From c9fac3976765f052bf8ad8df6eb1c4c4e2605eff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kern Sibbald Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:44:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updates --- docs/home-page/news.txt | 8 ++-- docs/home-page/pages/professional.php | 24 +++++++++++ docs/manual/dirdconf.tex | 59 ++++++++++++++------------- docs/manual/restore.tex | 5 ++- 4 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/home-page/news.txt b/docs/home-page/news.txt index 3ec15ec1..ec358964 100644 --- a/docs/home-page/news.txt +++ b/docs/home-page/news.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Kern;;;2005/09/12;;;21:08 +Kern;;;2005/09/25;;;21:08 Results to date of donations for the Data Encryption project -12 September 2005 +25 September 2005 Donor: Amount: WingNET Internet $500 Timo Neuvonen $250 @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ Results to date of donations for the Data Encryption project Felix Schwarz $60 ClarkConnect $500 Andrew Ford $25 - Ciphire Labs GmbH $?? INetU, Inc $1000 - Goal: $3000 Total: $2,750 + Jo at Winfix.it $70 + Goal: $3000 Total: $2,820 Note, the official list is kept by Landon at: diff --git a/docs/home-page/pages/professional.php b/docs/home-page/pages/professional.php index 40918c0e..eae35529 100644 --- a/docs/home-page/pages/professional.php +++ b/docs/home-page/pages/professional.php @@ -202,6 +202,30 @@
+ + + WinFix.IT + + + + Jo at WinFix.IT
+
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+   +32 (0)478-33 76 27
+
+ Set up of SAMBA File and Print servers/domain controllers, mail + servers (Postfix) with spam/virus killers + (Spamassassin/Amavis/Clamav/BitDefender) + and backup (with Bacula of course). Network monitoring with Nagios. +
+ http://www.WinFix.IT
+ + + +
+ + diff --git a/docs/manual/dirdconf.tex b/docs/manual/dirdconf.tex index a9c516aa..ac0512c4 100644 --- a/docs/manual/dirdconf.tex +++ b/docs/manual/dirdconf.tex @@ -2065,35 +2065,39 @@ not The Volume Retention directive defines the length of time that {\bf Bacula} will keep Job records associated with the Volume in the Catalog database. When this time period expires, and if {\bf AutoPrune} is set to {\bf yes} - Bacula will prune (remove) Job records that are older than the specified - Volume Retention period. All File records associated with pruned Jobs are + Bacula may prune (remove) Job records that are older than the specified + Volume Retention period if it is necessary to free up a Volume. + Recycling will not occur until it is absolutely necessary to free up a + volume. All File records associated with pruned Jobs are also pruned. The time may be specified as seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, quarters, or years. The {\bf Volume Retention} applied independently to the {\bf Job Retention} and the {\bf File Retention} -periods - defined in the Client resource. This means that the shorter period is the - one that applies. Note, that when the {\bf Volume Retention} period has been - reached, it will prune both the Job and the File records. + periods + defined in the Client resource. This means that the shorter period is + the one that applies. Note, that when the {\bf Volume Retention} period + has been reached, and it is necessary to obtain a new volume, Bacula + will prune both the Job and the File records. + + It is important to know that when the Volume Retention period expires, + Bacula does not automatically recycle a Volume. It attempts to keep the + Volume data intact as long as possible before pruning it. - The default is 365 days. Note, this directive sets the default value for -each - Volume entry in the Catalog when the Volume is created. The value in the - catalog may be later individually changed for each Volume using the Console - program. + The default is 365 days. Note, this directive sets the default value + for each Volume entry in the Catalog when the Volume is created. The + value in the catalog may be later individually changed for each Volume + using the Console program. - By defining multiple Pools with different Volume Retention periods, you may - effectively have a set of tapes that is recycled weekly, another Pool of - tapes that is recycled monthly and so on. However, one must keep in mind -that - if your {\bf Volume Retention} period is too short, it may prune the last - valid Full backup, and hence until the next Full backup is done, you will -not - have a complete backup of your system, and in addition, the next -Incremental - or Differential backup will be promoted to a Full backup. As a consequence, - the minimum {\bf Volume Retention} period should be at twice the interval of - your Full backups. This means that if you do a Full backup once a month, the - minimum Volume retention period should be two months. + By defining multiple Pools with different Volume Retention periods, you + may effectively have a set of tapes that is recycled weekly, another + Pool of tapes that is recycled monthly and so on. However, one must + keep in mind that if your {\bf Volume Retention} period is too short, it + may prune the last valid Full backup, and hence until the next Full + backup is done, you will not have a complete backup of your system, and + in addition, the next Incremental or Differential backup will be + promoted to a Full backup. As a consequence, the minimum {\bf Volume + Retention} period should be at twice the interval of your Full backups. + This means that if you do a Full backup once a month, the minimum Volume + retention period should be two months. Please note that the value defined by this directive in the bacula-dir.conf file is the default value used when a Volume is created. Once the volume is @@ -2197,10 +2201,9 @@ cleaning tapes. \item [Label Format = \lt{}format\gt{}] \index[dir]{Label Format } - This directive specifies the format of the labels contained in this pool. -The -format directive is used as a sort of template to create new Volume names -during automatic Volume labeling. + This directive specifies the format of the labels contained in this + pool. The format directive is used as a sort of template to create new + Volume names during automatic Volume labeling. The {\bf format} should be specified in double quotes, and consists of letters, numbers and the special characters hyphen ({\bf -}), underscore diff --git a/docs/manual/restore.tex b/docs/manual/restore.tex index 1e2c7094..79487cf9 100644 --- a/docs/manual/restore.tex +++ b/docs/manual/restore.tex @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ a predefined {\bf restore} job in your {\bf bacula-dir.conf} (Director's config) file. The exact parameters (Client, FileSet, ...) that you define are not important as you can either modify them manually before running the job or if you use the {\bf restore} command, explained below, Bacula will -automatically set them for you. +automatically set them for you. In fact, you can no longer simply run a restore +job. You must use the restore command. Since Bacula is a network backup program, you must be aware that when you restore files, it is up to you to ensure that you or Bacula have selected the @@ -814,7 +815,7 @@ listed. \item [mark] \index[dir]{mark } - The {\bf mark} command allows you to mark files to be restored. It takes a + The {\bf mark} command allows you to mark files to be restored. It takes a single argument which is the filename or directory name in the current directory to be marked for extraction. The argument may be a wildcard specification, in which case all files that match in the current directory -- 2.39.2