Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tape format vs. rsync on deduplicated file systems

[Robert L. <ro...@le...>]

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Phil Stracchino <al...@me...>wrote:

> On 05/28/10 13:24, Robert LeBlanc wrote:
> > I agree, I haven't looked into BaseJobs yet because they are not the
> > easiest thing to understand. Since I've very pressed for time, I don't
> > have a lot of time to commit to reading. I plan on understanding it, but
> > when a system can do it automatically and transparently, I like that a
> lot.
>
> The basic concept behind base jobs is that you define one machine (or
> the base OS install image on that machine) as a reference install for a
> class of similar machines, and do a full backup of *it*, but then for
> the other machines in the class, you back up only user data plus any
> base system files that are different from those on the reference machine.
>
> Once I have all of my Windows boxes on the same version of Windows again
> (right now, half are XP Pro and half are 2K Pro), I'm planning to set up
> a base job for them.
>
>
That will be near impossible for my Linux servers, they all seem to be at
different patch levels. I guess it would do ok for my Windows machines, but
if I need bare-metal, there is a reason because the OS was configured
differently than the standard. I think this is where dedup could really
provide a benefit.

When you patch your servers, do you have to redo your base at the same time
to keep it synced?

Robert LeBlanc
Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support
Brigham Young University