#
# Plugin Directory = "/usr/lib/bareos/plugins"
# Plugin Names = ""
Collect Device Statistics = yes
Collect Job Statistics = yes
#Statistics Collect Intevals = 60
}
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I know that my largest backups will probably not work since my capacity I
can write to is only about 70 Tb
I have the web gui working but there is no easy way to see progress on a
job.
Any improvements would be appreciated
Regards
Waanie
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