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Re: [Bacula-users] Archived tapes and pools question

2012-02-03 13:23:10
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Archived tapes and pools question
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Cristóbal Sabroe Yde <cris AT uti.unrc.edu DOT ar>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:21:21 -0500
2012/2/3 John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>:
>> Hi, I'm updating our backup system and particularly have this issue that I 
>> still can't figure out how to implement:
>>
>> Scenario:
>> I make full backup of our servers every friday and diferentials monday to 
>> thursdays. I use one tape each week containing exactly everything needed 
>> from that week. The jobs belongs to the Default pool.
>> Every tape gets recycled after 8 weeks, but once every six months I take the 
>> last 2 tapes and archive them (one on-site and the other off-site).
>>
>> Question:
>> I would like to make a pool for mantaining the archived volumes with a 
>> longer retention period. I can make such pool, but how can I move the 
>> catalog info from the Default pool to this pool without copying the entire 
>> volume information to a new volume? Is it possible?
>> I see that Migration moves also the information to a new volume.
>>
>
> Would it be too much to make an independent backup for the archive?
> You can add an additional Run= line to your schedule resource
> overriding the pool for the archive. Then you do not have to migrate
> or copy anything.

When I think of this your weekly incrementals for the next week would
probably be based on the archive. You probably will not want that.
Sorry for the noise..

John

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