On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 09:37:53AM -0500, Blake Dunlap wrote:
> In short what you are looking for is copy pools, which I do not believe are 
> currently implemented, 
> but on the project list. The workaround is to run a second full backup. Its 
> not a great option 
> but it works until the real method is implemented.
> 

Ok. So basicly it means transferring the data twice from the client to
bacula server over the network? 

Is someone actively working on implementing "copy pools" ?

Thanks for the replies!

-- Pasi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bacula-users-bounces AT lists.sourceforge DOT net 
> [mailto:bacula-users-bounces AT lists.sourceforge DOT net] On Behalf Of Gregg 
> A. Discenza
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:35 AM
> To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Replacing Arcserve with Bacula, disk 
> staging/spooling configuration
> 
> Pasi,
> 
> I faced an equivalent situation, where I wanted to have an offsite copy of
> my
> backups for disaster recovery, as well as an onsite copy for fast restores.
> 
> What I ended up doing was making two jobs/schedules/filesets for each client
> I
> was backing up.  The first job/fileset appends to whatever tape is in use
> from
> the autoloader for local restores, and the second job/fileset writes to the
> standalone tape drive for offsite storage. I have 2 pools defined, default
> and
> offsite, and the system works well for me.
> 
> Since the two tape devices are on discrete channels, I can define concurrent
> jobs, and backups have been stable for 2 months now.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> -Gregg
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bacula-users-bounces AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> [mailto:bacula-users-bounces AT lists.sourceforge DOT net]On Behalf Of Pasi
> Kärkkäinen
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:13 AM
> To: John Drescher
> Cc: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Replacing Arcserve with Bacula,disk
> staging/spooling configuration
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 09:50:15AM -0400, John Drescher wrote:
> > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik AT iki DOT fi> 
> > wrote:
> > > Hello list!
> > >
> > > I'm currently running Arcserve B2D2T (Backup to disk to tape)
> configuration,
> > > but I'm now in the process of migrating that setup to Bacula.
> > >
> > > I've been reading Bacula manuals about spooling and other options, but
> I'm not
> > > totally sure if Bacula supports "disk staging" (as Arcserve calls it) in
> the
> > > same way.
> > >
> > > Basicly I'd like to backup each client to hard disk, and then copy the
> > > backups from the hard disk to tape autochanger in the end of the job.
> > >
> > > Arcserve allows restores being made from the disk.. if the backup is
> still
> > > being held on disk.. if not, then from the tape.
> > >
> > > Backups older than N days are being removed automatically from the disk
> by
> > > Arcserve.
> > >
> > Look at migration in the manual. You will need a very recent version
> > of bacula for this to work. The two year old 1.38 that is considered
> > stable on some linux distributions will definitely not work.
> >
> 
> Thanks for your reply!
> 
> I'm running Bacula 2.2.8 on CentOS 5.1. Is that new enough?
> 
> I've been reading http://bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Migration.html but I'm
> still wondering about a couple of things..
> 
> I'd like to have backups on _both_ disk (for fast restores) and
> tape (for transporting them to a remote location) but it seems
> migration in bacula moves backups instead of copying..
> 
> so I can't do fast restores from disk anymore after I've migrated my
> backups to tape.. and basicly I'd need to copy to a tape immediately after
> backup to disk ends..
> 
> Is there a way to automatically run migration job after main backup job
> ends?
> 
> -- Pasi
> 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft
Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.
http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/
_______________________________________________
Bacula-users mailing list
Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users