Am Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:23:43 -0700 schrieb Devin Reade:

> I have a situation where I have two geographically separate networks,
> both of which are using bacula locally.  I'll call them network A and
> network B.  Currently, (bacula) server A on network A backs up network A
> machines, and server B on network B backs up network B machines.
> 
> I'd like to (additionally) set things up so that server A performs
> offsite backup for network B, and server B does the converse for network
> A (for DR purposes).
> 
> The data in question is large, but does not change much over time so
> incrementals are small.
> 
> I'm fine with taking an approach using virtual full backups, however
> that raises the question of getting the initial (non-virtual) full
> backup.  The quantity of data is such that I'd like to seed the initial
> backup for network A on server A, then ship physical media via a courier
> to server B, and import it.
> 
> I'm assuming that this is technically feasible.  What would be the
> recommended method for doing the initial seeding?  Create archive
> volumes on server A and then use bscan to import them on server B?

run the first full job on director B with storage daemon on A, then move 
the disks/tapes to site B.

- Thomas


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