On 02/02/2013 02:04 PM, John Drescher wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 7:03 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com> 
> wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 2:56 AM, Süleyman Kuran <skuran AT ayk.gov DOT tr> 
>> wrote:
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> I am scheduling montly backups to move to an off-site location in case of a
>>> disaster. Monthly backup job copies a full backup 1st friday night of every
>>> month then backups up incremental on the remaining days of month. What I am
>>> trying to achive is to export a tape cartridge 1 st friday of every month
>>> before leaving the office containing the full and incrementals backup ups of
>>> the previous month.  The schedule config is as follows :
>>>
>>>
>>> Schedule {
>>>    Name = "MultipleRUN"
>>>    Run = Level=Full Pool=Daily mon-sun at 3:17
>>>    Run = Level=Full Pool=Weekly sun at 9:05
>>>    Run = Level=Incremental Pool=Weekly mon-sat at 5:05
>>>    Run = Level=Full Pool=Monthly 1st fri at 22:05
>>>    Run = Level=Incremental Pool=Monthly sun-fri at 2:05
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> Now the problem; full and incremental backups are not bound to pools, bacula
>>> just picks up the last full backup to compare, regardless of the pool when
>>> preparing for the incremental. When I remove the cartridge out of the
>>> office, there is a chance that the corresponding full backups are still
>>> located in the library, and my montly backup is useless without a recent
>>> full backup.
>>>
>>> How can i make sure my monthly backup consists of a full backup and
>>> incrementals derived from the full on the same media
>>>
>> I would do a separate job and schedule for the offline set. This way
>> the incrementals will work correctly instead of being based on the
>> daily full backups.
> In this case you keep the exact same fileset but have a different job
> and a different schedule resource.
>
> John
Thanks for yor reply John,
I have more than 15 different fd-clients that needs to be backed up, is 
it practical to create extra 15 more jobs for monthly offsite backups?

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