Hi guys -
I'm new to bacula, but I've been reading the docs and trying different
things to accomplish my goal here, and I'm stumped. Maybe you can help me.
I have 6 machines on my home network that I want to backup, all to a large
drive mounted at /mnt/lacie on my storage daemon. I want to have a separate
subdirectory for each machine (/mnt/lacie/libby, /mnt/lacie/jazz, etc), and
below that a separate subdirectory for each level (/mnt/lacie/libby/Full,
/mnt/lacie/libby/Incremental). I am doing Fulls and Incrementals only, no
Differentials. I do monthly full backups and weekly incremental backups,
and I want to keep about 2 months worth of stuff on there at all times (a
little slop one way or the other is fine).
In a perfect world, my directories would look something like this after
being completely filled by bacula over the course of 2-3 months:
/mnt/lacie/
libby/
Full/
Monthly0001
Monthly0002
Incremental/
Weekly0001
Weekly0002, 0003, etc up to 0008
jazz/
(just like libby's tree)
(other machines just like libby and jazz)
The latest Monthly file, I expect, will flip-flop back and forth between
0001 and 0002; and the latest Weekly file will probably cycle from 0001-0008
and then repeat.
I have a completely different scheme that is running right now but I find it
difficult to maintain, and I believe the layout above will be invaluable
when I move to the next stage, which is offsite delivery of periodic monthly
full backups to my friend's house across town (and he will do the same, once
I solve all the config issues for him).
I've attached the config files I crafted to try to do this, but they don't
work because I am trying to use AutoLabeling for a purpose other than which
it was intended. So my question is this: how should I configure my pools,
devices, etc to make my vision above a reality? Any help would be MUCH
appreciated.
Thanks in advance
- Mark
== bacula-sd.conf ===
Storage {
Name = mythtv-sd
SDPort = 9103
WorkingDirectory = /var/bacula/working
Pid Directory = /var/run
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
}
Director {
Name = mythtv-dir
Password = ...
}
Device
{
Name = LaCie
Media Type = File
Archive Device = /mnt/lacie
Label Media = yes;
Random Access = yes;
AutomaticMount = yes;
RemovableMedia = no;
AlwaysOpen = no;
}
Messages {
Name = Standard
director = mythtv-dir = all
}
= bacula-dir.conf =
Director {
Name = mythtv-dir
DIRport = 9101
QueryFile = /etc/bacula/query.sql
WorkingDirectory = /var/bacula/working
PidDirectory = /var/run
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
Password = ...
Messages = Daemon
}
JobDefs {
Name = LinuxDefault
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
Schedule = MonthlyCycleLinux
Messages = Standard
Priority = 10
Storage = LaCie
Pool = Failover # Hopefully never used, but required
}
JobDefs {
Name = WindowsDefault
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
Schedule = MonthlyCycleWindows
Messages = Standard
Priority = 10
# backup the registry to C:\SystemState.bkf
Client Run Before Job = c:/systemstate.bat
Client Run After Job = c:/deletesystemstate.bat
Reschedule On Error = yes
Reschedule Interval = 1 hour
Storage = LaCie
Pool = Failover
}
Job {
Name = MythBase
JobDefs = LinuxDefault
Client = mythtv-fd
WriteBootstrap = /var/bacula/working/Myth.bsr
FileSet = MythFullNoVideos
Full Backup Pool = MythFull
Incremental Backup Pool = MythIncr
}
Job {
Name = FidoBase
JobDefs = LinuxDefault
Client = fido-fd
WriteBootstrap = /var/bacula/working/Fido.bsr
FileSet = FidoFullNoMP3
Full Backup Pool = FidoFull
Incremental Backup Pool = FidoIncr
}
Job {
Name = LibbyBase
JobDefs = WindowsDefault
Client = libby-fd
Write Bootstrap = /var/bacula/working/Libby.bsr
FileSet = LibbyFull
Priority = 9 # have it execute before Jazz
Full Backup Pool = LibbyFull
Incremental Backup Pool = LibbyIncr
}
Job {
Name = JazzBase
JobDefs = WindowsDefault
Client = jazz-fd
Write Bootstrap = /var/bacula/working/Jazz.bsr
FileSet = JazzFull
Full Backup Pool = JazzFull
Incremental Backup Pool = JazzIncr
}
Job {
Name = MortBase
JobDefs = WindowsDefault
Schedule = MonthlyCycleLaptops
Client = mort-fd
Write Bootstrap = /var/bacula/working/Mort.bsr
FileSet = MortFull
Priority = 9 # have it execute before fido and myth
Full Backup Pool = MortFull
Incremental Backup Pool = MortIncr
}
Job {
Name = TweetyBase
JobDefs = WindowsDefault
Schedule = MonthlyCycleLaptops
Client = tweety-fd
Write Bootstrap = /var/bacula/working/Tweety.bsr
FileSet = TweetyFull
Priority = 8 # have it execute before Mort
Full Backup Pool = TweetyFull
Incremental Backup Pool = TweetyIncr
}
Job {
Name = BackupCatalog
JobDefs = LinuxDefault
Level = Full
Client = mythtv-fd
FileSet=Catalog
Schedule = MonthlyCycleAfterBackup
# This creates an ASCII copy of the catalog
RunBeforeJob = /etc/bacula/make_catalog_backup bacula bacula
# This
