4 \chapter{Configuring the Director}
5 \label{DirectorChapter}
6 \index[general]{Director!Configuring the}
7 \index[general]{Configuring the Director}
9 Of all the configuration files needed to run {\bf Bacula}, the Director's is
10 the most complicated, and the one that you will need to modify the most often
11 as you add clients or modify the FileSets.
13 For a general discussion of configuration files and resources including the
14 data types recognized by {\bf Bacula}. Please see the
15 \ilink{Configuration}{ConfigureChapter} chapter of this manual.
17 \section{Director Resource Types}
18 \index[general]{Types!Director Resource}
19 \index[general]{Director Resource Types}
21 Director resource type may be one of the following:
23 Job, JobDefs, Client, Storage, Catalog, Schedule, FileSet, Pool, Director, or
24 Messages. We present them here in the most logical order for defining them:
26 Note, everything revolves around a job and is tied to a job in one
31 \ilink{Director}{DirectorResource4} -- to define the Director's
32 name and its access password used for authenticating the Console program.
33 Only a single Director resource definition may appear in the Director's
34 configuration file. If you have either {\bf /dev/random} or {\bf bc} on your
35 machine, Bacula will generate a random password during the configuration
36 process, otherwise it will be left blank.
38 \ilink{Job}{JobResource} -- to define the backup/restore Jobs
39 and to tie together the Client, FileSet and Schedule resources to be used
40 for each Job. Normally, you will Jobs of different names corresponding
41 to each client (i.e. one Job per client, but a different one with a different name
44 \ilink{JobDefs}{JobDefsResource} -- optional resource for
45 providing defaults for Job resources.
47 \ilink{Schedule}{ScheduleResource} -- to define when a Job is to
48 be automatically run by {\bf Bacula's} internal scheduler. You
49 may have any number of Schedules, but each job will reference only
52 \ilink{FileSet}{FileSetResource} -- to define the set of files
53 to be backed up for each Client. You may have any number of
54 FileSets but each Job will reference only one.
56 \ilink{Client}{ClientResource2} -- to define what Client is to be
57 backed up. You will generally have multiple Client definitions. Each
58 Job will reference only a single client.
60 \ilink{Storage}{StorageResource2} -- to define on what physical
61 device the Volumes should be mounted. You may have one or
62 more Storage definitions.
64 \ilink{Pool}{PoolResource} -- to define the pool of Volumes
65 that can be used for a particular Job. Most people use a
66 single default Pool. However, if you have a large number
67 of clients or volumes, you may want to have multiple Pools.
68 Pools allow you to restrict a Job (or a Client) to use
69 only a particular set of Volumes.
71 \ilink{Catalog}{CatalogResource} -- to define in what database to
72 keep the list of files and the Volume names where they are backed up.
73 Most people only use a single catalog. However, if you want to
74 scale the Director to many clients, multiple catalogs can be helpful.
75 Multiple catalogs require a bit more management because in general
76 you must know what catalog contains what data. Currently, all
77 Pools are defined in each catalog. This restriction will be removed
80 \ilink{Messages}{MessagesChapter} -- to define where error and
81 information messages are to be sent or logged. You may define
82 multiple different message resources and hence direct particular
83 classes of messages to different users or locations (files, ...).
86 \section{The Director Resource}
87 \label{DirectorResource4}
88 \index[general]{Director Resource}
89 \index[general]{Resource!Director}
91 The Director resource defines the attributes of the Directors running on the
92 network. In the current implementation, there is only a single Director
93 resource, but the final design will contain multiple Directors to maintain
94 index and media database redundancy.
100 Start of the Director resource. One and only one director resource must be
103 \item [Name = \lt{}name\gt{}]
105 \index[dir]{Directive!Name}
106 The director name used by the system administrator. This directive is
109 \item [Description = \lt{}text\gt{}]
110 \index[dir]{Description}
111 \index[dir]{Directive!Description}
112 The text field contains a description of the Director that will be displayed
113 in the graphical user interface. This directive is optional.
115 \item [Password = \lt{}UA-password\gt{}]
116 \index[dir]{Password}
117 \index[dir]{Directive!Password}
118 Specifies the password that must be supplied for the default Bacula
119 Console to be authorized. The same password must appear in the {\bf
120 Director} resource of the Console configuration file. For added
121 security, the password is never passed across the network but instead a
122 challenge response hash code created with the password. This directive
123 is required. If you have either {\bf /dev/random} or {\bf bc} on your
124 machine, Bacula will generate a random password during the configuration
125 process, otherwise it will be left blank and you must manually supply
128 The password is plain text. It is not generated through any special
129 process but as noted above, it is better to use random text for
132 \item [Messages = \lt{}Messages-resource-name\gt{}]
133 \index[dir]{Messages}
134 \index[dir]{Directive!Messages}
135 The messages resource specifies where to deliver Director messages that are
136 not associated with a specific Job. Most messages are specific to a job and
137 will be directed to the Messages resource specified by the job. However,
138 there are a few messages that can occur when no job is running. This
139 directive is required.
141 \item [Working Directory = \lt{}Directory\gt{}]
142 \index[dir]{Working Directory}
143 \index[dir]{Directive!Working Directory}
144 This directive is mandatory and specifies a directory in which the Director
145 may put its status files. This directory should be used only by Bacula but
146 may be shared by other Bacula daemons. However, please note, if this
147 directory is shared with other Bacula daemons (the File daemon and Storage
148 daemon), you must ensure that the {\bf Name} given to each daemon is
149 unique so that the temporary filenames used do not collide. By default
150 the Bacula configure process creates unique daemon names by postfixing them
151 with -dir, -fd, and -sd. Standard shell expansion of the {\bf
152 Directory} is done when the configuration file is read so that values such
153 as {\bf \$HOME} will be properly expanded. This directive is required.
154 The working directory specified must already exist and be
155 readable and writable by the Bacula daemon referencing it.
157 If you have specified a Director user and/or a Director group on your
158 ./configure line with {\bf {-}{-}with-dir-user} and/or
159 {\bf {-}{-}with-dir-group} the Working Directory owner and group will
160 be set to those values.
162 \item [Pid Directory = \lt{}Directory\gt{}]
163 \index[dir]{Pid Directory}
164 \index[dir]{Directive!Pid Directory}
165 This directive is mandatory and specifies a directory in which the Director
166 may put its process Id file. The process Id file is used to shutdown
167 Bacula and to prevent multiple copies of Bacula from running simultaneously.
168 Standard shell expansion of the {\bf Directory} is done when the
169 configuration file is read so that values such as {\bf \$HOME} will be
172 The PID directory specified must already exist and be
173 readable and writable by the Bacula daemon referencing it
175 Typically on Linux systems, you will set this to: {\bf /var/run}. If you are
176 not installing Bacula in the system directories, you can use the {\bf Working
177 Directory} as defined above. This directive is required.
179 \item [Scripts Directory = \lt{}Directory\gt{}]
180 \index[dir]{Scripts Directory}
181 \index[dir]{Directive!Scripts Directory}
182 This directive is optional and, if defined, specifies a directory in
183 which the Director will look for the Python startup script {\bf
184 DirStartup.py}. This directory may be shared by other Bacula daemons.
185 Standard shell expansion of the directory is done when the configuration
186 file is read so that values such as {\bf \$HOME} will be properly
189 \item [QueryFile = \lt{}Path\gt{}]
190 \index[dir]{QueryFile}
191 \index[dir]{Directive!QueryFile}
192 This directive is mandatory and specifies a directory and file in which
193 the Director can find the canned SQL statements for the {\bf Query}
194 command of the Console. Standard shell expansion of the {\bf Path} is
195 done when the configuration file is read so that values such as {\bf
196 \$HOME} will be properly expanded. This directive is required.
198 \item [Heartbeat Interval = \lt{}time-interval\gt{}]
199 \index[dir]{Heartbeat Interval}
200 \index[dir]{Directive!Heartbeat}
201 This directive is optional and if specified will cause the Director to
202 set a keepalive interval (heartbeat) in seconds on each of the sockets
203 it opens for the Client resource. This value will override any
204 specified at the Director level. It is implemented only on systems
205 (Linux, ...) that provide the {\bf setsockopt} TCP\_KEEPIDLE function.
206 The default value is zero, which means no change is made to the socket.
209 \label{DirMaxConJobs}
210 \item [Maximum Concurrent Jobs = \lt{}number\gt{}]
211 \index[dir]{Maximum Concurrent Jobs}
212 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum Concurrent Jobs}
213 \index[general]{Simultaneous Jobs}
214 \index[general]{Concurrent Jobs}
215 where \lt{}number\gt{} is the maximum number of total Director Jobs that
216 should run concurrently. The default is set to 1, but you may set it to a
219 The Volume format becomes more complicated with
220 multiple simultaneous jobs, consequently, restores may take longer if
221 Bacula must sort through interleaved volume blocks from multiple simultaneous
222 jobs. This can be avoided by having each simultaneous job write to
223 a different volume or by using data spooling, which will first spool the data
224 to disk simultaneously, then write one spool file at a time to the volume
225 thus avoiding excessive interleaving of the different job blocks.
227 \item [FD Connect Timeout = \lt{}time\gt{}]
228 \index[dir]{FD Connect Timeout}
229 \index[dir]{Directive!FD Connect Timeout}
230 where {\bf time} is the time that the Director should continue
231 attempting to contact the File daemon to start a job, and after which
232 the Director will cancel the job. The default is 30 minutes.
234 \item [SD Connect Timeout = \lt{}time\gt{}]
235 \index[dir]{SD Connect Timeout}
236 \index[dir]{Directive!SD Connect Timeout}
237 where {\bf time} is the time that the Director should continue
238 attempting to contact the Storage daemon to start a job, and after which
239 the Director will cancel the job. The default is 30 minutes.
241 \item [DirAddresses = \lt{}IP-address-specification\gt{}]
242 \index[dir]{DirAddresses}
244 \index[general]{Address}
245 \index[dir]{Directive!DirAddresses}
246 Specify the ports and addresses on which the Director daemon will listen
247 for Bacula Console connections. Probably the simplest way to explain
248 this is to show an example:
253 ip = { addr = 1.2.3.4; port = 1205;}
255 addr = 1.2.3.4; port = http;}
264 ip = { addr = 1.2.3.4 }
265 ip = { addr = 201:220:222::2 }
267 addr = bluedot.thun.net
273 where ip, ip4, ip6, addr, and port are all keywords. Note, that the address
274 can be specified as either a dotted quadruple, or IPv6 colon notation, or as
275 a symbolic name (only in the ip specification). Also, port can be specified
276 as a number or as the mnemonic value from the /etc/services file. If a port
277 is not specified, the default will be used. If an ip section is specified,
278 the resolution can be made either by IPv4 or IPv6. If ip4 is specified, then
279 only IPv4 resolutions will be permitted, and likewise with ip6.
281 Please note that if you use the DirAddresses directive, you must
282 not use either a DirPort or a DirAddress directive in the same
285 \item [DirPort = \lt{}port-number\gt{}]
287 \index[dir]{Directive!DirPort}
288 Specify the port (a positive integer) on which the Director daemon will
289 listen for Bacula Console connections. This same port number must be
290 specified in the Director resource of the Console configuration file. The
291 default is 9101, so normally this directive need not be specified. This
292 directive should not be used if you specify DirAddresses (N.B plural)
295 \item [DirAddress = \lt{}IP-Address\gt{}]
296 \index[dir]{DirAddress}
297 \index[dir]{Directive!DirAddress}
298 This directive is optional, but if it is specified, it will cause the
299 Director server (for the Console program) to bind to the specified {\bf
300 IP-Address}, which is either a domain name or an IP address specified as a
301 dotted quadruple in string or quoted string format. If this directive is
302 not specified, the Director will bind to any available address (the
303 default). Note, unlike the DirAddresses specification noted above, this
304 directive only permits a single address to be specified. This directive
305 should not be used if you specify a DirAddresses (N.B. plural) directive.
307 \item [DirSourceAddress = \lt{}IP-Address\gt{}]
308 \index[fd]{DirSourceAddress}
309 \index[fd]{Directive!DirSourceAddress}
310 This record is optional, and if it is specified, it will cause the Director
311 server (when initiating connections to a storage or file daemon) to source
312 its connections from the specified address. Only a single IP address may be
313 specified. If this record is not specified, the Director server will source
314 its outgoing connections according to the system routing table (the default).
316 \item[Statistics Retention = \lt{}time\gt{}]
317 \index[dir]{StatisticsRetention}
318 \index[dir]{Directive!StatisticsRetention}
319 \label{PruneStatistics}
321 The \texttt{Statistics Retention} directive defines the length of time that
322 Bacula will keep statistics job records in the Catalog database after the
323 Job End time. (In \texttt{JobHistory} table) When this time period expires,
324 and if user runs \texttt{prune stats} command, Bacula will prune (remove)
325 Job records that are older than the specified period.
327 Theses statistics records aren't use for restore purpose, but mainly for
328 capacity planning, billings, etc. See \ilink{Statistics chapter} for
329 additional information.
331 See the \ilink{ Configuration chapter}{Time} of this manual for additional
332 details of time specification.
334 The default is 5 years.
336 \item[VerId = \lt{}string\gt{}]
337 \index[dir]{Directive!VerId}
338 where \lt{}string\gt{} is an identifier which can be used for support purpose.
