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Re: [Bacula-users] Should I add /etc/bacula to the "Catalog" backup?

2013-01-25 14:12:32
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Should I add /etc/bacula to the "Catalog" backup?
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Alan McKay <alan.mckay+bacula AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:09:43 -0500
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Alan McKay <alan.mckay+bacula AT gmail DOT 
com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Alan McKay
> <alan.mckay+bacula AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>>     File = "/var/lib/bacula/bacula.sql"
>
> I went looking for this file out of curiousity, and found it was not there.
>
> But upon further digging, it looks like the script dumps the DB, then
> backs it up, then removes that file.
>
> Do I have that right?

Yes. That is what happens.

>
> And further, before creating the file in the first place it removes
> one that may already be there, by the looks of it.
>
> Just making sure I got that right.  Is there a reason not to leave the
> file there until next time?  Just a space issue?

Just a space issue. Remember that depending on how many files you have
the dump can grow. My database is over 30 GB.

John

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