Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Question about Catalog Backup

2013-03-21 13:01:30
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Question about Catalog Backup
From: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
To: Sergio Belkin <sebelk AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:58:47 -0400
On Mar 20, 2013, at 3:43 PM, John Drescher wrote:

>> I've readn an example in the documentation as follows:
>> 
>> 
>>  RunBeforeJob = "/home/kern/bacula/bin/make_catalog_backup"
>>  RunAfterJob  = "/home/kern/bacula/bin/delete_catalog_backup"
>> 
>> I don't understand it performs a backup and then  deletes it? Am I
>> missing something?
>> 
> 
> This dumps a text file. Then bacula makes a backup of the text file
> and finally it deletes the text file since it does not need it since
> it will be in the backup..

I recommend not deleting the text file for two reasons:

1 - it reserves the space for the next dump
2 - it keeps an extra copy of the dump, in case you need it.

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


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