339 This string is displayed using the \texttt{version} command.
341 \item[MaximumConsoleConnections = \lt{}number\gt{}]
342 \index[dir]{MaximumConsoleConnections}
343 \index[dir]{Directive!MaximumConsoleConnections}
345 where \lt{}number\gt{} is the maximum number of Console Connections that
346 could run concurrently. The default is set to 20, but you may set it to a
351 The following is an example of a valid Director resource definition:
357 WorkingDirectory = "$HOME/bacula/bin/working"
358 Password = UA_password
359 PidDirectory = "$HOME/bacula/bin/working"
360 QueryFile = "$HOME/bacula/bin/query.sql"
366 \section{The Job Resource}
368 \index[general]{Resource!Job}
369 \index[general]{Job Resource}
371 The Job resource defines a Job (Backup, Restore, ...) that Bacula must
372 perform. Each Job resource definition contains the name of a Client and
373 a FileSet to backup, the Schedule for the Job, where the data
374 are to be stored, and what media Pool can be used. In effect, each Job
375 resource must specify What, Where, How, and When or FileSet, Storage,
376 Backup/Restore/Level, and Schedule respectively. Note, the FileSet must
377 be specified for a restore job for historical reasons, but it is no longer used.
379 Only a single type ({\bf Backup}, {\bf Restore}, ...) can be specified for any
380 job. If you want to backup multiple FileSets on the same Client or multiple
381 Clients, you must define a Job for each one.
383 Note, you define only a single Job to do the Full, Differential, and
384 Incremental backups since the different backup levels are tied together by
385 a unique Job name. Normally, you will have only one Job per Client, but
386 if a client has a really huge number of files (more than several million),
387 you might want to split it into to Jobs each with a different FileSet
388 covering only part of the total files.
390 Multiple Storage daemons are not currently supported for Jobs, so if
391 you do want to use multiple storage daemons, you will need to create
392 a different Job and ensure that for each Job that the combination of
393 Client and FileSet are unique. The Client and FileSet are what Bacula
394 uses to restore a client, so if there are multiple Jobs with the same
395 Client and FileSet or multiple Storage daemons that are used, the
396 restore will not work. This problem can be resolved by defining multiple
397 FileSet definitions (the names must be different, but the contents of
398 the FileSets may be the same).
405 \index[dir]{Directive!Job}
406 Start of the Job resource. At least one Job resource is required.
408 \item [Name = \lt{}name\gt{}]
410 \index[dir]{Directive!Name}
411 The Job name. This name can be specified on the {\bf Run} command in the
412 console program to start a job. If the name contains spaces, it must be
413 specified between quotes. It is generally a good idea to give your job the
414 same name as the Client that it will backup. This permits easy
415 identification of jobs.
417 When the job actually runs, the unique Job Name will consist of the name you
418 specify here followed by the date and time the job was scheduled for
419 execution. This directive is required.
421 \item [Enabled = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
423 \index[dir]{Directive!Enable}
424 This directive allows you to enable or disable automatic execution
425 via the scheduler of a Job.
427 \item [Type = \lt{}job-type\gt{}]
429 \index[dir]{Directive!Type}
430 The {\bf Type} directive specifies the Job type, which may be one of the
431 following: {\bf Backup}, {\bf Restore}, {\bf Verify}, or {\bf Admin}. This
432 directive is required. Within a particular Job Type, there are also Levels
433 as discussed in the next item.
439 Run a backup Job. Normally you will have at least one Backup job for each
440 client you want to save. Normally, unless you turn off cataloging, most all
441 the important statistics and data concerning files backed up will be placed
446 Run a restore Job. Normally, you will specify only one Restore job
447 which acts as a sort of prototype that you will modify using the console
448 program in order to perform restores. Although certain basic
449 information from a Restore job is saved in the catalog, it is very
450 minimal compared to the information stored for a Backup job -- for
451 example, no File database entries are generated since no Files are
454 {\bf Restore} jobs cannot be
455 automatically started by the scheduler as is the case for Backup, Verify
456 and Admin jobs. To restore files, you must use the {\bf restore} command
462 Run a verify Job. In general, {\bf verify} jobs permit you to compare the
463 contents of the catalog to the file system, or to what was backed up. In
464 addition, to verifying that a tape that was written can be read, you can
465 also use {\bf verify} as a sort of tripwire intrusion detection.
469 Run an admin Job. An {\bf Admin} job can be used to periodically run catalog
470 pruning, if you do not want to do it at the end of each {\bf Backup} Job.
471 Although an Admin job is recorded in the catalog, very little data is saved.
476 \item [Level = \lt{}job-level\gt{}]
478 \index[dir]{Directive!Level}
479 The Level directive specifies the default Job level to be run. Each
480 different Job Type (Backup, Restore, ...) has a different set of Levels
481 that can be specified. The Level is normally overridden by a different
482 value that is specified in the {\bf Schedule} resource. This directive
483 is not required, but must be specified either by a {\bf Level} directive
484 or as an override specified in the {\bf Schedule} resource.
486 For a {\bf Backup} Job, the Level may be one of the following:
492 When the Level is set to Full all files in the FileSet whether or not
493 they have changed will be backed up.
496 \index[dir]{Incremental}
497 When the Level is set to Incremental all files specified in the FileSet
498 that have changed since the last successful backup of the the same Job
499 using the same FileSet and Client, will be backed up. If the Director
500 cannot find a previous valid Full backup then the job will be upgraded
501 into a Full backup. When the Director looks for a valid backup record
502 in the catalog database, it looks for a previous Job with:
505 \item The same Job name.
506 \item The same Client name.
507 \item The same FileSet (any change to the definition of the FileSet such as
508 adding or deleting a file in the Include or Exclude sections constitutes a
510 \item The Job was a Full, Differential, or Incremental backup.
511 \item The Job terminated normally (i.e. did not fail or was not canceled).
512 \item The Job started no longer ago than {\bf Max Full Interval}.
515 If all the above conditions do not hold, the Director will upgrade the
516 Incremental to a Full save. Otherwise, the Incremental backup will be
517 performed as requested.
519 The File daemon (Client) decides which files to backup for an
520 Incremental backup by comparing start time of the prior Job (Full,
521 Differential, or Incremental) against the time each file was last
522 "modified" (st\_mtime) and the time its attributes were last
523 "changed"(st\_ctime). If the file was modified or its attributes
524 changed on or after this start time, it will then be backed up.
526 Some virus scanning software may change st\_ctime while
527 doing the scan. For example, if the virus scanning program attempts to
528 reset the access time (st\_atime), which Bacula does not use, it will
529 cause st\_ctime to change and hence Bacula will backup the file during
530 an Incremental or Differential backup. In the case of Sophos virus
531 scanning, you can prevent it from resetting the access time (st\_atime)
532 and hence changing st\_ctime by using the {\bf \verb:--:no-reset-atime}
533 option. For other software, please see their manual.
535 When Bacula does an Incremental backup, all modified files that are
536 still on the system are backed up. However, any file that has been
537 deleted since the last Full backup remains in the Bacula catalog,
538 which means that if between a Full save and the time you do a
539 restore, some files are deleted, those deleted files will also be
540 restored. The deleted files will no longer appear in the catalog
541 after doing another Full save.
543 In addition, if you move a directory rather than copy it, the files in
544 it do not have their modification time (st\_mtime) or their attribute
545 change time (st\_ctime) changed. As a consequence, those files will
546 probably not be backed up by an Incremental or Differential backup which
547 depend solely on these time stamps. If you move a directory, and wish
548 it to be properly backed up, it is generally preferable to copy it, then
551 However, to manage deleted files or directories changes in the
552 catalog during an Incremental backup you can use \texttt{accurate}
553 mode. This is quite memory consuming process. See \ilink{Accurate
554 mode}{accuratemode} for more details.
557 \index[dir]{Differential}
558 When the Level is set to Differential
559 all files specified in the FileSet that have changed since the last
560 successful Full backup of the same Job will be backed up.
561 If the Director cannot find a
562 valid previous Full backup for the same Job, FileSet, and Client,
563 backup, then the Differential job will be upgraded into a Full backup.
564 When the Director looks for a valid Full backup record in the catalog
565 database, it looks for a previous Job with:
568 \item The same Job name.
569 \item The same Client name.
570 \item The same FileSet (any change to the definition of the FileSet such as
571 adding or deleting a file in the Include or Exclude sections constitutes a
573 \item The Job was a FULL backup.
574 \item The Job terminated normally (i.e. did not fail or was not canceled).
575 \item The Job started no longer ago than {\bf Max Full Interval}.
578 If all the above conditions do not hold, the Director will upgrade the
579 Differential to a Full save. Otherwise, the Differential backup will be
580 performed as requested.
582 The File daemon (Client) decides which files to backup for a
583 differential backup by comparing the start time of the prior Full backup
584 Job against the time each file was last "modified" (st\_mtime) and the
585 time its attributes were last "changed" (st\_ctime). If the file was
586 modified or its attributes were changed on or after this start time, it
587 will then be backed up. The start time used is displayed after the {\bf
588 Since} on the Job report. In rare cases, using the start time of the
589 prior backup may cause some files to be backed up twice, but it ensures
590 that no change is missed. As with the Incremental option, you should
591 ensure that the clocks on your server and client are synchronized or as
592 close as possible to avoid the possibility of a file being skipped.
593 Note, on versions 1.33 or greater Bacula automatically makes the
594 necessary adjustments to the time between the server and the client so
595 that the times Bacula uses are synchronized.
597 When Bacula does a Differential backup, all modified files that are
598 still on the system are backed up. However, any file that has been
599 deleted since the last Full backup remains in the Bacula catalog, which
600 means that if between a Full save and the time you do a restore, some
601 files are deleted, those deleted files will also be restored. The
602 deleted files will no longer appear in the catalog after doing another
603 Full save. However, to remove deleted files from the catalog during a
604 Differential backup is quite a time consuming process and not currently
605 implemented in Bacula. It is, however, a planned future feature.
607 As noted above, if you move a directory rather than copy it, the
608 files in it do not have their modification time (st\_mtime) or
609 their attribute change time (st\_ctime) changed. As a
610 consequence, those files will probably not be backed up by an
611 Incremental or Differential backup which depend solely on these
612 time stamps. If you move a directory, and wish it to be
613 properly backed up, it is generally preferable to copy it, then
614 delete the original. Alternatively, you can move the directory, then
615 use the {\bf touch} program to update the timestamps.
617 %% TODO: merge this with incremental
618 However, to manage deleted files or directories changes in the
619 catalog during an Differential backup you can use \texttt{accurate}
620 mode. This is quite memory consuming process. See \ilink{Accurate
621 mode}{accuratemode} for more details.
623 Every once and a while, someone asks why we need Differential
624 backups as long as Incremental backups pickup all changed files.
625 There are possibly many answers to this question, but the one
626 that is the most important for me is that a Differential backup
628 all the Incremental and Differential backups since the last Full backup
629 into a single Differential backup. This has two effects: 1. It gives
630 some redundancy since the old backups could be used if the merged backup
631 cannot be read. 2. More importantly, it reduces the number of Volumes
632 that are needed to do a restore effectively eliminating the need to read
633 all the volumes on which the preceding Incremental and Differential
634 backups since the last Full are done.
638 For a {\bf Restore} Job, no level needs to be specified.
640 For a {\bf Verify} Job, the Level may be one of the following:
645 \index[dir]{InitCatalog}
646 does a scan of the specified {\bf FileSet} and stores the file
647 attributes in the Catalog database. Since no file data is saved, you
648 might ask why you would want to do this. It turns out to be a very
649 simple and easy way to have a {\bf Tripwire} like feature using {\bf
650 Bacula}. In other words, it allows you to save the state of a set of
651 files defined by the {\bf FileSet} and later check to see if those files
652 have been modified or deleted and if any new files have been added.
653 This can be used to detect system intrusion. Typically you would
654 specify a {\bf FileSet} that contains the set of system files that
655 should not change (e.g. /sbin, /boot, /lib, /bin, ...). Normally, you
656 run the {\bf InitCatalog} level verify one time when your system is
657 first setup, and then once again after each modification (upgrade) to
658 your system. Thereafter, when your want to check the state of your
659 system files, you use a {\bf Verify} {\bf level = Catalog}. This
660 compares the results of your {\bf InitCatalog} with the current state of
665 Compares the current state of the files against the state previously
666 saved during an {\bf InitCatalog}. Any discrepancies are reported. The
667 items reported are determined by the {\bf verify} options specified on
668 the {\bf Include} directive in the specified {\bf FileSet} (see the {\bf
669 FileSet} resource below for more details). Typically this command will
670 be run once a day (or night) to check for any changes to your system
673 Please note! If you run two Verify Catalog jobs on the same client at
674 the same time, the results will certainly be incorrect. This is because
675 Verify Catalog modifies the Catalog database while running in order to
678 \item [VolumeToCatalog]
679 \index[dir]{VolumeToCatalog}
680 This level causes Bacula to read the file attribute data written to the
681 Volume from the last Job. The file attribute data are compared to the
682 values saved in the Catalog database and any differences are reported.
683 This is similar to the {\bf Catalog} level except that instead of
684 comparing the disk file attributes to the catalog database, the
685 attribute data written to the Volume is read and compared to the catalog
686 database. Although the attribute data including the signatures (MD5 or
687 SHA1) are compared, the actual file data is not compared (it is not in
690 Please note! If you run two Verify VolumeToCatalog jobs on the same
691 client at the same time, the results will certainly be incorrect. This
692 is because the Verify VolumeToCatalog modifies the Catalog database
695 \item [DiskToCatalog]
696 \index[dir]{DiskToCatalog}
697 This level causes Bacula to read the files as they currently are on
698 disk, and to compare the current file attributes with the attributes
699 saved in the catalog from the last backup for the job specified on the
700 {\bf VerifyJob} directive. This level differs from the {\bf Catalog}
701 level described above by the fact that it doesn't compare against a
702 previous Verify job but against a previous backup. When you run this
703 level, you must supply the verify options on your Include statements.
