[Bacula-users] incremental backups too large

Hi list. My understanding of an incremental backup is that only changed data is backed up. I use Bacula for backups to a disk array and configured it to do full backups once a month and daily incremental backups. I have been noticing that the incremental backups seem to be fairly large though -

Re: [Bacula-users] incremental backups too large

Hi And thanks for all the replies so far. I'm running Bacula 5.0.3 on OpenSuSE 11.3. Self compiled with the following configure options: * --enable-smartalloc --sbindir=/usr/local/bacula/bin --sysconfdir=/usr/local/bacula/bin -with-mysql -with-openssl -enable-bat -sysconfdir=/etc/bacula

Re: [Bacula-users] incremental backups too large

Thanks for the clear answer Paul. Seems like I will have to enable Acurate and buy more disks. On 13 January 2011 23:27, Paul Mather p...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu wrote: On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Lawrence Strydom wrote: I understand that something is adding data and logically the backup

[Bacula-users] delta plugin

Hi, I have been reading about the delta plugin which allows bacula to evaluate a large binary file and only back up the changes. Is it possible to purchase a license for this plugin only without having to buy the enterprise eddition? We are a small shop and on a tight budget. Thanks

[Bacula-users] FD not connecting to SD

Hi List, I have been tasked to test bacula as a possible backup solution for my organisation and I configured a simple lab using two VMWare Server V1.0.6 instances, one as the bacula server and one as the client on my WinXP test machine. The VMWare servers both run openSuSE11.3. I used Host

[Bacula-users] FD not connecting to SD - Please disregard

HI and sorry :( I found my little error: I used localhost as the host name in the Storage resource definition. L -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your