Re: [Bacula-devel] Copy Jobs to a GFS Tape Rotation and Verify

[Carsten M. <boo...@gm...>]

Carsten Menke wrote:

I saw I left out the question:

Is there a workaround for this or is it planned that
this will be implemented in the near future?

Regards

Carsten

> Hi,
>
> if you feel this should be posted to bacula-users@, please let me know.
>
> As far as I can see from the documentation the following scenario is not
> possible as a whole right know
>
> 1. Storing a maximum of 7 copies on Disk
> 2. Verify the disk volume against the catalog
> 3. Copy the latest Backup from Disk to a Tape
> which has a GFS rotational Poool (Daily, Weekly, Monthly)
> 4. Verify the contents on Tape against the Catalog.
>
> In particular, I see no way to run a Verify Job using the Copy which
> had been made to tape against the Catalog. Point 1. and 2. is
> no problem, for 3. I think I can find a workaround. Critical
> part left ist 4.
>
> I do not want to use a Migration Job type, as the primary source for
> restores should
> be the copy on disk, which should reside there untouched, so a Copy
> Job would actually be perfect.
>
> And I also do not trust (from bad experiences in the past) a Tape Copy
> which is not re-read and verified.
>
> BTW, is it actually planned that the Fake File Set and Fake Client for Copy
> Jobs will not be necessary, as it is a little bit obscure to define these
> fake entries, just for that the config parser does not complain about these,
> while they are actually not used.
>
> Carsten
>
>
>


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