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Hello List,

when backing up to a dvd, bacula stored its file in the spool directory.
If the DVD is full, does then the whole backup process stop and wait for
a new media?

Example: I am on holiday for 14 days. After 4 Days the DVD is full. Does
then backula not back up at all until my DVD is writeable again?
That would mean that i dont even have backups on my hard disk or spool
directory?

In my optionion bacula should carry on writing to the spool directory
and catch it up once a new DVD is inserted.

Did i understand the whole process wrong, or am i right?
Any comments to this are desired.

Cheers, Mario

Hi,

On 6/15/2007 9:47 AM, ml < at > bo... wrote:
Hello List,

when backing up to a dvd, bacula stored its file in the spool directory.
If the DVD is full, does then the whole backup process stop and wait for
a new media?

Yes.

Example: I am on holiday for 14 days. After 4 Days the DVD is full. Does
then backula not back up at all until my DVD is writeable again?
That would mean that i dont even have backups on my hard disk or spool
directory?

Right.

In my optionion bacula should carry on writing to the spool directory
and catch it up once a new DVD is inserted.

That's not how Bacula does it... sounds more like amanda with its disk
staging concept.

Did i understand the whole process wrong, or am i right?
Any comments to this are desired.

Well, the solution would be to run backups to disk and later migrate to DVD.

D2D2D :-)

Cheers, Mario

Arno

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IT-Service Lehmann al < at > it...
Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de

Hi Arno,

Arno Lehmann schrieb:
Hi,

On 6/15/2007 9:47 AM, ml < at > bo... wrote:

Hello List,

when backing up to a dvd, bacula stored its file in the spool directory.
If the DVD is full, does then the whole backup process stop and wait for
a new media?


Yes.

Ohje.

Example: I am on holiday for 14 days. After 4 Days the DVD is full. Does
then backula not back up at all until my DVD is writeable again?
That would mean that i dont even have backups on my hard disk or spool
directory?


Right.


Ohhhno.
In my optionion bacula should carry on writing to the spool directory
and catch it up once a new DVD is inserted.


That's not how Bacula does it... sounds more like amanda with its disk
staging concept.


Did i understand the whole process wrong, or am i right?
Any comments to this are desired.


Well, the solution would be to run backups to disk and later migrate to DVD.

D2D2D :-)




Thanks Arno