704 Those options determine what attribute fields are compared.
706 This command can be very useful if you have disk problems because it
707 will compare the current state of your disk against the last successful
708 backup, which may be several jobs.
710 Note, the current implementation (1.32c) does not identify files that
714 \item [Accurate = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
715 \index[dir]{Accurate}
716 In accurate mode, the File daemon knowns exactly which files were present
717 after the last backup. So it is able to handle deleted or renamed files.
719 When restoring a FileSet for a specified date (including "most
720 recent"), Bacula is able to restore exactly the files and
721 directories that existed at the time of the last backup prior to
722 that date including ensuring that deleted files are actually deleted,
723 and renamed directories are restored properly.
725 In this mode, the File daemon must keep data concerning all files in
726 memory. So you do not have sufficient memory, the restore may
727 either be terribly slow or fail.
729 %% $$ memory = \sum_{i=1}^{n}(strlen(path_i + file_i) + sizeof(CurFile))$$
731 For 500.000 files (a typical desktop linux system), it will require
732 approximately 64 Megabytes of RAM on your File daemon to hold the
733 required information.
735 \item [Verify Job = \lt{}Job-Resource-Name\gt{}]
736 \index[dir]{Verify Job}
737 \index[dir]{Directive!Verify Job}
738 If you run a verify job without this directive, the last job run will be
739 compared with the catalog, which means that you must immediately follow
740 a backup by a verify command. If you specify a {\bf Verify Job} Bacula
741 will find the last job with that name that ran. This permits you to run
742 all your backups, then run Verify jobs on those that you wish to be
743 verified (most often a {\bf VolumeToCatalog}) so that the tape just
746 \item [JobDefs = \lt{}JobDefs-Resource-Name\gt{}]
748 \index[dir]{Directive!JobDefs}
749 If a JobDefs-Resource-Name is specified, all the values contained in the
750 named JobDefs resource will be used as the defaults for the current Job.
751 Any value that you explicitly define in the current Job resource, will
752 override any defaults specified in the JobDefs resource. The use of
753 this directive permits writing much more compact Job resources where the
754 bulk of the directives are defined in one or more JobDefs. This is
755 particularly useful if you have many similar Jobs but with minor
756 variations such as different Clients. A simple example of the use of
757 JobDefs is provided in the default bacula-dir.conf file.
759 \item [Bootstrap = \lt{}bootstrap-file\gt{}]
760 \index[dir]{Bootstrap}
761 \index[dir]{Directive!Bootstrap}
762 The Bootstrap directive specifies a bootstrap file that, if provided,
763 will be used during {\bf Restore} Jobs and is ignored in other Job
764 types. The {\bf bootstrap} file contains the list of tapes to be used
765 in a restore Job as well as which files are to be restored.
766 Specification of this directive is optional, and if specified, it is
767 used only for a restore job. In addition, when running a Restore job
768 from the console, this value can be changed.
770 If you use the {\bf Restore} command in the Console program, to start a
771 restore job, the {\bf bootstrap} file will be created automatically from
772 the files you select to be restored.
774 For additional details of the {\bf bootstrap} file, please see
775 \ilink{Restoring Files with the Bootstrap File}{BootstrapChapter} chapter
778 \label{writebootstrap}
779 \item [Write Bootstrap = \lt{}bootstrap-file-specification\gt{}]
780 \index[dir]{Write Bootstrap}
781 \index[dir]{Directive!Write Bootstrap}
782 The {\bf writebootstrap} directive specifies a file name where Bacula
783 will write a {\bf bootstrap} file for each Backup job run. This
784 directive applies only to Backup Jobs. If the Backup job is a Full
785 save, Bacula will erase any current contents of the specified file
786 before writing the bootstrap records. If the Job is an Incremental
788 save, Bacula will append the current bootstrap record to the end of the
791 Using this feature, permits you to constantly have a bootstrap file that
792 can recover the current state of your system. Normally, the file
793 specified should be a mounted drive on another machine, so that if your
794 hard disk is lost, you will immediately have a bootstrap record
795 available. Alternatively, you should copy the bootstrap file to another
796 machine after it is updated. Note, it is a good idea to write a separate
797 bootstrap file for each Job backed up including the job that backs up
798 your catalog database.
800 If the {\bf bootstrap-file-specification} begins with a vertical bar
801 (\verb+|+), Bacula will use the specification as the name of a program to which
802 it will pipe the bootstrap record. It could for example be a shell
803 script that emails you the bootstrap record.
805 On versions 1.39.22 or greater, before opening the file or executing the
806 specified command, Bacula performs
807 \ilink{character substitution}{character substitution} like in RunScript
808 directive. To automatically manage your bootstrap files, you can use
809 this in your {\bf JobDefs} resources:
812 Write Bootstrap = "%c_%n.bsr"
817 For more details on using this file, please see the chapter entitled
818 \ilink{The Bootstrap File}{BootstrapChapter} of this manual.
820 \item [Client = \lt{}client-resource-name\gt{}]
822 \index[dir]{Directive!Client}
823 The Client directive specifies the Client (File daemon) that will be used in
824 the current Job. Only a single Client may be specified in any one Job. The
825 Client runs on the machine to be backed up, and sends the requested files to
826 the Storage daemon for backup, or receives them when restoring. For
827 additional details, see the
828 \ilink{Client Resource section}{ClientResource2} of this chapter.
829 This directive is required.
831 \item [FileSet = \lt{}FileSet-resource-name\gt{}]
833 \index[dir]{Directive!FileSet}
834 The FileSet directive specifies the FileSet that will be used in the
835 current Job. The FileSet specifies which directories (or files) are to
836 be backed up, and what options to use (e.g. compression, ...). Only a
837 single FileSet resource may be specified in any one Job. For additional
838 details, see the \ilink{FileSet Resource section}{FileSetResource} of
839 this chapter. This directive is required.
841 \item [Base = \lt{}job-resource-name, ...\gt{}]
843 \index[dir]{Directive!Base}
844 The Base directive permits to specify the list of jobs that will be used during
845 Full backup as base. This directive is optional. See the \ilink{Base Job
846 chapter}{basejobs} for more information.
848 \item [Messages = \lt{}messages-resource-name\gt{}]
849 \index[dir]{Messages}
850 \index[dir]{Directive!Messages}
851 The Messages directive defines what Messages resource should be used for
852 this job, and thus how and where the various messages are to be
853 delivered. For example, you can direct some messages to a log file, and
854 others can be sent by email. For additional details, see the
855 \ilink{Messages Resource}{MessagesChapter} Chapter of this manual. This
856 directive is required.
858 \item [Pool = \lt{}pool-resource-name\gt{}]
860 \index[dir]{Directive!Pool}
861 The Pool directive defines the pool of Volumes where your data can be
862 backed up. Many Bacula installations will use only the {\bf Default}
863 pool. However, if you want to specify a different set of Volumes for
864 different Clients or different Jobs, you will probably want to use
865 Pools. For additional details, see the \ilink{Pool Resource
866 section}{PoolResource} of this chapter. This directive is required.
868 \item [Full Backup Pool = \lt{}pool-resource-name\gt{}]
869 \index[dir]{Full Backup Pool}
870 \index[dir]{Directive!Full Backup Pool}
871 The {\it Full Backup Pool} specifies a Pool to be used for Full backups.
872 It will override any Pool specification during a Full backup. This
873 directive is optional.
875 \item [Differential Backup Pool = \lt{}pool-resource-name\gt{}]
876 \index[dir]{Differential Backup Pool}
877 \index[dir]{Directive!Differential Backup Pool}
878 The {\it Differential Backup Pool} specifies a Pool to be used for
879 Differential backups. It will override any Pool specification during a
880 Differential backup. This directive is optional.
882 \item [Incremental Backup Pool = \lt{}pool-resource-name\gt{}]
883 \index[dir]{Incremental Backup Pool}
884 \index[dir]{Directive!Incremental Backup Pool}
885 The {\it Incremental Backup Pool} specifies a Pool to be used for
886 Incremental backups. It will override any Pool specification during an
887 Incremental backup. This directive is optional.
889 \item [Schedule = \lt{}schedule-name\gt{}]
890 \index[dir]{Schedule}
891 \index[dir]{Directive!Schedule}
892 The Schedule directive defines what schedule is to be used for the Job.
893 The schedule in turn determines when the Job will be automatically
894 started and what Job level (i.e. Full, Incremental, ...) is to be run.
895 This directive is optional, and if left out, the Job can only be started
896 manually using the Console program. Although you may specify only a
897 single Schedule resource for any one job, the Schedule resource may
898 contain multiple {\bf Run} directives, which allow you to run the Job at
899 many different times, and each {\bf run} directive permits overriding
900 the default Job Level Pool, Storage, and Messages resources. This gives
901 considerable flexibility in what can be done with a single Job. For
902 additional details, see the \ilink{Schedule Resource
903 Chapter}{ScheduleResource} of this manual.
906 \item [Storage = \lt{}storage-resource-name\gt{}]
908 \index[dir]{Directive!Storage}
909 The Storage directive defines the name of the storage services where you
910 want to backup the FileSet data. For additional details, see the
911 \ilink{Storage Resource Chapter}{StorageResource2} of this manual.
912 The Storage resource may also be specified in the Job's Pool resource,
913 in which case the value in the Pool resource overrides any value
914 in the Job. This Storage resource definition is not required by either
915 the Job resource or in the Pool, but it must be specified in
916 one or the other, if not an error will result.
918 \item [Max Start Delay = \lt{}time\gt{}]
919 \index[dir]{Max Start Delay}
920 \index[dir]{Directive!Max Start Delay}
921 The time specifies the maximum delay between the scheduled time and the
922 actual start time for the Job. For example, a job can be scheduled to
923 run at 1:00am, but because other jobs are running, it may wait to run.
924 If the delay is set to 3600 (one hour) and the job has not begun to run
925 by 2:00am, the job will be canceled. This can be useful, for example,
926 to prevent jobs from running during day time hours. The default is 0
927 which indicates no limit.
929 \item [Max Run Time = \lt{}time\gt{}]
930 \index[dir]{Max Run Time}
931 \index[dir]{Directive!Max Run Time}
932 The time specifies the maximum allowed time that a job may run, counted
933 from when the job starts, ({\bf not} necessarily the same as when the
936 \item [Incremental|Differential Max Wait Time = \lt{}time\gt{}]
937 \index[dir]{Incremental Wait Run Time}
938 \index[dir]{Differential Wait Run Time}
939 \index[dir]{Directive!Differential Max Wait Time}
940 Theses directives have been deprecated in favor of
941 \texttt{Incremental|Differential Max Run Time} since bacula 2.3.18.
943 \item [Incremental Max Run Time = \lt{}time\gt{}]
944 \index[dir]{Incremental Max Run Time}
945 \index[dir]{Directive!Incremental Max Run Time}
946 The time specifies the maximum allowed time that an Incremental backup job may
947 run, counted from when the job starts, ({\bf not} necessarily the same as when
948 the job was scheduled).
950 \item [Differential Max Wait Time = \lt{}time\gt{}]
951 \index[dir]{Differential Max Run Time}
952 \index[dir]{Directive!Differential Max Run Time}
953 The time specifies the maximum allowed time that a Differential backup job may
954 run, counted from when the job starts, ({\bf not} necessarily the same as when
955 the job was scheduled).
957 \item [Max Run Sched Time = \lt{}time\gt{}]
958 \index[dir]{Max Run Sched Time}
959 \index[dir]{Directive!Max Run Sched Time}
961 The time specifies the maximum allowed time that a job may run, counted from
962 when the job was scheduled. This can be useful to prevent jobs from running
963 during working hours. We can see it like \texttt{Max Start Delay + Max Run
966 \item [Max Wait Time = \lt{}time\gt{}]
967 \index[dir]{Max Wait Time}
968 \index[dir]{Directive!Max Wait Time}
969 The time specifies the maximum allowed time that a job may block waiting
970 for a resource (such as waiting for a tape to be mounted, or waiting for
971 the storage or file daemons to perform their duties), counted from the
972 when the job starts, ({\bf not} necessarily the same as when the job was
973 scheduled). This directive works as expected since bacula 2.3.18.
977 \includegraphics[width=13cm]{\idir different_time.eps}
978 \caption{Job time control directives}
979 \label{fig:differenttime}
982 \item [Maximum Bandwidth = \lt{}speed\gt{}]
983 \index[dir]{Maximum Bandwidth}
984 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum Bandwidth}
986 The speed parameter specifies the maximum allowed bandwidth that a job may
987 use. The speed parameter should be specified in k/s, kb/s, m/s or mb/s.
989 \item [Max Full Interval = \lt{}time\gt{}]
990 \index[dir]{Max Full Interval}
991 \index[dir]{Directive!Max Full Interval}
992 The time specifies the maximum allowed age (counting from start time) of
993 the most recent successful Full backup that is required in order to run
994 Incremental or Differential backup jobs. If the most recent Full backup
995 is older than this interval, Incremental and Differential backups will be
996 upgraded to Full backups automatically. If this directive is not present,
997 or specified as 0, then the age of the previous Full backup is not
1000 \label{PreferMountedVolumes}
1001 \item [Prefer Mounted Volumes = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1002 \index[dir]{Prefer Mounted Volumes}
1003 \index[dir]{Directive!Prefer Mounted Volumes}
1004 If the Prefer Mounted Volumes directive is set to {\bf yes} (default
1005 yes), the Storage daemon is requested to select either an Autochanger or
1006 a drive with a valid Volume already mounted in preference to a drive
1007 that is not ready. This means that all jobs will attempt to append
1008 to the same Volume (providing the Volume is appropriate -- right Pool,
1009 ... for that job), unless you are using multiple pools.
