Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating "archival" backup

2011-01-18 16:27:56
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating "archival" backup
From: Craig Miskell <craig.miskell AT opus.co DOT nz>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:57:53 +1300
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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 between
>> you full and purge.
>> You can use bscan to repopulate the catalog again if you need.
>>
> 
> cons to bscan'ning:
> - it takes long to bscan back to catalog. but if you need exactly THIS 
> tape it, you need it fast.
> - restore takes much longer because not all the tape details are restored 
> into the catalog*
> 
> 
> - Thomas
> 
> 
> * had to bscan tapes a while back (v. 3.0.x times). seems that restore 
> jobs from these tapes read the whole tape from beginning to the end  - no 
> matter how many files you selected for restore.
Yes, it creates just one JobMedia record covering the entire media; see bug 1666
(http://bugs.bacula.org/view.php?id=1666) for details and a proposed patch.

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Craig Miskell
Senior Systems Administrator
Opus International Consultants
Phone: +64 4 471 7209
Technology is anything which you don't understand how it works,
and if it breaks, you have to buy a new one
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