Re: [Bacula-users] Possibility for two phase backups?

Hi,

01.12.2009 15:36, Daniel Kamm wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I have a rather general question. Is it possible to do two phase or two 
> pass backups with Bacula? That means I firstly want to back up a client 
> over network to a disk array and on a second step put this backup to 
> tape/autoloader.

Looks like you want what is commonly called Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape or D2D2T.

> I do not only mean to use disk cache on the storage daemon side. I 
> really search for the ability to configure the right time to start the 
> tape job.
> 
> I can imagine to just backup again the whole backup files on the disk 
> array to tape in a fully separate backup job. But then I think I need to 
> restore this full backup job in order to access one single file from the 
> tape backup. So, is there an other solution implemented in Bacula?


Yes: Copy Jobs and Migration. Set up a storage daemon to use 
file-based volumes, and do your backups there. Then set up a copy or 
migration job - lots of options there - that uses tape as a target, 
and voilà.

Cheers,

Arno

> Thank you for your answers,
>   - Dan
> 
> 
> 
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