1010 If no drive with a suitable Volume is available, it
1011 will select the first available drive. Note, any Volume that has
1012 been requested to be mounted, will be considered valid as a mounted
1013 volume by another job. This if multiple jobs start at the same time
1014 and they all prefer mounted volumes, the first job will request the
1015 mount, and the other jobs will use the same volume.
1017 If the directive is set to {\bf no}, the Storage daemon will prefer
1018 finding an unused drive, otherwise, each job started will append to the
1019 same Volume (assuming the Pool is the same for all jobs). Setting
1020 Prefer Mounted Volumes to no can be useful for those sites
1021 with multiple drive autochangers that prefer to maximize backup
1022 throughput at the expense of using additional drives and Volumes.
1023 This means that the job will prefer to use an unused drive rather
1024 than use a drive that is already in use.
1026 Despite the above, we recommend against setting this directive to
1028 it tends to add a lot of swapping of Volumes between the different
1029 drives and can easily lead to deadlock situations in the Storage
1030 daemon. We will accept bug reports against it, but we cannot guarantee
1031 that we will be able to fix the problem in a reasonable time.
1033 A better alternative for using multiple drives is to use multiple
1034 pools so that Bacula will be forced to mount Volumes from those Pools
1035 on different drives.
1037 \item [Prune Jobs = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1038 \index[dir]{Prune Jobs}
1039 \index[dir]{Directive!Prune Jobs}
1040 Normally, pruning of Jobs from the Catalog is specified on a Pool by
1041 Pool basis in the Pool resource with the {\bf AutoPrune} directive.
1042 If this directive is specified (not normally) and the value is {\bf
1043 yes}, it will override the value specified in the Pool resource. The
1044 default is {\bf no}.
1047 \item [Prune Files = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1048 \index[dir]{Prune Files}
1049 \index[dir]{Directive!Prune Files}
1050 Normally, pruning of Files from the Catalog is specified on a Pool by
1051 Pool basis in the Pool resource with the {\bf AutoPrune} directive.
1052 If this directive is specified (not normally) and the value is {\bf
1053 yes}, it will override the value specified in the Pool resource. The
1054 default is {\bf no}.
1056 \item [Prune Volumes = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1057 \index[dir]{Prune Volumes}
1058 \index[dir]{Directive!Prune Volumes}
1059 Normally, pruning of Volumes from the Catalog is specified on a Pool
1060 by Pool basis in the Pool resource with the {\bf AutoPrune}
1061 directive. If this directive is specified (not normally) and the value
1062 is {\bf yes}, it will override the value specified in the Pool
1063 resource. The default is {\bf no}.
1065 \item [RunScript \{\lt{}body-of-runscript\gt{}\}]
1066 \index[dir]{RunScript}
1067 \index[dir]{Directive!Run Script}
1069 The RunScript directive behaves like a resource in that it
1070 requires opening and closing braces around a number of directives
1071 that make up the body of the runscript.
1073 The specified {\bf Command} (see below for details) is run as an external
1074 program prior or after the current Job. This is optional. By default, the
1075 program is executed on the Client side like in \texttt{ClientRunXXXJob}.
1077 \textbf{Console} options are special commands that are sent to the director instead
1078 of the OS. At this time, console command ouputs are redirected to log with
1081 You can use following console command : \texttt{delete}, \texttt{disable},
1082 \texttt{enable}, \texttt{estimate}, \texttt{list}, \texttt{llist},
1083 \texttt{memory}, \texttt{prune}, \texttt{purge}, \texttt{reload},
1084 \texttt{status}, \texttt{setdebug}, \texttt{show}, \texttt{time},
1085 \texttt{trace}, \texttt{update}, \texttt{version}, \texttt{.client},
1086 \texttt{.jobs}, \texttt{.pool}, \texttt{.storage}. See console chapter for
1087 more information. You need to specify needed information on command line, nothing
1088 will be prompted. Example :
1091 Console = "prune files client=%c"
1092 Console = "update stats age=3"
1095 You can specify more than one Command/Console option per RunScript.
1097 You can use following options may be specified in the body
1100 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|l}
1101 Options & Value & Default & Information \\
1104 Runs On Success & Yes/No & {\it Yes} & Run command if JobStatus is successful\\
1106 Runs On Failure & Yes/No & {\it No} & Run command if JobStatus isn't successful\\
1108 Runs On Client & Yes/No & {\it Yes} & Run command on client\\
1110 Runs When & Before|After|Always|\textsl{AfterVSS} & {\it Never} & When run commands\\
1112 Fail Job On Error & Yes/No & {\it Yes} & Fail job if script returns
1113 something different from 0 \\
1115 Command & & & Path to your script\\
1117 Console & & & Console command\\
1122 Any output sent by the command to standard output will be included in the
1123 Bacula job report. The command string must be a valid program name or name
1126 In addition, the command string is parsed then fed to the OS,
1127 which means that the path will be searched to execute your specified
1128 command, but there is no shell interpretation, as a consequence, if you
1129 invoke complicated commands or want any shell features such as redirection
1130 or piping, you must call a shell script and do it inside that script.
1132 Before submitting the specified command to the operating system, Bacula
1133 performs character substitution of the following characters:
1135 \label{character substitution}
1140 %d = Director's name
1141 %e = Job Exit Status
1148 %t = Job type (Backup, ...)
1149 %v = Volume name (Only on director side)
1154 Some character substitutions are not available in all situations. The Job Exit
1155 Status code \%e edits the following values:
1157 \index[dir]{Exit Status}
1164 \item Unknown term code
1167 Thus if you edit it on a command line, you will need to enclose
1168 it within some sort of quotes.
1171 You can use these following shortcuts:\\
1173 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c}
1174 Keyword & RunsOnSuccess & RunsOnFailure & FailJobOnError & Runs On Client & RunsWhen \\
1176 Run Before Job & & & Yes & No & Before \\
1178 Run After Job & Yes & No & & No & After \\
1180 Run After Failed Job & No & Yes & & No & After \\
1182 Client Run Before Job & & & Yes & Yes & Before \\
1184 Client Run After Job & Yes & No & & Yes & After \\
1192 Command = "/etc/init.d/apache stop"
1198 Command = "/etc/init.d/apache start"
1202 {\bf Notes about ClientRunBeforeJob}
1204 For compatibility reasons, with this shortcut, the command is executed
1205 directly when the client recieve it. And if the command is in error, other
1206 remote runscripts will be discarded. To be sure that all commands will be
1207 sent and executed, you have to use RunScript syntax.
1209 {\bf Special Windows Considerations}
1211 You can run scripts just after snapshots initializations with
1212 \textsl{AfterVSS} keyword.
1214 In addition, for a Windows client on version 1.33 and above, please take
1215 note that you must ensure a correct path to your script. The script or
1216 program can be a .com, .exe or a .bat file. If you just put the program
1217 name in then Bacula will search using the same rules that cmd.exe uses
1218 (current directory, Bacula bin directory, and PATH). It will even try the
1219 different extensions in the same order as cmd.exe.
1220 The command can be anything that cmd.exe or command.com will recognize
1221 as an executable file.
1223 However, if you have slashes in the program name then Bacula figures you
1224 are fully specifying the name, so you must also explicitly add the three
1225 character extension.
1227 The command is run in a Win32 environment, so Unix like commands will not
1228 work unless you have installed and properly configured Cygwin in addition
1229 to and separately from Bacula.
1231 The System \%Path\% will be searched for the command. (under the
1232 environment variable dialog you have have both System Environment and
1233 User Environment, we believe that only the System environment will be
1234 available to bacula-fd, if it is running as a service.)
1236 System environment variables can be referenced with \%var\% and
1237 used as either part of the command name or arguments.
1239 So if you have a script in the Bacula\\bin directory then the following lines
1244 Client Run Before Job = systemstate
1246 Client Run Before Job = systemstate.bat
1248 Client Run Before Job = "systemstate"
1250 Client Run Before Job = "systemstate.bat"
1252 ClientRunBeforeJob = "\"C:/Program Files/Bacula/systemstate.bat\""
1256 The outer set of quotes is removed when the configuration file is parsed.
1257 You need to escape the inner quotes so that they are there when the code
1258 that parses the command line for execution runs so it can tell what the
1264 ClientRunBeforeJob = "\"C:/Program Files/Software
1265 Vendor/Executable\" /arg1 /arg2 \"foo bar\""
1269 The special characters
1273 will need to be quoted,
1274 if they are part of a filename or argument.
1276 If someone is logged in, a blank "command" window running the commands
1277 will be present during the execution of the command.
1279 Some Suggestions from Phil Stracchino for running on Win32 machines with
1280 the native Win32 File daemon:
1283 \item You might want the ClientRunBeforeJob directive to specify a .bat
1284 file which runs the actual client-side commands, rather than trying
1285 to run (for example) regedit /e directly.
1286 \item The batch file should explicitly 'exit 0' on successful completion.
1287 \item The path to the batch file should be specified in Unix form:
1289 ClientRunBeforeJob = "c:/bacula/bin/systemstate.bat"
1291 rather than DOS/Windows form:
1293 ClientRunBeforeJob =
1295 "c:\textbackslash{}bacula\textbackslash{}bin\textbackslash{}systemstate.bat"
1299 For Win32, please note that there are certain limitations:
1301 ClientRunBeforeJob = "C:/Program Files/Bacula/bin/pre-exec.bat"
1303 Lines like the above do not work because there are limitations of
1304 cmd.exe that is used to execute the command.
1305 Bacula prefixes the string you supply with {\bf cmd.exe /c }. To test that
1306 your command works you should type {\bf cmd /c "C:/Program Files/test.exe"} at a
1307 cmd prompt and see what happens. Once the command is correct insert a
1308 backslash (\textbackslash{}) before each double quote ("), and
1309 then put quotes around the whole thing when putting it in
1310 the director's .conf file. You either need to have only one set of quotes
1311 or else use the short name and don't put quotes around the command path.
1313 Below is the output from cmd's help as it relates to the command line
1314 passed to the /c option.
1317 If /C or /K is specified, then the remainder of the command line after
1318 the switch is processed as a command line, where the following logic is
1319 used to process quote (") characters:
1323 If all of the following conditions are met, then quote characters
1324 on the command line are preserved:
1327 \item exactly two quote characters.
1328 \item no special characters between the two quote characters,
1329 where special is one of:
1333 \item there are one or more whitespace characters between the
1334 the two quote characters.
1335 \item the string between the two quote characters is the name
1336 of an executable file.
1339 \item Otherwise, old behavior is to see if the first character is
1340 a quote character and if so, strip the leading character and
1341 remove the last quote character on the command line, preserving
1342 any text after the last quote character.
1347 The following example of the use of the Client Run Before Job directive was
1348 submitted by a user:\\
1349 You could write a shell script to back up a DB2 database to a FIFO. The shell
1359 db2 BACKUP DATABASE mercuryd TO $DIR/dbpipe WITHOUT PROMPTING &
1364 The following line in the Job resource in the bacula-dir.conf file:
1367 Client Run Before Job = "su - mercuryd -c \"/u01/mercuryd/backupdb.sh '%t'
1372 When the job is run, you will get messages from the output of the script
1373 stating that the backup has started. Even though the command being run is
1374 backgrounded with \&, the job will block until the "db2 BACKUP DATABASE"
1375 command, thus the backup stalls.
1377 To remedy this situation, the "db2 BACKUP DATABASE" line should be changed to
1382 db2 BACKUP DATABASE mercuryd TO $DIR/dbpipe WITHOUT PROMPTING > $DIR/backup.log
1387 It is important to redirect the input and outputs of a backgrounded command to
1388 /dev/null to prevent the script from blocking.
1390 \item [Run Before Job = \lt{}command\gt{}]
1391 \index[dir]{Run Before Job}
1392 \index[dir]{Directive!Run Before Job}
1393 \index[dir]{Directive!Run Before Job}
1394 The specified {\bf command} is run as an external program prior to running the
1395 current Job. This directive is not required, but if it is defined, and if the
1396 exit code of the program run is non-zero, the current Bacula job will be
1400 Run Before Job = "echo test"
1402 it's equivalent to :
1405 Command = "echo test"
1411 Lutz Kittler has pointed out that using the RunBeforeJob directive can be a
1412 simple way to modify your schedules during a holiday. For example, suppose
1413 that you normally do Full backups on Fridays, but Thursday and Friday are
1414 holidays. To avoid having to change tapes between Thursday and Friday when
1415 no one is in the office, you can create a RunBeforeJob that returns a
1416 non-zero status on Thursday and zero on all other days. That way, the
1417 Thursday job will not run, and on Friday the tape you inserted on Wednesday
1418 before leaving will be used.
1420 \item [Run After Job = \lt{}command\gt{}]
1421 \index[dir]{Run After Job}
1422 \index[dir]{Directive!Run After Job}
1423 The specified {\bf command} is run as an external program if the current
1424 job terminates normally (without error or without being canceled). This
1425 directive is not required. If the exit code of the program run is
1426 non-zero, Bacula will print a warning message. Before submitting the
1427 specified command to the operating system, Bacula performs character
1428 substitution as described above for the {\bf RunScript} directive.
1430 An example of the use of this directive is given in the
1431 \ilink{Tips Chapter}{JobNotification} of this manual.
