On 5/23/2016 5:44 AM, Larrybwoy wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Thanks for the replies and good advice. The reason I thought of this backup
> plan is because what I need to back up are multiple dynamic file systems from
> abut 20 servers. These file systems contain data that is always changing
> since they contain various dynamic application files. I do not need to have
> backups that are old; in case of a disaster, I need to be able to bring back
> the data that was lost during the past hour at most, so that the people
> working with the applications only lose 1 hour of work in the worst case
> scenario. I have this set up and running pretty well on 2 hosts so far.
I would consider what you are protecting against to be hardware failure,
not a disaster. A disaster is a flood or something that takes out both
servers and the Bacula machine, along with the on site backup media.
Bacula is not meant to be a high availability solution. I suggest using
a Pacemaker/Corosync cluster with server filesystems on DRBD. This will
protect against a single machine failure with zero downtime. Bacula
backups can then be daily incrementals to protect against accidental
deletion, virus, etc., with full backups being rotated to an off-site
location on some schedule to protect against disaster.
>
> The only problem is the filesystem that I back up has 91 gigs, and the
> backup keeps getting bigger and bigger with all the differential jobs. So far
> the max vol size is set to 300GB, and with the backups running all weekend it
> now created a second volume for the same job since it reached its max size on
> the first volume. It's why I need to find out how to make Bacula remove older
> differential jobs from the first volume. As far as I know, during a restore
> on a backup that uses differential backups, only the last differential backup
> (which should contain all other changes made to the backed up filesystem in
> the previous diff jobs) and the full backup should be required.
>
> Here is my setup. (If you guys have a better ideea on how I should set this
> up considering my needs please feel free to advise)
>
> Thanks a lot for the help !
>
> ================================================================================================
>
> The CLIENT config :
> --------------------------------
> Client {
> Name = server1-fd
> Address = server1.com
> FDPort = 9102
> Catalog = MyCatalog
> Password = "NDdkODYyMDM4NTZmNjYzNjYwZmE5MzIwZ" # password
> for Remote FileDaemon
> File Retention = 30 days # 30 days
> Job Retention = 6 months # six months
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
> }
>
> Pool {
> Name = RemoteFile
> Pool Type = Backup
> Label Format = Server1-
> Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle
> Volumes
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
> Volume Retention = 7 days # one year
> Maximum Volume Bytes = 300G # Limit Volume size to something
> reasonable
> Maximum Volumes = 10 # Limit number of Volumes in Pool
> }
>
>
> Job {
> Name = "Sever1-DIFF"
> JobDefs = "DifferentialJob"
> Client = Server1-fd
> Pool = RemoteFile
> FileSet="Xtm-Diff"
> Write Bootstrap = "/var/spool/bacula/%c.bsr"
> Accurate = yes
> }
>
> FileSet {
> Name = "Xtm-Diff"
> Include {
> Options {
> sparse=yes
> }
> File = /xtm
> }
> Exclude {
> }
> }
>
> The Schedule :
> -----------------
>
> Schedule {
> Name = "HourlyCycle"
> Run = Differential hourly at 00:55
> }
>
> The JobDef
> ------------------
>
> JobDefs {
> Name = "DifferentialJob"
> Type = Backup
> Level = Differential
> Client = Server1-fd
> Schedule = "HourlyCycle"
> Storage = File
> Messages = Standard
> Pool = RemoteFile
> Priority = 10
> Write Bootstrap = "/var/spool/bacula/%c.bsr"
> Accurate = yes
> }
>
> Laest Finished Jobs
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Terminated Jobs:
> JobId Level Files Bytes Status Finished Name
> ====================================================================
> 290 Diff 28 40.27 M OK 23-May-16 05:57 Server1-DIFF
> 292 Diff 28 40.51 M OK 23-May-16 06:57 Server1-DIFF
> 294 Diff 29 40.70 M OK 23-May-16 07:57 Server1-DIFF
> 296 Diff 29 40.94 M OK 23-May-16 08:57 Server1-DIFF
> 298 Diff 29 41.19 M OK 23-May-16 09:58 Server1-DIFF
>
> THE FILESYSTEMS
> --------------------------
> To be backed up >
> /dev/md2 440G 92G 326G 22% /xtm
>
> The actual backups:
>
> -rw-r----- 1 bacula tape 300G May 21 04:06 Server1-0035
> -rw-r----- 1 bacula tape 223G May 23 09:58 Server1-0036
>
> (I have substituted the server hostnames with fictional stuff, for security
> reasons)
>
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