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Malanki wrote:
> Dan Langille wrote:
> Malanki wrote:
>>>> Hello everyone !
>>>>
>>>> I am a novice with Bacula.
>>>> Here is my problem :
>>>> -I would like to make some backup on three usb disks. 
>>>> -The main problem is to always have a backup out of the company
>>>> -The usb disk can be changed by my customer whenever he wants (or just
>>>> when
>>>> he think about it :) )
>>>> -Consequently, I would like bacula to be able to detect which one of the
>>>> disk is able to use (i saw it was possible by insert them in a unique
>>>> pool,
>>>> but never manage to make it work :( 
>>>>
>>>> Your help would be welcomed !
> I usually suggest this:
> 
> Backup to local HDD.  rsync to your USB drive every day.  Let Bacula use
> only the local HDD.  Use the USB drives only as backups of your backups.
> 
> This approach is simple compared to what you wish to do.

> Thank you for your answer.
> I think i will apply your solution.
> I will make bacula do its backup on the data server. In that way
> bacula backups will be included in the server backup on USB disks.
> I'll do one full backup a month, the first week end, and incremental
> every other days, for all client computers.
>
> Thanks again !
>
> See ya
>
> Malanki

Please report back on how this works for you.  The main benefit of this
approach is that your primary backups are always onsite. Therefore, the
USB drives, by design, are used only when the Bacula server itself fails.

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Dan Langille

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