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List:       bacula-users
Subject:    Re: [Bacula-users] Can a Job resource contain multiple Full Backup
From:       Ralf Gross <Ralf-Lists () ralfgross ! de>
Date:       2008-03-30 8:01:31
Message-ID: 20080330080131.GD11209 () p15145560 ! pureserver ! info
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Hydro Meteor schrieb:
> I have been reconsidering my backup strategy and I want to have two Full
> Pools now (one Full Pool will have recyclable volumes per a given retention
> period such as 90 days, and the other Full Pool will have Volumes that are
> not recyclable).
> 
> I would like to consolidate into one Job Resource and as I re-read today the
> Bacula Users Guide about Pool Directives in Job Resources, we have this
> text:
> 
> Full Backup Pool = pool-resource-name The Full Backup Pool specifies a Pool
> > to be used for Full backups. It will override any Pool  speci???cation during
> > a Full backup. This directive is optional.
> >
> 
> The Pool Directive of course in a Job Resource is required but it is, as the
> documentation points out, overridden by an optional Full Backup Pool
> directive. However, what if I want to have multiple Full Backup Pool
> directives in the same Job Resource? Is this possible, and if so, then does
> it matter which of the multiple Full Backup Pool directives overrides the
> required Pool directive for that Job Resource? If not, then worse case is
> that I can create a separate Job Resource for each Full Pool that I want to
> backup.

What you want, can be done in the schedule resource.

Schedule {
  Name = "MonthlyCycle"
  Run = Level=Full Pool=Monthly-A 1st sun at 2:05
  Run = Level=Full Pool=Monthly-B 2nd sun at 2:05
  [...]
}
 
> Related question: is it ok to share the same Schedule Resource for multiple
> Full Pool Backups (whereby either one or more Job resources refers to the
> same Schedule Resource)? I would like to consolidate as much as possible to
> keep my configuration files as simple as possible but no simpler.

Yes, this should be no problem.

Ralf

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