Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] External Backup

2008-10-05 16:48:15
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] External Backup
From: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
To: Eduardo Júnior <ihtraum18 AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:44:21 -0400
Eduardo Júnior wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org 
> <mailto:dan AT langille DOT org>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     On Sep 29, 2008, at 11:32 AM, Eduardo Júnior wrote:
> 
> 
>         Hi,
> 
> 
>         On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT 
> org
>         <mailto:dan AT langille DOT org>> wrote:
> 
>         I recommend this:
> 
>         Backup to local HDD.  Use RAID if you can.
> 
>         rsync the local HDD to external HDD.  Move that HDD offsite,
>         leaving your original Bacula Volumes right where Bacula expects
>         them to be.
> 
>         Does that fit in?
> 
> 
>         This is a possibility
>         But this guarantee me that the volumes will be consistent for a
>         future restore?
> 
> 
>     Yes.  If you do the rsync when no jobs are running, you are fine.
> 
> 
> 
> So, when no jobs are running, a rsync -avz myhost:/backup 
> /externHD/month is sufficient?

Yes.  I say that without knowing any details of your setup.

>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     Be sure to include a dump of your Catalog within the rsync data.
> 
>  
> 
> When you say: "Include a dump" are you meaning the Volume of the Catalog?
> Because if yes, yes, the dump of my Catalog is within the rsync data.

I do not know what "Volume of the Catalog" means.

Take a dump (I say dump to avoid confusion with a Backup in bacula 
terminology) of your Catalog.  That is a database.  Use mysqldump or 
pg_dump to do that. Then be sure to include the dump file in your rsync.

> 
> 
> []'s
>  
> 
> -- 
> Eduardo Júnior
> GNU/Linux user #423272
> 
> :wq


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