1433 See the {\bf Run After Failed Job} if you
1434 want to run a script after the job has terminated with any
1437 \item [Run After Failed Job = \lt{}command\gt{}]
1438 \index[dir]{Run After Job}
1439 \index[dir]{Directive!Run After Job}
1440 The specified {\bf command} is run as an external program after the current
1441 job terminates with any error status. This directive is not required. The
1442 command string must be a valid program name or name of a shell script. If
1443 the exit code of the program run is non-zero, Bacula will print a
1444 warning message. Before submitting the specified command to the
1445 operating system, Bacula performs character substitution as described above
1446 for the {\bf RunScript} directive. Note, if you wish that your script
1447 will run regardless of the exit status of the Job, you can use this :
1450 Command = "echo test"
1454 RunsOnSuccess = yes # default, you can drop this line
1458 An example of the use of this directive is given in the
1459 \ilink{Tips Chapter}{JobNotification} of this manual.
1462 \item [Client Run Before Job = \lt{}command\gt{}]
1463 \index[dir]{Client Run Before Job}
1464 \index[dir]{Directive!Client Run Before Job}
1465 This directive is the same as {\bf Run Before Job} except that the
1466 program is run on the client machine. The same restrictions apply to
1467 Unix systems as noted above for the {\bf RunScript}.
1469 \item [Client Run After Job = \lt{}command\gt{}]
1470 \index[dir]{Client Run After Job}
1471 \index[dir]{Directive!Client Run After Job}
1472 The specified {\bf command} is run on the client machine as soon
1473 as data spooling is complete in order to allow restarting applications
1474 on the client as soon as possible. .
1476 Note, please see the notes above in {\bf RunScript}
1477 concerning Windows clients.
1479 \item [Rerun Failed Levels = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1480 \index[dir]{Rerun Failed Levels}
1481 \index[dir]{Directive!Rerun Failed Levels}
1482 If this directive is set to {\bf yes} (default no), and Bacula detects that
1483 a previous job at a higher level (i.e. Full or Differential) has failed,
1484 the current job level will be upgraded to the higher level. This is
1485 particularly useful for Laptops where they may often be unreachable, and if
1486 a prior Full save has failed, you wish the very next backup to be a Full
1487 save rather than whatever level it is started as.
1489 There are several points that must be taken into account when using this
1490 directive: first, a failed job is defined as one that has not terminated
1491 normally, which includes any running job of the same name (you need to
1492 ensure that two jobs of the same name do not run simultaneously);
1493 secondly, the {\bf Ignore FileSet Changes} directive is not considered
1494 when checking for failed levels, which means that any FileSet change will
1497 \item [Spool Data = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1498 \index[dir]{Spool Data}
1499 \index[dir]{Directive!Spool Data}
1501 If this directive is set to {\bf yes} (default no), the Storage daemon will
1502 be requested to spool the data for this Job to disk rather than write it
1503 directly to tape. Once all the data arrives or the spool files' maximum sizes
1504 are reached, the data will be despooled and written to tape. Spooling data
1505 prevents tape shoe-shine (start and stop) during
1506 Incremental saves. If you are writing to a disk file using this option
1507 will probably just slow down the backup jobs.
1509 NOTE: When this directive is set to yes, Spool Attributes is also
1510 automatically set to yes.
1512 \item [Spool Attributes = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1513 \index[dir]{Spool Attributes}
1514 \index[dir]{Directive!Spool Attributes}
1516 \index[general]{slow}
1517 \index[dir]{Backups!slow}
1518 \index[general]{Backups!slow}
1519 The default is set to {\bf no}, which means that the File attributes are
1520 sent by the Storage daemon to the Director as they are stored on tape.
1521 However, if you want to avoid the possibility that database updates will
1522 slow down writing to the tape, you may want to set the value to {\bf
1523 yes}, in which case the Storage daemon will buffer the File attributes
1524 and Storage coordinates to a temporary file in the Working Directory,
1525 then when writing the Job data to the tape is completed, the attributes
1526 and storage coordinates will be sent to the Director.
1528 NOTE: When Spool Data is set to yes, Spool Attributes is also
1529 automatically set to yes.
1531 \item [Where = \lt{}directory\gt{}]
1533 \index[dir]{Directive!Where}
1534 This directive applies only to a Restore job and specifies a prefix to
1535 the directory name of all files being restored. This permits files to
1536 be restored in a different location from which they were saved. If {\bf
1537 Where} is not specified or is set to backslash ({\bf /}), the files will
1538 be restored to their original location. By default, we have set {\bf
1539 Where} in the example configuration files to be {\bf
1540 /tmp/bacula-restores}. This is to prevent accidental overwriting of
1543 \item [Add Prefix = \lt{}directory\gt{}]
1544 \label{confaddprefix}
1545 \index[dir]{AddPrefix}
1546 \index[dir]{Directive!AddPrefix}
1547 This directive applies only to a Restore job and specifies a prefix to the
1548 directory name of all files being restored. This will use \ilink{File
1549 Relocation}{filerelocation} feature implemented in Bacula 2.1.8 or later.
1551 \item [Add Suffix = \lt{}extention\gt{}]
1552 \index[dir]{AddSuffix}
1553 \index[dir]{Directive!AddSuffix}
1554 This directive applies only to a Restore job and specifies a suffix to all
1555 files being restored. This will use \ilink{File Relocation}{filerelocation}
1556 feature implemented in Bacula 2.1.8 or later.
1558 Using \texttt{Add Suffix=.old}, \texttt{/etc/passwd} will be restored to
1559 \texttt{/etc/passwsd.old}
1561 \item [Strip Prefix = \lt{}directory\gt{}]
1562 \index[dir]{StripPrefix}
1563 \index[dir]{Directive!StripPrefix}
1564 This directive applies only to a Restore job and specifies a prefix to remove
1565 from the directory name of all files being restored. This will use the
1566 \ilink{File Relocation}{filerelocation} feature implemented in Bacula 2.1.8
1569 Using \texttt{Strip Prefix=/etc}, \texttt{/etc/passwd} will be restored to
1572 Under Windows, if you want to restore \texttt{c:/files} to \texttt{d:/files},
1580 \item [RegexWhere = \lt{}expressions\gt{}]
1581 \index[dir]{RegexWhere}
1582 \index[dir]{Directive!RegexWhere}
1583 This directive applies only to a Restore job and specifies a regex filename
1584 manipulation of all files being restored. This will use \ilink{File
1585 Relocation}{filerelocation} feature implemented in Bacula 2.1.8 or later.
1587 For more informations about how use this option, see
1588 \ilink{this}{useregexwhere}.
1590 \item [Replace = \lt{}replace-option\gt{}]
1591 \index[dir]{Replace}
1592 \index[dir]{Directive!Replace}
1593 This directive applies only to a Restore job and specifies what happens
1594 when Bacula wants to restore a file or directory that already exists.
1595 You have the following options for {\bf replace-option}:
1601 when the file to be restored already exists, it is deleted and then
1602 replaced by the copy that was backed up. This is the default value.
1605 \index[dir]{ifnewer}
1606 if the backed up file (on tape) is newer than the existing file, the
1607 existing file is deleted and replaced by the back up.
1610 \index[dir]{ifolder}
1611 if the backed up file (on tape) is older than the existing file, the
1612 existing file is deleted and replaced by the back up.
1616 if the backed up file already exists, Bacula skips restoring this file.
1619 \item [Prefix Links=\lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1620 \index[dir]{Prefix Links}
1621 \index[dir]{Directive!Prefix Links}
1622 If a {\bf Where} path prefix is specified for a recovery job, apply it
1623 to absolute links as well. The default is {\bf No}. When set to {\bf
1624 Yes} then while restoring files to an alternate directory, any absolute
1625 soft links will also be modified to point to the new alternate
1626 directory. Normally this is what is desired -- i.e. everything is self
1627 consistent. However, if you wish to later move the files to their
1628 original locations, all files linked with absolute names will be broken.
1630 \item [Maximum Concurrent Jobs = \lt{}number\gt{}]
1631 \index[dir]{Maximum Concurrent Jobs}
1632 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum Concurrent Jobs}
1633 where \lt{}number\gt{} is the maximum number of Jobs from the current
1634 Job resource that can run concurrently. Note, this directive limits
1635 only Jobs with the same name as the resource in which it appears. Any
1636 other restrictions on the maximum concurrent jobs such as in the
1637 Director, Client, or Storage resources will also apply in addition to
1638 the limit specified here. The default is set to 1, but you may set it
1639 to a larger number. We strongly recommend that you read the WARNING
1640 documented under \ilink{ Maximum Concurrent Jobs}{DirMaxConJobs} in the
1641 Director's resource.
1643 \item [Reschedule On Error = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1644 \index[dir]{Reschedule On Error}
1645 \index[dir]{Directive!Reschedule On Error}
1646 If this directive is enabled, and the job terminates in error, the job
1647 will be rescheduled as determined by the {\bf Reschedule Interval} and
1648 {\bf Reschedule Times} directives. If you cancel the job, it will not
1649 be rescheduled. The default is {\bf no} (i.e. the job will not be
1652 This specification can be useful for portables, laptops, or other
1653 machines that are not always connected to the network or switched on.
1655 \item [Reschedule Interval = \lt{}time-specification\gt{}]
1656 \index[dir]{Reschedule Interval}
1657 \index[dir]{Directive!Reschedule Interval}
1658 If you have specified {\bf Reschedule On Error = yes} and the job
1659 terminates in error, it will be rescheduled after the interval of time
1660 specified by {\bf time-specification}. See \ilink{the time
1661 specification formats}{Time} in the Configure chapter for details of
1662 time specifications. If no interval is specified, the job will not be
1663 rescheduled on error.
1665 \item [Reschedule Times = \lt{}count\gt{}]
1666 \index[dir]{Reschedule Times}
1667 \index[dir]{Directive!Reschedule Times}
1668 This directive specifies the maximum number of times to reschedule the
1669 job. If it is set to zero (the default) the job will be rescheduled an
1670 indefinite number of times.
1672 \item [Allow Duplicate Jobs = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1673 \index[general]{Allow Duplicate Jobs}
1675 \begin{figure}[htbp]
1677 \includegraphics[width=13cm]{\idir duplicate-real.eps}
1678 \caption{Allow Duplicate Jobs usage}
1679 \label{fig:allowduplicatejobs}
1682 A duplicate job in the sense we use it here means a second or subsequent job
1683 with the same name starts. This happens most frequently when the first job
1684 runs longer than expected because no tapes are available.
1686 If this directive is enabled duplicate jobs will be run. If
1687 the directive is set to {\bf no} (default) then only one job of a given name
1688 may run at one time, and the action that Bacula takes to ensure only
1689 one job runs is determined by the other directives (see below).
1691 If {\bf Allow Duplicate Jobs} is set to {\bf no} and two jobs
1692 are present and none of the three directives given below permit
1693 cancelling a job, then the current job (the second one started)
1696 \item [Allow Higher Duplicates = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1697 \index[general]{Allow Higher Duplicates}
1698 This directive was implemented in version 5.0.0, but does not work
1699 as expected. If used, it should always be set to no. In later versions
1700 of Bacula the directive is disabled (disregarded).
1703 \item [Cancel Lower Level Duplicates = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1704 \index[general]{Cancel Lower Level Duplicates}
1705 If \textbf{Allow Duplicates Jobs} is set to \textbf{no} and this
1706 directive is set to \textbf{yes}, Bacula will choose between duplicated
1707 jobs the one with the highest level. For example, it will cancel a
1708 previous Incremental to run a Full backup. It works only for Backup
1709 jobs. The default is \texttt{no}. If the levels of the duplicated
1710 jobs are the same, nothing is done and the other
1711 Cancel XXX Duplicate directives will be examined.
1713 \item [Cancel Queued Duplicates = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1714 \index[general]{Cancel Queued Duplicates}
1715 If {\bf Allow Duplicate Jobs} is set to {\bf no} and
1716 if this directive is set to {\bf yes} any job that is
1717 already queued to run but not yet running will be canceled.
1718 The default is {\bf no}.
1720 \item[Cancel Running Duplicates = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1721 \index[general]{Cancel Running Duplicates}
1722 If {\bf Allow Duplicate Jobs} is set to {\bf no} and
1723 if this directive is set to {\bf yes} any job that is already running
1724 will be canceled. The default is {\bf no}.
1727 %%\item[DuplicateJobProximity = \lt{}time-specification\gt{}]
1728 %%\index[general]{Duplicate Job Proximity}
1729 %% This directive permits to determine if two jobs are really duplicated.
1730 %% If the first one is running for long time, this is probably not a good
1731 %% idea to cancel it.
1733 \item [Run = \lt{}job-name\gt{}]
1735 \index[dir]{Directive!Run}
1736 \index[dir]{Clone a Job}
1737 The Run directive (not to be confused with the Run option in a
1738 Schedule) allows you to start other jobs or to clone jobs. By using the
1739 cloning keywords (see below), you can backup
1740 the same data (or almost the same data) to two or more drives
1741 at the same time. The {\bf job-name} is normally the same name
1742 as the current Job resource (thus creating a clone). However, it
1743 may be any Job name, so one job may start other related jobs.
1745 The part after the equal sign must be enclosed in double quotes,
1746 and can contain any string or set of options (overrides) that you
1747 can specify when entering the Run command from the console. For
1748 example {\bf storage=DDS-4 ...}. In addition, there are two special
1749 keywords that permit you to clone the current job. They are {\bf level=\%l}
1750 and {\bf since=\%s}. The \%l in the level keyword permits
1751 entering the actual level of the current job and the \%s in the since
1752 keyword permits putting the same time for comparison as used on the
1753 current job. Note, in the case of the since keyword, the \%s must be
1754 enclosed in double quotes, and thus they must be preceded by a backslash
1755 since they are already inside quotes. For example:
1758 run = "Nightly-backup level=%l since=\"%s\" storage=DDS-4"
1761 A cloned job will not start additional clones, so it is not
1762 possible to recurse.
