On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Roy Kidder <bacula AT jehster DOT net> wrote:
> Hello all, I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm having an issue with a
> backup schedule on a new install of bacula. I have a scheduled defined as:
>
> Schedule {
> Name = "Monthly"
> Run = Full 1st fri at 23:05
> Run = Incremental 2nd-5th fri at 23:05
> Run = Incremental sat-thu at 23:05
> }
>
> and a host which uses that schedule:
>
> JobDefs {
> Name = "nutbuster-job"
> Type = Backup
> Level = Incremental
> Client = nutbuster-fd
> FileSet = "nutbuster-set"
> Schedule = "Monthly"
> Storage = DLT-7000
> Messages = Standard
> Pool = Default
> Priority = 10
> }
>
> The DLT-7000 is a single drive, not a jukebox and the file set is large so
> a full backup spans several volumes. As such, when the full backup starts
> on the 1st Friday of the month, Saturday is spent swapping volumes and the
> backup is still running into Sunday. So, another backup is scheduled by
> the scheduler on Saturday as a Full not an Incremental. At least this is
> the behavior I've seen, and I'm assuming it's because of the tape swapping
> delay. Can anyone confirm that I'm correct or otherwise point me in the
> right direction?
>
This is the known behavior. 3.0.X versions of bacula have
configuration options that allow you to not schedule a second backup
if the first has not finished by the time the second was scheduled to
start.
John
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