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Re: [Bacula-users] how to backup only the latest file of a daily sql backup

2011-02-12 03:29:29
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] how to backup only the latest file of a daily sql backup
From: "J. Echter" <j.echter AT elektro-mayer-echter DOT de>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:27:14 +0100
Am 12.02.2011 09:11, schrieb J. Echter:
> Am 12.02.2011 08:57, schrieb Jan Lentfer:
>> Hi Jürgen,
>>
>> Am 12.02.2011 08:29, schrieb J. Echter:
>>> can anybody tell me how to handle this?
>>>
>>> what i have:
>>>
>>> - a daily backup of a sql db
>>> - the backup files are kept 14 days on the server itself
>>> - i want to backup only the newest file to tape
>>>
>>> files are called, for example:
>>>
>>> sql_backup_2011_02_07_230003_9327174.bak
>>>
>>> the reason for this is, my tapes running out of space... :)
>>>
>>> backups are 35 gb, i could save ~30 gb.
>>>
>>> machine is a windows 7 x64.
>> I don't exactly get what you mean. If you dump daily to the same
>> directory and run incremental over that directory, only the dump of
>> the actual day should be backed up?!?!
>>
>> Jan
>>
> Hi,
>
> the problem is, i can't do a Full Backup of this. Reason is first tape
> would be full.
>
> i do full backups to disk, and also have fulls on the server. so i would
> need only the latest file on tape, just to be sure :)
additionaly: we backup on a daily tape rotation basis, doing fulls on tape.
> greetings
>
> juergen.
>

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