1764 Please note that all cloned jobs, as specified in the Run directives are
1765 submitted for running before the original job is run (while it is being
1766 initialized). This means that any clone job will actually start before
1767 the original job, and may even block the original job from starting
1768 until the original job finishes unless you allow multiple simultaneous
1769 jobs. Even if you set a lower priority on the clone job, if no other
1770 jobs are running, it will start before the original job.
1772 If you are trying to prioritize jobs by using the clone feature (Run
1773 directive), you will find it much easier to do using a RunScript
1774 resource, or a RunBeforeJob directive.
1777 \item [Priority = \lt{}number\gt{}]
1778 \index[dir]{Priority}
1779 \index[dir]{Directive!Priority}
1780 This directive permits you to control the order in which your jobs will
1781 be run by specifying a positive non-zero number. The higher the number,
1782 the lower the job priority. Assuming you are not running concurrent jobs,
1783 all queued jobs of priority 1 will run before queued jobs of priority 2
1784 and so on, regardless of the original scheduling order.
1786 The priority only affects waiting jobs that are queued to run, not jobs
1787 that are already running. If one or more jobs of priority 2 are already
1788 running, and a new job is scheduled with priority 1, the currently
1789 running priority 2 jobs must complete before the priority 1 job is
1790 run, unless Allow Mixed Priority is set.
1792 The default priority is 10.
1794 If you want to run concurrent jobs you should
1795 keep these points in mind:
1798 \item See \ilink{Running Concurrent Jobs}{ConcurrentJobs} on how to setup
1801 \item Bacula concurrently runs jobs of only one priority at a time. It
1802 will not simultaneously run a priority 1 and a priority 2 job.
1804 \item If Bacula is running a priority 2 job and a new priority 1 job is
1805 scheduled, it will wait until the running priority 2 job terminates even
1806 if the Maximum Concurrent Jobs settings would otherwise allow two jobs
1807 to run simultaneously.
1809 \item Suppose that bacula is running a priority 2 job and a new priority 1
1810 job is scheduled and queued waiting for the running priority 2 job to
1811 terminate. If you then start a second priority 2 job, the waiting
1812 priority 1 job will prevent the new priority 2 job from running
1813 concurrently with the running priority 2 job. That is: as long as there
1814 is a higher priority job waiting to run, no new lower priority jobs will
1815 start even if the Maximum Concurrent Jobs settings would normally allow
1816 them to run. This ensures that higher priority jobs will be run as soon
1820 If you have several jobs of different priority, it may not best to start
1821 them at exactly the same time, because Bacula must examine them one at a
1822 time. If by Bacula starts a lower priority job first, then it will run
1823 before your high priority jobs. If you experience this problem, you may
1824 avoid it by starting any higher priority jobs a few seconds before lower
1825 priority ones. This insures that Bacula will examine the jobs in the
1826 correct order, and that your priority scheme will be respected.
1828 \label{AllowMixedPriority}
1829 \item [Allow Mixed Priority = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1830 \index[dir]{Allow Mixed Priority}
1831 This directive is only implemented in version 2.5 and later. When
1832 set to {\bf yes} (default {\bf no}), this job may run even if lower
1833 priority jobs are already running. This means a high priority job
1834 will not have to wait for other jobs to finish before starting.
1835 The scheduler will only mix priorities when all running jobs have
1838 Note that only higher priority jobs will start early. Suppose the
1839 director will allow two concurrent jobs, and that two jobs with
1840 priority 10 are running, with two more in the queue. If a job with
1841 priority 5 is added to the queue, it will be run as soon as one of
1842 the running jobs finishes. However, new priority 10 jobs will not
1843 be run until the priority 5 job has finished.
1845 \label{WritePartAfterJob}
1846 \item [Write Part After Job = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
1847 \index[dir]{Write Part After Job}
1848 \index[dir]{Directive!Write Part After Job}
1849 This directive is only implemented in version 1.37 and later.
1850 If this directive is set to {\bf yes} (default {\bf no}), a new part file
1851 will be created after the job is finished.
1853 It should be set to {\bf yes} when writing to devices that require mount
1854 (for example DVD), so you are sure that the current part, containing
1855 this job's data, is written to the device, and that no data is left in
1856 the temporary file on the hard disk. However, on some media, like DVD+R
1857 and DVD-R, a lot of space (about 10Mb) is lost every time a part is
1858 written. So, if you run several jobs each after another, you could set
1859 this directive to {\bf no} for all jobs, except the last one, to avoid
1860 wasting too much space, but to ensure that the data is written to the
1861 medium when all jobs are finished.
1863 This directive is ignored with tape and FIFO devices.
1867 The following is an example of a valid Job resource definition:
1874 Level = Incremental # default
1876 FileSet="Minou Full Set"
1879 Schedule = "MinouWeeklyCycle"
1885 \section{The JobDefs Resource}
1886 \label{JobDefsResource}
1887 \index[general]{JobDefs Resource}
1888 \index[general]{Resource!JobDefs}
1890 The JobDefs resource permits all the same directives that can appear in a Job
1891 resource. However, a JobDefs resource does not create a Job, rather it can be
1892 referenced within a Job to provide defaults for that Job. This permits you to
1893 concisely define several nearly identical Jobs, each one referencing a JobDefs
1894 resource which contains the defaults. Only the changes from the defaults need to
1895 be mentioned in each Job.
1897 \section{The Schedule Resource}
1898 \label{ScheduleResource}
1899 \index[general]{Resource!Schedule}
1900 \index[general]{Schedule Resource}
1902 The Schedule resource provides a means of automatically scheduling a Job as
1903 well as the ability to override the default Level, Pool, Storage and Messages
1904 resources. If a Schedule resource is not referenced in a Job, the Job can only
1905 be run manually. In general, you specify an action to be taken and when.
1910 \index[dir]{Schedule}
1911 \index[dir]{Directive!Schedule}
1912 Start of the Schedule directives. No {\bf Schedule} resource is
1913 required, but you will need at least one if you want Jobs to be
1914 automatically started.
1916 \item [Name = \lt{}name\gt{}]
1918 \index[dir]{Directive!Name}
1919 The name of the schedule being defined. The Name directive is required.
1921 \item [Run = \lt{}Job-overrides\gt{} \lt{}Date-time-specification\gt{}]
1923 \index[dir]{Directive!Run}
1924 The Run directive defines when a Job is to be run, and what overrides if
1925 any to apply. You may specify multiple {\bf run} directives within a
1926 {\bf Schedule} resource. If you do, they will all be applied (i.e.
1927 multiple schedules). If you have two {\bf Run} directives that start at
1928 the same time, two Jobs will start at the same time (well, within one
1929 second of each other).
1931 The {\bf Job-overrides} permit overriding the Level, the Storage, the
1932 Messages, and the Pool specifications provided in the Job resource. In
1933 addition, the FullPool, the IncrementalPool, and the DifferentialPool
1934 specifications permit overriding the Pool specification according to
1935 what backup Job Level is in effect.
1937 By the use of overrides, you may customize a particular Job. For
1938 example, you may specify a Messages override for your Incremental
1939 backups that outputs messages to a log file, but for your weekly or
1940 monthly Full backups, you may send the output by email by using a
1941 different Messages override.
1943 {\bf Job-overrides} are specified as: {\bf keyword=value} where the
1944 keyword is Level, Storage, Messages, Pool, FullPool, DifferentialPool,
1945 or IncrementalPool, and the {\bf value} is as defined on the respective
1946 directive formats for the Job resource. You may specify multiple {\bf
1947 Job-overrides} on one {\bf Run} directive by separating them with one or
1948 more spaces or by separating them with a trailing comma. For example:
1954 \index[dir]{Directive!Level}
1955 is all files in the FileSet whether or not they have changed.
1957 \item [Level=Incremental]
1959 \index[dir]{Directive!Level}
1960 is all files that have changed since the last backup.
1964 \index[dir]{Directive!Pool}
1965 specifies to use the Pool named {\bf Weekly}.
1967 \item [Storage=DLT\_Drive]
1968 \index[dir]{Storage}
1969 \index[dir]{Directive!Storage}
1970 specifies to use {\bf DLT\_Drive} for the storage device.
1972 \item [Messages=Verbose]
1973 \index[dir]{Messages}
1974 \index[dir]{Directive!Messages}
1975 specifies to use the {\bf Verbose} message resource for the Job.
1977 \item [FullPool=Full]
1978 \index[dir]{FullPool}
1979 \index[dir]{Directive!FullPool}
1980 specifies to use the Pool named {\bf Full} if the job is a full backup, or
1982 upgraded from another type to a full backup.
1984 \item [DifferentialPool=Differential]
1985 \index[dir]{DifferentialPool}
1986 \index[dir]{Directive!DifferentialPool}
1987 specifies to use the Pool named {\bf Differential} if the job is a
1988 differential backup.
1990 \item [IncrementalPool=Incremental]
1991 \index[dir]{IncrementalPool}
1992 \index[dir]{Directive!IncrementalPool}
1993 specifies to use the Pool named {\bf Incremental} if the job is an
1996 \item [SpoolData=yes\vb{}no]
1997 \index[dir]{SpoolData}
1998 \index[dir]{Directive!SpoolData}
1999 tells Bacula to request the Storage daemon to spool data to a disk file
2000 before writing it to the Volume (normally a tape). Thus the data is
2001 written in large blocks to the Volume rather than small blocks. This
2002 directive is particularly useful when running multiple simultaneous
2003 backups to tape. It prevents interleaving of the job data and reduces
2004 or eliminates tape drive stop and start commonly known as "shoe-shine".
2006 \item [SpoolSize={\it bytes}]
2007 \index[dir]{SpoolSize}
2008 \index[dir]{Directive!SpoolSize}
2009 where the bytes specify the maximum spool size for this job.
2010 The default is take from Device Maximum Spool Size limit.
2011 This directive is available only in Bacula version 2.3.5 or
2014 \item [WritePartAfterJob=yes\vb{}no]
2015 \index[dir]{WritePartAfterJob}
2016 \index[dir]{Directive!WritePartAfterJob}
2017 tells Bacula to request the Storage daemon to write the current part
2018 file to the device when the job is finished (see \ilink{Write Part After
2019 Job directive in the Job resource}{WritePartAfterJob}). Please note,
2020 this directive is implemented only in version 1.37 and later. The
2021 default is yes. We strongly recommend that you keep this set to yes
2022 otherwise, when the last job has finished one part will remain in the
2023 spool file and restore may or may not work.
2027 {\bf Date-time-specification} determines when the Job is to be run. The
2028 specification is a repetition, and as a default Bacula is set to run a job at
2029 the beginning of the hour of every hour of every day of every week of every
2030 month of every year. This is not normally what you want, so you must specify
2031 or limit when you want the job to run. Any specification given is assumed to
2032 be repetitive in nature and will serve to override or limit the default
2033 repetition. This is done by specifying masks or times for the hour, day of the
2034 month, day of the week, week of the month, week of the year, and month when
2035 you want the job to run. By specifying one or more of the above, you can
2036 define a schedule to repeat at almost any frequency you want.
2038 Basically, you must supply a {\bf month}, {\bf day}, {\bf hour}, and {\bf
2039 minute} the Job is to be run. Of these four items to be specified, {\bf day}
2040 is special in that you may either specify a day of the month such as 1, 2,
2041 ... 31, or you may specify a day of the week such as Monday, Tuesday, ...
2042 Sunday. Finally, you may also specify a week qualifier to restrict the
2043 schedule to the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth week of the month.
2045 For example, if you specify only a day of the week, such as {\bf Tuesday} the
2046 Job will be run every hour of every Tuesday of every Month. That is the {\bf
2047 month} and {\bf hour} remain set to the defaults of every month and all
2050 Note, by default with no other specification, your job will run at the
2051 beginning of every hour. If you wish your job to run more than once in any
2052 given hour, you will need to specify multiple {\bf run} specifications each
2053 with a different minute.
2055 The date/time to run the Job can be specified in the following way in
2062 <week-keyword> = 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | first |
2063 second | third | fourth | fifth
2064 <wday-keyword> = sun | mon | tue | wed | thu | fri | sat |
2065 sunday | monday | tuesday | wednesday |
2066 thursday | friday | saturday
2067 <week-of-year-keyword> = w00 | w01 | ... w52 | w53
2068 <month-keyword> = jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul |
2069 aug | sep | oct | nov | dec | january |
2070 february | ... | december
2071 <daily-keyword> = daily
2072 <weekly-keyword> = weekly
2073 <monthly-keyword> = monthly
2074 <hourly-keyword> = hourly
2075 <digit> = 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0
2076 <number> = <digit> | <digit><number>
2077 <12hour> = 0 | 1 | 2 | ... 12
2078 <hour> = 0 | 1 | 2 | ... 23
2079 <minute> = 0 | 1 | 2 | ... 59
2080 <day> = 1 | 2 | ... 31
2081 <time> = <hour>:<minute> |
2082 <12hour>:<minute>am |
2084 <time-spec> = <at-keyword> <time> |
2086 <date-keyword> = <void-keyword> <weekly-keyword>
2087 <day-range> = <day>-<day>
2088 <month-range> = <month-keyword>-<month-keyword>
2089 <wday-range> = <wday-keyword>-<wday-keyword>
2090 <range> = <day-range> | <month-range> |
2092 <date> = <date-keyword> | <day> | <range>
2093 <date-spec> = <date> | <date-spec>
2094 <day-spec> = <day> | <wday-keyword> |
2095 <day> | <wday-range> |
2096 <week-keyword> <wday-keyword> |
2097 <week-keyword> <wday-range> |
2099 <month-spec> = <month-keyword> | <month-range> |
2101 <date-time-spec> = <month-spec> <day-spec> <time-spec>
2107 Note, the Week of Year specification wnn follows the ISO standard definition
2108 of the week of the year, where Week 1 is the week in which the first Thursday
2109 of the year occurs, or alternatively, the week which contains the 4th of
2110 January. Weeks are numbered w01 to w53. w00 for Bacula is the week that
2111 precedes the first ISO week (i.e. has the first few days of the year if any
2112 occur before Thursday). w00 is not defined by the ISO specification. A week
2113 starts with Monday and ends with Sunday.
