Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Out of virtual tapes

2015-08-24 12:50:33
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Out of virtual tapes
From: Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk AT bmrb.wisc DOT edu>
To: "Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net" <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:44:34 -0500
On 08/24/2015 10:12 AM, Radosław Korzeniewski wrote:

>> Also, the most cases I had seen that needs a
>> Virtual machine disk image restore are:

>> 2) updates and/or upgrades in the virtual machine configuration do not
>> work: in this case we need a backup immediately before the changes were
>> made. In this case we can take care of always having a full backup before
>> doing any software changes in the virtual machine.
>>
> 
> I do not understand what you mean. Sorry.

What he means is he needs is storage that supports snapshots. Shut off
the vm, take a snapshot, fire it up and do the updates. If it all
worked, you can delete the snapshot. Or leave it be until the next time.
Bacula isn't really the right tool for this.

-- 
Dimitri Maziuk
Programmer/sysadmin
BioMagResBank, UW-Madison -- http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu

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