On 14/04/10 03:53, ikkysleepy wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have two external backup drives that I want to incorporate using Bacula, 
> but have some questions:
>
>
> 1) When making a Full backup, does this replace the expired backup or will 
> this create a new Volume on the drive?

Depends on your pool configuration. In most setups it'll recycle an 
older volume that's outside its retention period. See the bacula 
documentation.

> 2) Can you force the Full backup to expire on a weekend?

Why would you want to?

... and yes, using a cron job that prunes (safe) or purges (unsafe) it 
via a command to the director.

> 3) Will auto-pruning prune the oldest incremental?

Depends on your retention setup.

> 4) I read that having many incremental backups, like I plan on having will 
> make the restoring of files slow compared to a diff, can someone confirm this?

I've never had a problem, and sometimes have hundreds of incrementals. 
However, I use disk-based storage. On tape it might well be an issue.

--
Craig  Ringer

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