On 02/08/10 00:02, Dan Langille wrote:
> On 8/1/2010 6:47 PM, Mister IT Guru wrote:
>> On 01/08/10 13:13, Dan Langille wrote:
>>> On 7/31/2010 1:36 PM, Mister IT Guru wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Job {
>>>> Name = "migrate"
>>>> Type = Migrate
>>>> Level = Full
>>>> Client = clientname
>>>> FileSet="Full Set"
>>>> Messages = Standard
>>>> Pool = Default
>>>> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 4
>>>> Selection Type = OldestVolume
>>>> Selection Pattern = "ignored"
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Will this pattern only migrate completed jobs? Or will it migrate all
>>>> jobs, including failed ones? If so, can I use a SQL query so that I
>>>> can
>>>> migrate only completed jobs, starting from the oldest one?
>>>
>>> You say Bacula fails to load. What version of Bacula? What errors
>>> are you seeing?
>>>
>>>> Also, is it possible to change the filename of the volumes once the
>>>> jobs
>>>> they contain have been migrated off? This is because I'm attempting to
>>>> reclaim disk space, and I'll need to rename the volumes once they
>>>> become
>>>> empty so that I don't lose any viable data.
>>>
>>> It is best to ask just one question per email.
>>>
>>> Your premise makes no sense. Once the Volume is *empty*, it contains
>>> no data.
>>>
>> Sorry for my bad English! *I should be ashamed, London, England born and
>> bred!* My migration jobs seem to all fail saying no files found to
>> migrate, even though I know 100% that the files are there.
>>
>> Basically, I put together my bacula in a bit of a rush, and i now have
>> thousands of volumes populating my nas. I have configured a second
>> storage daemon,
>
> NOTE: Migration is only implemented for a single Storage daemon. You
> cannot read on one Storage daemon and write on another.
>
> The same may apply to Job Copy as well. You may have to mount the
> other NAS on the first SD.
>
> At the following URL, read "Important Migration Considerations" slowly
> and carefully.
>
> http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/Migration_Copy.html
>
>> and i now wish to migrate the jobs of clients into
>> seperate pools. For example, I want to migrate all the completed jobs of
>> client1.domain.com to a new temporary pool for client1.
>>
>> This way, I now have the whole backup history of client1 in one pool,
>> which I can now add proper retention times on, so that I have a
>> manageable amount of files.
>>
>> At the end of this exercise, i should end up with all the jobs of
>> particular clients in separate pools.
>>
>> I'm still trying to learn how bacula works properly, so please forgive
>> me if I don't fully understand everything.
>
> That sounds reasonable.
>
I feel so stupid! Migration jobs cannot cross storage daemons? If I had
only known last week! Thank you for input, i'll retry with the disk
space on the same storage daemon and then try the migration jobs.
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