Thank you, I've found out which files to copy/rsync to disk. If I copy the full folder /var/lib/bareos I have everything I need, I think.
On Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 4:29:50 PM UTC+2 Jon Schewe wrote: > First, make sure that your bootstrap files get written to that drive. This > will help with recovery. > It might be helpful to have a database dump there as well. > > A couple of options. > > 1) If your initial backups are using disk, you could just use rsync to > keep the USB drive in sync at regular intervals. > > 2) If you are using tape or don't want to use rsync, you can use a copy > job to do offsite backups. I have a system setup that every 2 weeks does a > Virtual Full backup to the external drive and I take that drive offsite. > The level for this job is "VirtualFull". The Storage and Virtual Full Pool > properties are where you want to create the backup copy. The Pool attribute > is where you want to copy from. > Searching for virtualfull on > https://docs.bareos.org/Configuration/Director.html provides some help. > > > *Jon Schewe* > > Research Scientist > > > C: +1 612.263.2718 <(612)%20263-2718> > > O: +1 952.545.5720 <(952)%20545-5720> > > *[email protected]* > > > *Raytheon Technologies* > > Raytheon Intelligence & Space > > 5775 Wayzata Blvd. Suite 630 > > St. Louis Park, MN 55416 > > > *RTX.com <https://www.rtx.com/>* | *LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/raytheontechnologies>* | *Twitter > <https://twitter.com/raytheontech>* | *Instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/raytheontechnologies>* > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf > of Andy Feys <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 31, 2021 08:49 > *To:* bareos-users <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [External] [bareos-users] How to copy the full backup to a USB > hard drive weekly > > Hi, > I am very new to Bareos, so this might be a very stupid question. But I > haven't been able to get this to work and can't seem to find the correct > info for this. > > I've succesfully installed two linux testservers, one acting as bareos > server, the other uses bareos to backup its data to it. Both are ubuntu > servers in case this matters. > > This setup works perfectly. > > Now I would like to test the next important thing (for us anyway): I want > to copy the backups from the bareos server to a usb hard drive for offsite > storage. > > Let's say I mount this hard disk in /extdisk. > > What would it take and how could I copy everything from the bareos server > to this disk so I can restore it all in case the location where the server > is stored burns to the ground. > > I have created a file in /etc/bareos/bareos-sd.d/device/ named > USBStorage.conf with the following contents: > > Device { > Name = USBStorage > Media Type = File > Archive Device = /extdisk > LabelMedia = no; > Random Access = yes; > AutomaticMount = yes; > RemoveableMedia = yes; > AlwaysOpen = no; > Description = "External USB drive" > } > > I created a file USB.conf in /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/storage name > USB.conf with the following contents: > Storage { > Name = USB > Address = testubuntubareos > Password = "" > Device = USBStorage > Media Type = File > } > > bconsole reload works without error after this. And I can see "USB" in the > Storage Devices section of the web-ui. But I don't know how to define a > correct job to create a copy of everything onto USB. > > Does anyone have any info about this? Or interesting weblinks where I can > find the relevant info? > > best regards, and thank you, > Andy > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "bareos-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/1de0e5f4-0db5-46ff-8123-f2c8b4c097cfn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/1de0e5f4-0db5-46ff-8123-f2c8b4c097cfn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/709a3121-fadb-451a-ba20-ce5775c6d5e9n%40googlegroups.com.
