Hi there Bacula community,
I've been reading Bacula manuals and browsing this mailing list archive but cannot find the answer to my question I suspect it's just that I'm searching the wrong terms so please forgive me if it's in there.
I've inherited a rather eclectic backup solution that includes Bacula among the several backup solutions in play here.
The cleanest way of consolodating everything down that I can see is to use Bacula for all clients, writing to a NAS, which is then copied to tape up by the NAS providers' system.
To make recovery from tape simpler (I want to be able to ask our provider for "all the files named blahblah between these date ranges") I've created a new Pool which Labels volumes by Job, Level and Date, then restricted bacula to writing one job per volume. So far this seems to be working pretty well.
But here is my question; Will this follow the retention policy I have set up (2 months) and what happens when a volume is ready to be purged?
Will bacula remove it from it's catalog? (I'm hoping yes)
Will bacula delete the physical file? (I'm guessing no)
Also, is there a nicer way to have one file with a clear filename per job but also to have fully automated volume recycling so I don't just fill up our NAS?
Am I on the right track at all with this?
Device {
Name = SMBFileStorage
Media Type = File
Archive Device = /data/xxx
LabelMedia = yes;
Random Access = Yes;
AutomaticMount = yes;
RemovableMedia = no;
AlwaysOpen = no;
}
Storage {
Name = File
Address = xxx # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
SDPort = xxx
Password = "xxx"
Device = SMBFileStorage
Media Type = File
}
Pool {
Name = FileBased
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 2 months
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 # One volume per job
Label Format = "${Job}-${Level}-${Year}.${Month:p/2/0/r}.${Day:p/2/0/r}-${Hour:p/2/0/r}.${Minute:p/2/0/r}.${Second:p/2/0/r}"
Maximum Volume Bytes = 5G # Force the use of multiple volumes if they would be larger than 5Gig
}
JobDefs {
Name = "OS"
Type = Backup
FileSet = "OS Files"
Schedule = "BackupCycle"
Storage = File # Where to find the SD
Messages = Standard
Pool = FileBased # Which volume Pool to use on the SD
Priority = 10
Write Bootstrap = "/usr/local/bacula//%c-OS.bsr"
}
Job {
Name = "myclient"
Client = myclient.domainame-fd
JobDefs = "OS"
}
Schedule {
Name = "BackupCycle"
Run = Full 1st sat at 20:05
Run = Differential 2nd,3rd,4th,5th sat at 20:05
Run = Incremental sun-mon at 20:05
}
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Chris Harrison
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