From 6190a14a8a2b676278809653427c878f202ba55c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Glatthor <Thomas.Glatthor@ic3s.de>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:20:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added newfeatures.tex

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 \markboth{Bacula Manual}{}
 \pagenumbering{arabic}
 \include{general}
+\include{newfeatures}
 \include{state}
 \include{requirements}
 \include{supportedoses}
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+%%
+%%
+
+\chapter{New Features}
+\label{NewFeaturesChapter}
+\index[general]{New Features}
+
+This chapter presents the new features added to the development 2.5.x
+versions to be released as Bacula version 3.0.0 near the end of 2008.
+
+\section{Virtual Backup (Vbackup)}
+\index[general]{Virtual Backup}
+\index[general]{Vbackup}
+
+Bacula's virtual backup feature is often called Synthetic Backup or
+Consolidation in other backup products.  It permits you to consolidate
+the previous Full backup plus the most recent Differential backup and any
+subsequent Incremental backups into a new Full backup. This is accomplished
+without contacting the client by reading the previous backup data and 
+writing it to a volume in a different pool.  
+
+In some respects the Vbackup feature works similar to a Migration job, in
+that Bacula normally reads the data from the pool specified in the 
+Job resource, and writes it to the \bf{Next Pool} specified in the 
+Job resource.  The input Storage resource and the Output Storage resource
+must be different.
+
+The Vbackup is enabled on a Job by Job in the Job resource by specifying
+a level of \bf{VirtualFull}.
+
+A typical Job resource definition might look like the following:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+Job {
+  Name = "MyBackup"
+  Type = Backup
+  Client=localhost-fd
+  FileSet = "Full Set"
+  Storage = File
+  Messages = Standard
+  Pool = Default
+  SpoolData = yes
+}
+
+# Default pool definition
+Pool {
+  Name = Default
+  Pool Type = Backup
+  Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
+  AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
+  Volume Retention = 365d             # one year
+  NextPool = Full
+  Storage = File
+}
+
+Pool {
+  Name = Full
+  Pool Type = Backup
+  Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
+  AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
+  Volume Retention = 365d             # one year
+  Storage = DiskChanger
+}
+
+# Definition of file storage device
+Storage {
+  Name = File
+  Address = localhost
+  Password = "xxx"
+  Device = FileStorage
+  Media Type = File
+  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
+}
+
+# Definition of DDS Virtual tape disk storage device
+Storage {
+  Name = DiskChanger
+  Address = localhost                # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
+  Password = "yyy"
+  Device = DiskChanger
+  Media Type = DiskChangerMedia
+  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 4
+  Autochanger = yes
+}
+\end{verbatim}
+
+Then in bconsole or via a Run schedule, you would run the job as:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+run job=MyBackup level=Full
+run job=MyBackup level=Incremental
+run job=MyBackup level=Differential
+run job=MyBackup level=Incremental
+run job=MyBackup level=Incremental
+\end{verbatim}
+
+So providing there were changes between each of those jobs, you would end up with
+a Full backup, a Differential, which includes the first Incremental backup, then two
+Incremental backups.  All the above jobs would be written to the \bf{Default} pool.
+
+To consolidate those backups into a new Full backup, you would run the following:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+run job=MyBackup level=VirtualFull
+\end{verbatim}
+
+And it would produce a new Full backup without using the client, and the output would
+be written to the \bf{Full} Pool which uses the Diskchanger Storage.
+
+
+
+
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