> I currently have 5 systems that I want to backup to my new Bacula instance.
> But first, I’m trying to figure out a methodology to get everything working
> correctly.
>
>
>
> I have my passwords all sorted out, and my B-dir, B-sd, and B-fd all seem to
> like each other for now. (Amazing how three daemons on the same box can
> argue with each other for so long!) I do not want to use defaults, so that I
> can understand what is actually going on. I have my disk space ready to go.
> It’s a NAS device which I will mount onto a directory. My understanding at
> the moment, is before this can become useful, I should configure some
> storage via the b-sd.
>
>
>
> I have a storage device name “FileStorage”, with a directory of “/backup”,
> media type name, “File”, Random access medium “yes”, removable media “no”,
> set to mount automatically, automatically label the media, and not to always
> keep open.
>
>
>
> I wish to use the storage device for all my backups – Someone mentioned to
> me that I need to use pools in order to achieve this, something to do with
> volumes being overwritten.
>
If you are using disk based storage it is essential that you set 1 or
more of the following in your pool resource so that your volumes can
recycle properly:
* Use Volume Once = yes
* Volume Use Duration = ttt
* Maximum Volume Jobs = nnn
* Maximum Volume Bytes = mmm
See here:
http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Automatic_Volume_Recycling.html
>
>
> What would be the benefit of using pools, instead of storage devices?
>
I have to skip this question for now.
John
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