That’s great to know! I used it more to replace fulls that got pruned or had a media failure. I could switch to type=B adn then do a new Consolidate worked great the few times I had to do that.
Brock Palen [email protected] www.mlds-networks.com Websites, Linux, Hosting, Joomla, Consulting > On Aug 20, 2025, at 10:20 AM, Bruno Friedmann (bruno-at-bareos) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can restore directly from jobtype= A in 24 > just use the jobid (can be done also in webui) > > *list jobs client=share-fd > +-------+----------------+----------+---------------------+----------+------+-------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+ > | jobid | name | client | starttime | duration | type | > level | jobfiles | jobbytes | jobstatus | > +-------+----------------+----------+---------------------+----------+------+-------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+ > | 20517 | vf_share_month | share-fd | 2025-08-03 01:10:05 | 00:00:49 | A | > F | 1,450,544 | 674,714,226,950 | T | > *restore jobid=20517 > You have selected the following JobId: 20517 > > Building directory tree for JobId(s) 20517 ... > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1,450,544 files inserted into the tree. > On Monday, 18 August 2025 at 14:29:32 UTC+2 Brock Palen wrote: > Are you looking for the job or you looking for “if I did a full restore right > now could I get it”? > > If you want copies of your jobs you will need to usetup copy jobs for both > your pools, bareos will keep track of both and you can see this with > > list copies > > Note copies interact IMHO poorly with always incremental jobs if you want > anything other than the full. > https://docs.bareos.org/TasksAndConcepts/AlwaysIncrementalBackupScheme.html#copy-jobs > > > What I did to have a off site DR copy and works with always incremental I run > a monthly archive job. > https://docs.bareos.org/TasksAndConcepts/AlwaysIncrementalBackupScheme.html#virtual-full-jobs > > > I found this did waht I wanted yes it is still effecitvly only a single full > and not the history, but it’s the full ‘right now’ merging in all the > incrementals, this better matched what I wanted, also Consolidate jobs didn’t > cause bad behavior (might be betetr now) with the in my case vaulted media. > These literally pile up and expire based on my volume/pool settings. > > The only thing is if you want to restore from them or add them back to the > normal backup consolidaiton you do have to manuall y update the job > > update jobid=#### jobtype=B > > > > > Brock Palen > [email protected] > www.mlds-networks.com > Websites, Linux, Hosting, Joomla, Consulting > > > > > On Aug 18, 2025, at 5:32 AM, Luke Kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have what I believe a fairly standard configuration, where a host is > > being backed up by an Incremental job that specifies an Incremental pool, > > but also separate pools for Full and Differential. The pool that is > > actually used is determined by the schedule. > > > > I would like to duplicate this job to S3 storage when it is completed, for > > off site redundancy. I have been able to get that up and running with a > > Copy Job, and that works, except that I am required to specify the Pool the > > job used, so the Job is limited to just the most recent back from that > > Pool. > > > > I'm not sure how to get around this. Am I required to also have 3 separate > > S3 copy jobs set up? How can I ensure the correct version of the S3 Copy > > Job is executed following the primary backup? > > > > Is there a method of having the Copy Job pickup the last backup created by > > the primary Job, and choose the pool accordingly, as the primary Job does? > > > > Here's a rundown on the config... > > > > Job { > > Name = "Snap-BW" > > FileSet = "BW" > > Messages = "Snap-Messages" > > Type = Backup > > Level = Incremental > > Client = snap-bw-fd > > Schedule = "WeeklyCycle-AM" > > Storage = NAS-Storage > > Messages = Standard > > Pool = Incremental > > Priority = 8 > > Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bareos/%c.bsr" > > Full Backup Pool = Full-Pool > > Differential Backup Pool = Differential-Pool > > Incremental Backup Pool = Incremental-Pool > > } > > > > Pool { > > Name = Full-Pool > > Pool Type = Backup > > Recycle = yes > > AutoPrune = yes > > Volume Retention = 1 month > > Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G > > Maximum Volumes = 100 > > Label Format = "Full-Pool-" > > Next Pool = "S3-Copy-Pool" > > } > > > > Pool { > > Name = Differential-Pool > > Pool Type = Backup > > Recycle = yes > > AutoPrune = yes > > Volume Retention = 2 weeks > > Maximum Volume Bytes = 10G > > Maximum Volumes = 100 > > Label Format = "Diff-Pool-" > > Next Pool = "S3-Copy-Pool" > > } > > > > Pool { > > Name = Incremental-Pool > > Pool Type = Backup > > Recycle = yes > > AutoPrune = yes > > Volume Retention = 1 week > > Maximum Volume Bytes = 1G > > Maximum Volumes = 100 > > Label Format = "Inc-Pool-" > > Next Pool = "S3-Copy-Pool" > > } > > > > Job { > > Name = "s3-copy" > > Type = Copy > > Messages = Standard > > Selection Type = Job > > Selection Pattern = "Snap-BW" > > Pool = Full-Pool > > } > > > > Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 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