2115 According to the NIST (US National Institute of Standards and Technology),
2116 12am and 12pm are ambiguous and can be defined to anything. However,
2117 12:01am is the same as 00:01 and 12:01pm is the same as 12:01, so Bacula
2118 defines 12am as 00:00 (midnight) and 12pm as 12:00 (noon). You can avoid
2119 this abiguity (confusion) by using 24 hour time specifications (i.e. no
2120 am/pm). This is the definition in Bacula version 2.0.3 and later.
2122 An example schedule resource that is named {\bf WeeklyCycle} and runs a job
2123 with level full each Sunday at 2:05am and an incremental job Monday through
2124 Saturday at 2:05am is:
2129 Name = "WeeklyCycle"
2130 Run = Level=Full sun at 2:05
2131 Run = Level=Incremental mon-sat at 2:05
2136 An example of a possible monthly cycle is as follows:
2141 Name = "MonthlyCycle"
2142 Run = Level=Full Pool=Monthly 1st sun at 2:05
2143 Run = Level=Differential 2nd-5th sun at 2:05
2144 Run = Level=Incremental Pool=Daily mon-sat at 2:05
2149 The first of every month:
2155 Run = Level=Full on 1 at 2:05
2156 Run = Level=Incremental on 2-31 at 2:05
2167 Run = Level=Full hourly at 0:05
2168 Run = Level=Full hourly at 0:15
2169 Run = Level=Full hourly at 0:25
2170 Run = Level=Full hourly at 0:35
2171 Run = Level=Full hourly at 0:45
2172 Run = Level=Full hourly at 0:55
2177 \section{Technical Notes on Schedules}
2178 \index[general]{Schedules!Technical Notes on}
2179 \index[general]{Technical Notes on Schedules}
2181 Internally Bacula keeps a schedule as a bit mask. There are six masks and a
2182 minute field to each schedule. The masks are hour, day of the month (mday),
2183 month, day of the week (wday), week of the month (wom), and week of the year
2184 (woy). The schedule is initialized to have the bits of each of these masks
2185 set, which means that at the beginning of every hour, the job will run. When
2186 you specify a month for the first time, the mask will be cleared and the bit
2187 corresponding to your selected month will be selected. If you specify a second
2188 month, the bit corresponding to it will also be added to the mask. Thus when
2189 Bacula checks the masks to see if the bits are set corresponding to the
2190 current time, your job will run only in the two months you have set. Likewise,
2191 if you set a time (hour), the hour mask will be cleared, and the hour you
2192 specify will be set in the bit mask and the minutes will be stored in the
2195 For any schedule you have defined, you can see how these bits are set by doing
2196 a {\bf show schedules} command in the Console program. Please note that the
2197 bit mask is zero based, and Sunday is the first day of the week (bit zero).
2201 \section{The Client Resource}
2202 \label{ClientResource2}
2203 \index[general]{Resource!Client}
2204 \index[general]{Client Resource}
2206 The Client resource defines the attributes of the Clients that are served by
2207 this Director; that is the machines that are to be backed up. You will need
2208 one Client resource definition for each machine to be backed up.
2212 \item [Client (or FileDaemon)]
2213 \index[dir]{Client (or FileDaemon)}
2214 \index[dir]{Directive!Client (or FileDaemon)}
2215 Start of the Client directives.
2217 \item [Name = \lt{}name\gt{}]
2219 \index[dir]{Directive!Name}
2220 The client name which will be used in the Job resource directive or in the
2221 console run command. This directive is required.
2223 \item [Address = \lt{}address\gt{}]
2224 \index[dir]{Address}
2225 \index[dir]{Directive!FD Address}
2226 \index[dir]{File Daemon Address}
2227 \index[dir]{Client Address}
2228 Where the address is a host name, a fully qualified domain name, or a
2229 network address in dotted quad notation for a Bacula File server daemon.
2230 This directive is required.
2232 \item [FD Port = \lt{}port-number\gt{}]
2233 \index[dir]{FD Port}
2234 \index[dir]{Directive!FD Port}
2235 Where the port is a port number at which the Bacula File server daemon can
2236 be contacted. The default is 9102.
2238 \item [Catalog = \lt{}Catalog-resource-name\gt{}]
2239 \index[dir]{Catalog}
2240 \index[dir]{Directive!Catalog}
2241 This specifies the name of the catalog resource to be used for this Client.
2242 This directive is required.
2244 \item [Password = \lt{}password\gt{}]
2245 \index[dir]{Password}
2246 \index[dir]{Directive!Password}
2247 This is the password to be used when establishing a connection with the File
2248 services, so the Client configuration file on the machine to be backed up
2249 must have the same password defined for this Director. This directive is
2250 required. If you have either {\bf /dev/random} {\bf bc} on your machine,
2251 Bacula will generate a random password during the configuration process,
2252 otherwise it will be left blank.
2254 The password is plain text. It is not generated through any special
2255 process, but it is preferable for security reasons to make the text
2258 \label{FileRetention}
2259 \item [File Retention = \lt{}time-period-specification\gt{}]
2260 \label{FileRetention}
2261 \index[dir]{File Retention}
2262 \index[dir]{Directive!File Retention}
2263 The File Retention directive defines the length of time that Bacula will
2264 keep File records in the Catalog database after the End time of the
2265 Job corresponding to the File records.
2266 When this time period expires, and if
2267 {\bf AutoPrune} is set to {\bf yes} Bacula will prune (remove) File records
2268 that are older than the specified File Retention period. Note, this affects
2269 only records in the catalog database. It does not affect your archive
2272 File records may actually be retained for a shorter period than you specify
2273 on this directive if you specify either a shorter {\bf Job Retention} or a
2274 shorter {\bf Volume Retention} period. The shortest retention period of the
2275 three takes precedence. The time may be expressed in seconds, minutes,
2276 hours, days, weeks, months, quarters, or years. See the
2277 \ilink{ Configuration chapter}{Time} of this manual for
2278 additional details of time specification.
2280 The default is 60 days.
2282 \label{JobRetention}
2283 \item [Job Retention = \lt{}time-period-specification\gt{}]
2284 \label{JobRetention}
2285 \index[dir]{Job Retention}
2286 \index[dir]{Directive!Job Retention}
2287 The Job Retention directive defines the length of time that Bacula will keep
2288 Job records in the Catalog database after the Job End time. When
2289 this time period expires, and if {\bf AutoPrune} is set to {\bf yes}
2290 Bacula will prune (remove) Job records that are older than the specified
2291 File Retention period. As with the other retention periods, this
2292 affects only records in the catalog and not data in your archive backup.
2294 If a Job record is selected for pruning, all associated File and JobMedia
2295 records will also be pruned regardless of the File Retention period set.
2296 As a consequence, you normally will set the File retention period to be
2297 less than the Job retention period. The Job retention period can actually
2298 be less than the value you specify here if you set the {\bf Volume
2299 Retention} directive in the Pool resource to a smaller duration. This is
2300 because the Job retention period and the Volume retention period are
2301 independently applied, so the smaller of the two takes precedence.
2303 The Job retention period is specified as seconds, minutes, hours, days,
2304 weeks, months, quarters, or years. See the
2305 \ilink{ Configuration chapter}{Time} of this manual for
2306 additional details of time specification.
2308 The default is 180 days.
2311 \item [AutoPrune = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
2312 \index[dir]{AutoPrune}
2313 \index[dir]{Directive!AutoPrune}
2314 If AutoPrune is set to {\bf yes} (default), Bacula (version 1.20 or greater)
2315 will automatically apply the File retention period and the Job retention
2316 period for the Client at the end of the Job. If you set {\bf AutoPrune = no},
2317 pruning will not be done, and your Catalog will grow in size each time you
2318 run a Job. Pruning affects only information in the catalog and not data
2319 stored in the backup archives (on Volumes).
2321 \item [Maximum Concurrent Jobs = \lt{}number\gt{}]
2322 \index[dir]{Maximum Concurrent Jobs}
2323 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum Concurrent Jobs}
2324 where \lt{}number\gt{} is the maximum number of Jobs with the current Client
2325 that can run concurrently. Note, this directive limits only Jobs for Clients
2326 with the same name as the resource in which it appears. Any other
2327 restrictions on the maximum concurrent jobs such as in the Director, Job, or
2328 Storage resources will also apply in addition to any limit specified here.
2329 The default is set to 1, but you may set it to a larger number.
2331 \item [Maximum Bandwidth Per Job = \lt{}speed\gt{}]
2332 \index[dir]{Maximum Bandwidth Per Job}
2333 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum Bandwidth Per Job}
2335 The speed parameter specifies the maximum allowed bandwidth that a job may use
2336 when started for this Client. The speed parameter should be specified in
2337 k/s, kb/s, m/s or mb/s.
2339 \item [Priority = \lt{}number\gt{}]
2340 \index[dir]{Priority}
2341 \index[dir]{Directive!Priority}
2342 The number specifies the priority of this client relative to other clients
2343 that the Director is processing simultaneously. The priority can range from
2344 1 to 1000. The clients are ordered such that the smaller number priorities
2345 are performed first (not currently implemented).
2348 The following is an example of a valid Client resource definition:
2354 FDAddress = minimatou
2356 Password = very_good
2361 \section{The Storage Resource}
2362 \label{StorageResource2}
2363 \index[general]{Resource!Storage}
2364 \index[general]{Storage Resource}
2366 The Storage resource defines which Storage daemons are available for use by
2372 \index[dir]{Storage}
2373 \index[dir]{Directive!Storage}
2374 Start of the Storage resources. At least one storage resource must be
2377 \item [Name = \lt{}name\gt{}]
2379 \index[dir]{Directive!Name}
2380 The name of the storage resource. This name appears on the Storage directive
2381 specified in the Job resource and is required.
2383 \item [Address = \lt{}address\gt{}]
2384 \index[dir]{Address}
2385 \index[dir]{Directive!SD Address}
2386 \index[dir]{Storage daemon Address}
2387 Where the address is a host name, a {\bf fully qualified domain name}, or an
2388 {\bf IP address}. Please note that the \lt{}address\gt{} as specified here
2389 will be transmitted to the File daemon who will then use it to contact the
2390 Storage daemon. Hence, it is {\bf not}, a good idea to use {\bf localhost} as
2391 the name but rather a fully qualified machine name or an IP address. This
2392 directive is required.
2394 \item [SD Port = \lt{}port\gt{}]
2395 \index[dir]{SD Port}
2396 \index[dir]{Directive!SD Port}
2397 Where port is the port to use to contact the storage daemon for information
2398 and to start jobs. This same port number must appear in the Storage resource
2399 of the Storage daemon's configuration file. The default is 9103.
2401 \item [Password = \lt{}password\gt{}]
2402 \index[dir]{Password}
2403 \index[dir]{Directive!Password}
2404 This is the password to be used when establishing a connection with the
2405 Storage services. This same password also must appear in the Director
2406 resource of the Storage daemon's configuration file. This directive is
2407 required. If you have either {\bf /dev/random} {\bf bc} on your machine,
2408 Bacula will generate a random password during the configuration process,
2409 otherwise it will be left blank.
2411 The password is plain text. It is not generated through any special
2412 process, but it is preferable for security reasons to use random text.
2414 \item [Device = \lt{}device-name\gt{}]
2416 \index[dir]{Directive!Device}
2417 This directive specifies the Storage daemon's name of the device
2418 resource to be used for the storage. If you are using an Autochanger,
2419 the name specified here should be the name of the Storage daemon's
2420 Autochanger resource rather than the name of an individual device. This
2421 name is not the physical device name, but the logical device name as
2422 defined on the {\bf Name} directive contained in the {\bf Device} or the
2423 {\bf Autochanger} resource definition of the {\bf Storage daemon}
2424 configuration file. You can specify any name you would like (even the
2425 device name if you prefer) up to a maximum of 127 characters in length.
2426 The physical device name associated with this device is specified in the
2427 {\bf Storage daemon} configuration file (as {\bf Archive Device}).
2428 Please take care not to define two different Storage resource directives
2429 in the Director that point to the same Device in the Storage daemon.
2430 Doing so may cause the Storage daemon to block (or hang) attempting to
2431 open the same device that is already open. This directive is required.
2434 \item [Media Type = \lt{}MediaType\gt{}]
2435 \index[dir]{Media Type}
2436 \index[dir]{Directive!Media Type}
2437 This directive specifies the Media Type to be used to store the data.
2438 This is an arbitrary string of characters up to 127 maximum that you
2439 define. It can be anything you want. However, it is best to make it
2440 descriptive of the storage media (e.g. File, DAT, "HP DLT8000", 8mm,
2441 ...). In addition, it is essential that you make the {\bf Media Type}
2442 specification unique for each storage media type. If you have two DDS-4
2443 drives that have incompatible formats, or if you have a DDS-4 drive and
2444 a DDS-4 autochanger, you almost certainly should specify different {\bf
2445 Media Types}. During a restore, assuming a {\bf DDS-4} Media Type is
2446 associated with the Job, Bacula can decide to use any Storage daemon
2447 that supports Media Type {\bf DDS-4} and on any drive that supports it.
