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Re: [Bacula-users] Using Copy Job to create quarterly FULL backups

2010-12-01 19:40:26
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Using Copy Job to create quarterly FULL backups
From: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
To: Paulo Martinez <martinezino AT googlemail DOT com>
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:38:40 -0500
On 12/1/2010 6:55 AM, Paulo Martinez wrote:
> Am 01.12.2010 um 02:35 schrieb Dan Langille:
>>
>> This is different from what I want.  You are doing a Full backup
>> every six months. I'm doing one every month.  But every quarter, one
>> of the backups goes to a different pool.  Thus, I need two backup
>> Jobs.  One with a quarterly Schedule, another with a non-quarterly
>> shedule. something like this:
>
>
> Interesting setup.
>
>
>> Schedule {
>>   Name = "QuarterlyCycle"
>>   Run = Level=Full jan apr jul oct 1st sun at 8:15
>> }
>>
>> Schedule {
>>   Name = "Q-OtherCycle"
>>   Run = Level=Full Feb Mar May Jun Aug Sep Nov Dec 1st sun at 8:15
>>   Run = Differential 2nd-5th sun at 5:55
>>   Run = Incremental mon-sat at 5:55
>> }
>>
>> Then two Jobs:
>>
>>
>> Job {
>>   Name     = "BackupCatalog"
>>    Full Backup Pool = Full-month
>>    Differential Backup Pool = Differential-week
>>    Incremental Backup Pool = Incremental-day
>> }
>>
>>
>> Job {
>>    Name     = "Quarterly"
>>    Full Backup Pool = Full-quarterly
>> }
>>
>
>
>
>
> I am not sure if "Full Backup Pool = Full-month" can be overwritten by
> the Schedule Resource.
>
> Schedule {
>
>    Name = "Q-OtherCycle and QuarterlyCycle"
>
>    Run = Level=Full Pool=Full-quarterly jan         apr
> jul         oct         1st sun at 8:15
>    Run = Level=Full Pool=Full-month         Feb Mar     May Jun     Aug
> Sep     Nov Dec 1st sun at 8:15


That is better.  One schedule.

>    Run = Differential 2nd-5th sun at 5:55
>    Run = Incremental mon-sat at 5:55
> }
>
> in this case the Differential backups would use also the last Full-
> quarterly backup as reference.
>
> Does the schedule "pool"-entry override the job "Full Backup Pool"-
> entry ?

I don't go.  Either the docs or a simple test will tell you.

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/

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