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Re: [Bacula-users] Out of virtual tapes

2015-08-26 11:02:17
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Out of virtual tapes
From: Kern Sibbald <kern AT sibbald DOT com>
To: Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk AT bmrb.wisc DOT edu>, "Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net" <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:57:44 -0700

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On 08/24/2015 09:44 AM, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> On 08/24/2015 10:12 AM, Rados?aw Korzeniewski wrote:
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>>> Also, the most cases I had seen that needs a
>>> Virtual machine disk image restore are:
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>>> 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.


You might want to look at the new Bacula 7.2.0 Snapshot features.  I suspect that you might want to reconsider the above statement.

Best regards,
Kern

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