that's a good strategy... I've had a few instances where there was a typo in
the configuration file and it crashed bacula.
Ideally reload should validate the configs before reloading them.
--Guy
On 14 Jan 2011, at 12:37, John Drescher wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Phil Stracchino <alaric AT metrocast DOT
> net> wrote:
>> On 01/13/11 07:45, Mister IT Guru wrote:
>>> I'm making amendments and changes to my bacula config, but at the same
>>> time I need to run my backups. Other than setting up a separate machine
>>> to test my config, (which I will be doing in coming days, when the
>>> hardware purchased for this arrives)
>>
>> You can reload while the Director is running. However, it is not 100%
>> safe. My advice: Try not to do it any more often than you have to, and
>> if you need to do a running reload, restart the Director at the next
>> good opportunity. If necessary, make an opportunity.
>>
>
> I always test before reloading in the console.
>
> bacula-dir -t /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf
>
> At this point if there is any errors in your config file bacula will tell you.
>
> John
>
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