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Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula-fd on Cluster

2012-07-30 05:48:45
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula-fd on Cluster
From: Simone Caronni <negativo17 AT gmail DOT com>
To: Carlo Filippetto <carlo.filippetto AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:46:17 +0200
Hello,

the "client name" is only relevant in the logs, as long as you address
the client correctly (ip address or dns) that doesn't matter.

Consider it a "feature" as you can see in the logs on which client the
clustered instance backup ran :D

--Simone


On 30 July 2012 11:41, Carlo Filippetto <carlo.filippetto AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:
> How can you create 4 istance? is this the problem
>
> You install only 1 instance on every single node specifying 3 IP (1
> for the host and 2 for the resources) with the use of "FDAddresses"?
>
> For example:
> If i need ot backup the "proxy" resource that is on node-A I need 2 jobs
>  1) with / FileSet
>  2) with /proxy FileSet
>
> For those backup I need to set up 2 jobs that will points 2 different client
>  - CLIENT NAME = node-a (192.168.1.20)
>  - CLIENT NAME = proxy (192.168.1.22)
> Is this correct?
>
> the backup will not fails when found on the node-A server only one
> "client name" that is "node-A"??
>
>  I hope you understood my question
>
> ---
> Carlo
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2012/7/30 Simone Caronni <negativo17 AT gmail DOT com>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I had run Bacula clients on many clusters (Both Windows and RHEL), I
>> usually configure all the cluster nodes with the same password and in
>> the Director's config I treat the "virtual" instances as additional
>> nodes in Bacula. If I'm talking to the nodes, only local data is
>> backed up, if I point to virtual instnces only the clusterized data is
>> backed up.
>>
>> This way I was able to backup anything and is especially handy with
>> clustered Microsoft services. For example, a clustered SQL server in
>> Active / Active configuration:
>>
>> Node 1: Drive C: and D:
>> Node 2: Drive C: and D:
>> SQL Resource 1: Drive E:
>> SQL Resource 2: Drive F:
>>
>> Will result in the director talking to 4 servers. This way, if the
>> resource moves from one node to the other even Incremental backups are
>> performed and no errors are returned for disappearing drives and
>> paths. Same config can be applied to Linux servers with shared paths
>> in active / standby configurations.
>>
>> The only config requirement is to leave the client daemons listen on
>> all ip addresses, have the same password and make sure the filesets
>> are different.
>>
>> Regards,
>> --Simone
>>
>>
>>
>> On 30 July 2012 10:35, Carlo Filippetto <carlo.filippetto AT gmail DOT com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a cluster (node-A & node-B) with 2 partition "/proxy" & "/mail"
>>> that are clusterized.
>>>
>>> node-A is the default to owner of /proxy
>>> node-B is the default to owner of /mail
>>> everyone have a specific IP included the services es:
>>>  - node-A = 192.168.1.20
>>>  - node-B = 192.168.1.21
>>>  - proxy =  192.168.1.22
>>>  - mail = 192.168.1.23
>>>
>>> I need to backup all in every case, expecially when the cluster is
>>> degraded, so I image that I need 4 bacula-fd's istance, 2 for the
>>> nodes, and 2 for the services.
>>>
>>> In you opinion what is the best practise to configure this istances?
>>> I need to clusterize the 2 istance connected with the services?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Carlo Filippetto
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