Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Is that ok using Bacula to write on DVDs?

2009-05-05 13:51:03
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Is that ok using Bacula to write on DVDs?
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: alexander AT nautae.eti DOT br
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 13:44:38 -0400
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:35 PM,  <alexander AT nautae.eti DOT br> wrote:
>> This does not work 100% of the time out of the box. I would suggest
>> writing 4.5GB disk volumes then using your favorite dvd burning
>> software to offload the disk images to dvd.
>> John
>>>
>>> First of all, excuse my English.
>
> So... let me try to understand:
>
> If I write 4.5GB disk volumes (in a incremental way), the volume will update
> only the modifications, is that right? Because it's a incremental backup
> (what I want).  It won't write incremental pieces on the disk, instead, it
> will write incremental pieces on the volume and for me, it will be just one
> big piece to write on DVD.
>
> It won't be possible to do incremental writings on DVD, is that right?
>
You can try. The reason why I recommend this method is that DVD
writing with bacula can be considered beta quality at best. I can
almost guarantee you will have some problems and unless you are a
linux expert it probably not be a good experience. Check the email
archives.

>
> How can I write only the files changes on the DVD (like was possible if I
> would use scripts + tar + growisofs)?
>

John

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