Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Clyde O Goffe
BTW, thanks for the responses! On 6/27/07, Clyde O Goffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OK so I guess the answer is there's no real way to do it all with bacula. You have to use some outside utility which is kindof a nuisance in terms of managing your backups. If bacula had this functionality th

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 27.06.2007 21:41,, Thomas Traeger wrote:: > >> Also, tortoise is windows only IIRC, and I'd need something really >> simple for a terminal session on linux. Actually, I think using the >> command line tools is the best approach for me, but that requires me >> to understand things first :-)

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Thomas Traeger
> Also, tortoise is windows only IIRC, and I'd need something really > simple for a terminal session on linux. Actually, I think using the > command line tools is the best approach for me, but that requires me > to understand things first :-) > this may help ;o) http://www.cs.put.poznan.pl/

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 27.06.2007 11:09,, Falk Sauer wrote:: > Hi Arno, > > On Wednesday 27 June 2007 writes Arno Lehmann: >> 27.06.2007 07:12,, Falk Sauer wrote: > >>> Arno: have you write permissions for the doc repo? >> I'm not sure... I guess it's possible, but I haven't even accessed the >> source since the c

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Clyde O Goffe
OK so I guess the answer is there's no real way to do it all with bacula. You have to use some outside utility which is kindof a nuisance in terms of managing your backups. If bacula had this functionality then I can use bacula can manage it for me and I can look to bacula for a record of everyth

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Brian Debelius
Pool Type = This directive defines the pool type, which corresponds to the type of Job being run. It is required and may be one of the following: Backup *Archive *Cloned *Migration *Copy *Save *Note, only Backup is current implemented. I knew I saw it somewhere. But it does say its not implement

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Brian Debelius
I would swear its there somewhere. I'll have to have a look. Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 27.06.2007 00:26,, Brian Debelius wrote:: > >> But its in the docs. :) >> > > Where? :-) > > I guess this is a problem with terminology - What is called "cloning" > in the manual, and what you ref

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Alan Brown
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Arno Lehmann wrote: > The same here. Anyway, Kern has told me he will (most probably) work > on that some time, but it's not one of the high priority things. Incidentally the work involved in this overlaps a LOT with the snapshot restore and synthetic backup issues which kee

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Falk Sauer
Hi Arno, On Wednesday 27 June 2007 writes Arno Lehmann: > 27.06.2007 07:12,, Falk Sauer wrote: > > Arno: have you write permissions for the doc repo? > > I'm not sure... I guess it's possible, but I haven't even accessed the > source since the change to subversion... I'd have to learn how to use

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, I suppose we better put this to the list... 27.06.2007 06:46,, Del Miller wrote:: > Just a brief thought that I've been toying with but have not tested as > of yet. Couldn't one run a script after a successful backup that would > simply write the disk file to tape Sure. You'd have to hand

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 27.06.2007 07:12,, Falk Sauer wrote:: > Hi Arno, > > On Wednesday 27 June 2007 writes Arno Lehmann: >> Hi, >> >> 27.06.2007 00:26,, Brian Debelius wrote:: >>> But its in the docs. :) >> Where? :-) >> >> I guess this is a problem with terminology - What is called "cloning" >> in the manual, an

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-27 Thread Rich
On 2007.06.27. 08:12, Falk Sauer wrote: ... > ps: i would also prefer a feature 'data cloning'* for offsite storage, but my > timeframe and my rudimental programming skills in c isn't professional > enought for projects like this one. it seems like you might be interested in a feature request i

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-26 Thread Falk Sauer
Hi Arno, On Wednesday 27 June 2007 writes Arno Lehmann: > Hi, > > 27.06.2007 00:26,, Brian Debelius wrote:: > > But its in the docs. :) > > Where? :-) > > I guess this is a problem with terminology - What is called "cloning" > in the manual, and what you refer to, is probably this (Director > > co

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-26 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 27.06.2007 00:26,, Brian Debelius wrote:: > But its in the docs. :) Where? :-) I guess this is a problem with terminology - What is called "cloning" in the manual, and what you refer to, is probably this (Director configuration, Job resource): > Run = > The Run directive (not to be co

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-26 Thread Brian Debelius
But its in the docs. :) Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 26.06.2007 23:21,, Brian Debelius wrote:: > >> You want what is called cloning. I'm not sure if it has been fully >> implemented yet. I would like to do that also. >> > > No, that's not implemented. I would even say that's not even b

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-26 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 26.06.2007 23:21,, Brian Debelius wrote:: > You want what is called cloning. I'm not sure if it has been fully > implemented yet. I would like to do that also. No, that's not implemented. I would even say that's not even been started to be implemented. Arno > brian- > > Clyde O Goffe w

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-26 Thread Brian Debelius
You want what is called cloning. I'm not sure if it has been fully implemented yet. I would like to do that also. brian- Clyde O Goffe wrote: > Hey Peter, > > Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure if this is what I want though. > If I could migrate the data to Tape but also keep the data on d

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-26 Thread Clyde O Goffe
Hey Peter, Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure if this is what I want though. If I could migrate the data to Tape but also keep the data on disk for fast restores then that would be ideal. The Tapes will be kept offsite. I only want to use the Tape for restores in the event that a restore fro

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-26 Thread Peter Eisch
Hi Clyde, In your pool definition include the key (Next Pool) with the right value: Pool { Name = host Use Volume Once = yes Pool Type = Backup Auto Prune = yes Volume Retention = 13 days Label Format = host- Maximum Volumes = 15 Recycle = yes Storage = hostFiles Next Pool =

Re: [Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-26 Thread Clyde O Goffe
Thanks in advanced! On 6/26/07, Clyde O Goffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Everyone, I'm interested in knowing if there is a feature that allows you to automatically send a copy of a backup to disk off to tape for offsite storage. I'm trying not to have to run two separate backups of the

[Bacula-users] Copying backups from Disk to Tape

2007-06-26 Thread Clyde O Goffe
Hello Everyone, I'm interested in knowing if there is a feature that allows you to automatically send a copy of a backup to disk off to tape for offsite storage. I'm trying not to have to run two separate backups of the same server but instead just run one backup and then have it copied off to t