Re: [Bacula-users] preparing backups ahead of time

[Dan L. <da...@la...>]

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Andreas Schuldei wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Dan Langille <da...@la...> wrote:
>> Andreas Schuldei wrote:
>>> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:48 PM, John Drescher <dre...@gm...> wrote:
>>>> I would just enable concurrency. Use a small spool file (less than 10
>>>> GB) and let several machines run their backups simultaneously.
>> It is easier to follow the conversation if you reply inline.
> 
> yes, sorry, gmail does not make it easy for people. my normal mua does.

I use gmail at work.

>>> that is a solution for now since we backup to disk. i did read
>>> http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Basic_Volume_Management.html and
>>> understood nothing, though. the text is not very well written.
>> We are always looking for people to submit improvements.
> 
> is there a clearer description somewhere?

That's the official docs.  I'm sure it could be improved.

> 
>> I'm also thinking: you could backup to local disk with high concurrency,
>> then migrate/copy the job to tape later.  For this, Bacula 3.x would be
>> better I think.
> 
> that sounds very good. where do i find info on how to do that?

I don't know.  Let me check Google with this search

  site:www.bacula.org copy job

This looks good:

http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/Migration_Copy.html

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