Re: [Bacula-users] Creating archival backup

2012-05-09 Thread Gour
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 14:20:23 +0100 Uwe Schuerkamp uwe.schuerk...@nionex.net wrote: You can simply set the archived volumes to status archive (update voluume in bconsole). Excuse me for jumping a bit late into the thread, but we're back to Bacula after using Amanda for some time... Our use

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating archival backup

2011-01-18 Thread Craig Miskell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Mueller wrote: Am Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:48:40 -0300 schrieb Kleber Leal: I do it at last 31th december. I created a Full backup (VirtualFull) to a tape and purged the volume. But, you should not to do differential ou incremental backups

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating archival backup

2011-01-09 Thread Ben Beuchler
Once a year, I need to create a full backup that will be stored off-site.  This backup will not be readily available for normal restores.  The obvious approach would be to delete that backup (and its volumes) from the catalog so they will not be considered when performing future

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating archival backup

2011-01-09 Thread John Drescher
From what I've read, that means the volumes will not be recycled.  But will they still be considered as the base from which an inc/diff backup can be built? That is why you need a separate job with the same fileset. John

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating archival backup

2011-01-06 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 11:06:52AM -0600, Ben Beuchler wrote: Once a year, I need to create a full backup that will be stored off-site. This backup will not be readily available for normal restores. The obvious approach would be to delete that backup (and its volumes) from the catalog so

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating archival backup

2011-01-06 Thread Kleber Leal
I do it at last 31th december. I created a Full backup (VirtualFull) to a tape and purged the volume. But, you should not to do differential ou incremental backups between you full and purge. You can use bscan to repopulate the catalog again if you need. Kleber 2011/1/5 Ben Beuchler

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating archival backup

2011-01-06 Thread John Drescher
2011/1/6 Kleber Leal kleber.l...@gmail.com: I do it at last 31th december. I created a Full backup (VirtualFull) to a tape and purged the volume. But, you should not to do differential ou incremental backups between you full and purge. You can use bscan to repopulate the catalog again if you

[Bacula-users] Creating archival backup

2011-01-05 Thread Ben Beuchler
Once a year, I need to create a full backup that will be stored off-site. This backup will not be readily available for normal restores. The obvious approach would be to delete that backup (and its volumes) from the catalog so they will not be considered when performing future backups/restores.

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating archival backup

2011-01-05 Thread John Drescher
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Ben Beuchler ins...@gmail.com wrote: Once a year, I need to create a full backup that will be stored off-site.  This backup will not be readily available for normal restores.  The obvious approach would be to delete that backup (and its volumes) from the