On 2014-03-08 08:23, Michael Potts wrote:
> I have set up Bacula to backup several servers and everything is
> humming along nicely.
> 
> My goal is to get Bacula to backup to multiple smaller files instead
> of one large (in my case ~2GB) file for offsite to Amazon S3. My
> thought being if I can get the incremental changes from all the
> servers each day to go to a new file. This file will then get picked
> up by a cron job and sent to S3.
> 
> The way to do this seems to center around 
> 
>>> Use Volume Once = yes
> 
> but right now that just creates a new volume for every backup. I just
> want one volume per day and like 14 days history (so 14 volumes that
> rotate around or I can use my cron job to delete volumes as needed).
> For scale's sake, this will probably have 20 or so jobs run to it and
> each job seems to net around 7MB of changed data. Total on the initial
> backup is like 250MB per job. Backup jobs run at night but eventually
> I want to crank that up to run several times a day (all to the same
> daily volume)
> 
> Relevant data from config files to follow:
> 
> bacula-dir.conf
> 
> Client {
>  Name = server-sandbox-fd
>  Password = <crazypassword>
>  Address = fqdn-to-server.srv.internal.domain.com [1]
>  FDPort = 9102
>  Catalog = MyCatalog
>  File Retention = 30 days
>  Job Retention = 6 months
> }
> 
> Job {
>  Name = server_SandboxBackup
>  Type = Backup
>  Level = Incremental
>  Client = server-sandbox-fd
>  FileSet = "Data Opt Backup"
>  Schedule = "Daily Evening"
>  Storage = File
>  Pool = Serverpool
>  Messages = Standard
> }
> 
> Pool {
>  Name = Serverpool
>  Pool Type = Backup
>  Volume Retention = 24h
>  Recycle = yes
>  AutoPrune = yes
>  LabelFormat = servervol_
>  Maximum Volumes = 12
>  Use Volume Once = yes
> }
> 
> Storage {
>  Name = File
>  Address = fqdn-to-server.srv.domain.com [2]
>  SDPort = 9103
>  Password = <crazypassword>
>  Device = FileStorage
>  Media Type = File
>  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
> }
> 
> bacula-sd.conf
> 
> Device {
>  Name = FileStorage
>  Media Type = File
>  Archive Device = /mnt/backupdisk/serverbackups
>  LabelMedia = yes
>  Random Access = yes
>  AutomaticMount = yes
>  RemovableMedia = no
>  AlwaysOpen = no
> }
> 
> Thanks so much! Any insight or alternative approaches are appreciated!
> 
> Michael Potts
> 

Have a look at "Volume User Duration" in the Pool definition.  Sounds 
like it might what you are looking for.

Regards

Mike


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