Not necessary: Virtual Full
7. Despite all my protestations, once the retention period kicks in, you're
> going to have a new full backup in a few months, and these shenanigans will
> fade into memory, and eventually be purged with old backups.
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So, you could do the thing you were discussing, temporarily map the
rsynced files onto the directory for the live files, run a bacula full
backup, reverse the mapping, and then run subsequent bacula backups. In
theory, at least.
Here's what I've been able to think of, regarding this:
1. use 'mount
On 2025-08-27 12:07, Rob Gerber wrote:
Gary,
Sorry about the delay in reply. I have a few moments now.
Do the files you want to back up exist on different hosts, or only on
the one server? It sounds like they're only on the one server, but
please let me know which it is.
All the files exist
Gary,
Sorry about the delay in reply. I have a few moments now.
Do the files you want to back up exist on different hosts, or only on the
one server? It sounds like they're only on the one server, but please let
me know which it is.
Phil said:
But if I were you, if this rsync backup set contains
On 2025-08-23 15:29, Rob Gerber wrote:
I don't have a lot of time right now, but my main question is "Given
enough time and effort, you almost certainly could do this, but should
you?"
I don't mean to be a downer, but are you sure screwing around with
bacula and "faking" an initial backup con
I don't have a lot of time right now, but my main question is "Given enough
time and effort, you almost certainly could do this, but should you?"
I don't mean to be a downer, but are you sure screwing around with bacula
and "faking" an initial backup condition is worth the risk that you get
someth
On 2025-08-22 14:29, Udo Kaune wrote:
Am 22.08.25 um 17:05 schrieb Gary Dale:
I've been backing up my network using rsync for a long time because
I've rarely had a need to go back more than one day to retrieve a
file I wanted. However, after my upgrade to Debian 13, that backup
has stopped wor
Am 22.08.25 um 17:05 schrieb Gary Dale:
I've been backing up my network using rsync for a long time because I've rarely
had a need to go back more than one day to retrieve a file I wanted. However,
after my upgrade to Debian 13, that backup has stopped working. Rather than
debug that, I figure
On 8/22/25 11:05, Gary Dale wrote:
I've been backing up my network using rsync for a long time because I've
rarely had a need to go back more than one day to retrieve a file I
wanted. However, after my upgrade to Debian 13, that backup has stopped
working. Rather than debug that, I figured now wo
I've been backing up my network using rsync for a long time because I've
rarely had a need to go back more than one day to retrieve a file I
wanted. However, after my upgrade to Debian 13, that backup has stopped
working. Rather than debug that, I figured now would be a good time to
implement a
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