2449 If you are writing to disk Volumes, you must make doubly sure that each
2450 Device resource defined in the Storage daemon (and hence in the
2451 Director's conf file) has a unique media type. Otherwise for Bacula
2452 versions 1.38 and older, your restores may not work because Bacula
2453 will assume that you can mount any Media Type with the same name on
2454 any Device associated with that Media Type. This is possible with
2455 tape drives, but with disk drives, unless you are very clever you
2456 cannot mount a Volume in any directory -- this can be done by creating
2457 an appropriate soft link.
2459 Currently Bacula permits only a single Media Type per Storage
2460 and Device definition. Consequently, if
2461 you have a drive that supports more than one Media Type, you can
2462 give a unique string to Volumes with different intrinsic Media
2463 Type (Media Type = DDS-3-4 for DDS-3 and DDS-4 types), but then
2464 those volumes will only be mounted on drives indicated with the
2465 dual type (DDS-3-4).
2467 If you want to tie Bacula to using a single Storage daemon or drive, you
2468 must specify a unique Media Type for that drive. This is an important
2469 point that should be carefully understood. Note, this applies equally
2470 to Disk Volumes. If you define more than one disk Device resource in
2471 your Storage daemon's conf file, the Volumes on those two devices are in
2472 fact incompatible because one can not be mounted on the other device
2473 since they are found in different directories. For this reason, you
2474 probably should use two different Media Types for your two disk Devices
2475 (even though you might think of them as both being File types). You can
2476 find more on this subject in the \ilink{Basic Volume
2477 Management}{DiskChapter} chapter of this manual.
2479 The {\bf MediaType} specified in the Director's Storage resource, {\bf
2480 must} correspond to the {\bf Media Type} specified in the {\bf Device}
2481 resource of the {\bf Storage daemon} configuration file. This directive
2482 is required, and it is used by the Director and the Storage daemon to
2483 ensure that a Volume automatically selected from the Pool corresponds to
2484 the physical device. If a Storage daemon handles multiple devices (e.g.
2485 will write to various file Volumes on different partitions), this
2486 directive allows you to specify exactly which device.
2488 As mentioned above, the value specified in the Director's Storage
2489 resource must agree with the value specified in the Device resource in
2490 the {\bf Storage daemon's} configuration file. It is also an additional
2491 check so that you don't try to write data for a DLT onto an 8mm device.
2493 \label{Autochanger1}
2494 \item [Autochanger = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
2495 \index[dir]{Autochanger}
2496 \index[dir]{Directive!Autochanger}
2497 If you specify {\bf yes} for this command (the default is {\bf no}),
2498 when you use the {\bf label} command or the {\bf add} command to create
2499 a new Volume, {\bf Bacula} will also request the Autochanger Slot
2500 number. This simplifies creating database entries for Volumes in an
2501 autochanger. If you forget to specify the Slot, the autochanger will
2502 not be used. However, you may modify the Slot associated with a Volume
2503 at any time by using the {\bf update volume} or {\bf update slots}
2504 command in the console program. When {\bf autochanger} is enabled, the
2505 algorithm used by Bacula to search for available volumes will be
2506 modified to consider only Volumes that are known to be in the
2507 autochanger's magazine. If no {\bf in changer} volume is found, Bacula
2508 will attempt recycling, pruning, ..., and if still no volume is found,
2509 Bacula will search for any volume whether or not in the magazine. By
2510 privileging in changer volumes, this procedure minimizes operator
2511 intervention. The default is {\bf no}.
2513 For the autochanger to be used, you must also specify {\bf Autochanger =
2514 yes} in the \ilink{Device Resource}{Autochanger} in the Storage daemon's
2515 configuration file as well as other important Storage daemon
2516 configuration information. Please consult the \ilink{Using
2517 Autochangers}{AutochangersChapter} manual of this chapter for the
2518 details of using autochangers.
2520 \item [Maximum Concurrent Jobs = \lt{}number\gt{}]
2521 \index[dir]{Maximum Concurrent Jobs}
2522 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum Concurrent Jobs}
2523 where \lt{}number\gt{} is the maximum number of Jobs with the current
2524 Storage resource that can run concurrently. Note, this directive limits
2525 only Jobs for Jobs using this Storage daemon. Any other restrictions on
2526 the maximum concurrent jobs such as in the Director, Job, or Client
2527 resources will also apply in addition to any limit specified here. The
2528 default is set to 1, but you may set it to a larger number. However, if
2529 you set the Storage daemon's number of concurrent jobs greater than one,
2530 we recommend that you read the waring documented under \ilink{Maximum
2531 Concurrent Jobs}{DirMaxConJobs} in the Director's resource or simply
2532 turn data spooling on as documented in the \ilink{Data
2533 Spooling}{SpoolingChapter} chapter of this manual.
2535 \item [AllowCompression = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
2536 \label{AllowCompression}
2537 \index[dir]{AllowCompression}
2538 \index[dir]{Directive!AllowCompression}
2540 This directive is optional, and if you specify {\bf No} (the default is {\bf
2541 Yes}), it will cause backups jobs running on this storage resource to run
2542 without client File Daemon compression. This effectively overrides
2543 compression options in FileSets used by jobs which use this storage
2546 \item [Heartbeat Interval = \lt{}time-interval\gt{}]
2547 \index[dir]{Heartbeat Interval}
2548 \index[dir]{Directive!Heartbeat}
2549 This directive is optional and if specified will cause the Director to
2550 set a keepalive interval (heartbeat) in seconds on each of the sockets
2551 it opens for the Storage resource. This value will override any
2552 specified at the Director level. It is implemented only on systems
2553 (Linux, ...) that provide the {\bf setsockopt} TCP\_KEEPIDLE function.
2554 The default value is zero, which means no change is made to the socket.
2558 The following is an example of a valid Storage resource definition:
2562 # Definition of tape storage device
2566 Password = storage_password # password for Storage daemon
2567 Device = "HP DLT 80" # same as Device in Storage daemon
2568 Media Type = DLT8000 # same as MediaType in Storage daemon
2573 \section{The Pool Resource}
2574 \label{PoolResource}
2575 \index[general]{Resource!Pool}
2576 \index[general]{Pool Resource}
2578 The Pool resource defines the set of storage Volumes (tapes or files) to be
2579 used by Bacula to write the data. By configuring different Pools, you can
2580 determine which set of Volumes (media) receives the backup data. This permits,
2581 for example, to store all full backup data on one set of Volumes and all
2582 incremental backups on another set of Volumes. Alternatively, you could assign
2583 a different set of Volumes to each machine that you backup. This is most
2584 easily done by defining multiple Pools.
2586 Another important aspect of a Pool is that it contains the default attributes
2587 (Maximum Jobs, Retention Period, Recycle flag, ...) that will be given to a
2588 Volume when it is created. This avoids the need for you to answer a large
2589 number of questions when labeling a new Volume. Each of these attributes can
2590 later be changed on a Volume by Volume basis using the {\bf update} command in
2591 the console program. Note that you must explicitly specify which Pool Bacula
2592 is to use with each Job. Bacula will not automatically search for the correct
2595 Most often in Bacula installations all backups for all machines (Clients) go
2596 to a single set of Volumes. In this case, you will probably only use the {\bf
2597 Default} Pool. If your backup strategy calls for you to mount a different tape
2598 each day, you will probably want to define a separate Pool for each day. For
2599 more information on this subject, please see the
2600 \ilink{Backup Strategies}{StrategiesChapter} chapter of this
2604 To use a Pool, there are three distinct steps. First the Pool must be defined
2605 in the Director's configuration file. Then the Pool must be written to the
2606 Catalog database. This is done automatically by the Director each time that it
2607 starts, or alternatively can be done using the {\bf create} command in the
2608 console program. Finally, if you change the Pool definition in the Director's
2609 configuration file and restart Bacula, the pool will be updated alternatively
2610 you can use the {\bf update pool} console command to refresh the database
2611 image. It is this database image rather than the Director's resource image
2612 that is used for the default Volume attributes. Note, for the pool to be
2613 automatically created or updated, it must be explicitly referenced by a Job
2616 Next the physical media must be labeled. The labeling can either be done with
2617 the {\bf label} command in the {\bf console} program or using the {\bf btape}
2618 program. The preferred method is to use the {\bf label} command in the {\bf
2621 Finally, you must add Volume names (and their attributes) to the Pool. For
2622 Volumes to be used by Bacula they must be of the same {\bf Media Type} as the
2623 archive device specified for the job (i.e. if you are going to back up to a
2624 DLT device, the Pool must have DLT volumes defined since 8mm volumes cannot be
2625 mounted on a DLT drive). The {\bf Media Type} has particular importance if you
2626 are backing up to files. When running a Job, you must explicitly specify which
2627 Pool to use. Bacula will then automatically select the next Volume to use from
2628 the Pool, but it will ensure that the {\bf Media Type} of any Volume selected
2629 from the Pool is identical to that required by the Storage resource you have
2630 specified for the Job.
2632 If you use the {\bf label} command in the console program to label the
2633 Volumes, they will automatically be added to the Pool, so this last step is
2634 not normally required.
2636 It is also possible to add Volumes to the database without explicitly labeling
2637 the physical volume. This is done with the {\bf add} console command.
2639 As previously mentioned, each time Bacula starts, it scans all the Pools
2640 associated with each Catalog, and if the database record does not already
2641 exist, it will be created from the Pool Resource definition. {\bf Bacula}
2642 probably should do an {\bf update pool} if you change the Pool definition, but
2643 currently, you must do this manually using the {\bf update pool} command in
2644 the Console program.
2646 The Pool Resource defined in the Director's configuration file
2647 (bacula-dir.conf) may contain the following directives:
2653 \index[dir]{Directive!Pool}
2654 Start of the Pool resource. There must be at least one Pool resource
2658 \item [Name = \lt{}name\gt{}]
2660 \index[dir]{Directive!Name}
2661 The name of the pool. For most applications, you will use the default
2662 pool name {\bf Default}. This directive is required.
2665 \item [Maximum Volumes = \lt{}number\gt{}]
2666 \index[dir]{Maximum Volumes}
2667 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum Volumes}
2668 This directive specifies the maximum number of volumes (tapes or files)
2669 contained in the pool. This directive is optional, if omitted or set to
2670 zero, any number of volumes will be permitted. In general, this
2671 directive is useful for Autochangers where there is a fixed number of
2672 Volumes, or for File storage where you wish to ensure that the backups
2673 made to disk files do not become too numerous or consume too much space.
2675 \item [Pool Type = \lt{}type\gt{}]
2676 \index[dir]{Pool Type}
2677 \index[dir]{Directive!Pool Type}
2678 This directive defines the pool type, which corresponds to the type of
2679 Job being run. It is required and may be one of the following:
2689 Note, only Backup is current implemented.
2691 \item [Storage = \lt{}storage-resource-name\gt{}]
2692 \index[dir]{Storage}
2693 \index[dir]{Directive!Storage}
2694 The Storage directive defines the name of the storage services where you
2695 want to backup the FileSet data. For additional details, see the
2696 \ilink{Storage Resource Chapter}{StorageResource2} of this manual.
2697 The Storage resource may also be specified in the Job resource,
2698 but the value, if any, in the Pool resource overrides any value
2699 in the Job. This Storage resource definition is not required by either
2700 the Job resource or in the Pool, but it must be specified in
2701 one or the other. If not configuration error will result.
2703 \item [Use Volume Once = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
2704 \index[dir]{Use Volume Once}
2705 \index[dir]{Directive!Use Volume Once}
2706 This directive if set to {\bf yes} specifies that each volume is to be
2707 used only once. This is most useful when the Media is a file and you
2708 want a new file for each backup that is done. The default is {\bf no}
2709 (i.e. use volume any number of times). This directive will most likely
2710 be phased out (deprecated), so you are recommended to use {\bf Maximum
2711 Volume Jobs = 1} instead.
2713 The value defined by this directive in the bacula-dir.conf file is the
2714 default value used when a Volume is created. Once the volume is
2715 created, changing the value in the bacula-dir.conf file will not change
2716 what is stored for the Volume. To change the value for an existing
2717 Volume you must use the {\bf update} command in the Console.
2719 Please see the notes below under {\bf Maximum Volume Jobs} concerning
2720 using this directive with multiple simultaneous jobs.
2722 \item [Maximum Volume Jobs = \lt{}positive-integer\gt{}]
2723 \index[dir]{Maximum Volume Jobs}
2724 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum Volume Jobs}
2725 This directive specifies the maximum number of Jobs that can be written
2726 to the Volume. If you specify zero (the default), there is no limit.
2727 Otherwise, when the number of Jobs backed up to the Volume equals {\bf
2728 positive-integer} the Volume will be marked {\bf Used}. When the Volume
2729 is marked {\bf Used} it can no longer be used for appending Jobs, much
2730 like the {\bf Full} status but it can be recycled if recycling is
2731 enabled, and thus used again. By setting {\bf MaximumVolumeJobs} to
2732 one, you get the same effect as setting {\bf UseVolumeOnce = yes}.
2734 The value defined by this directive in the bacula-dir.conf
2735 file is the default value used when a Volume is created. Once the volume is
2736 created, changing the value in the bacula-dir.conf file will not change what
2737 is stored for the Volume. To change the value for an existing Volume you
2738 must use the {\bf update} command in the Console.
2740 If you are running multiple simultaneous jobs, this directive may not
2741 work correctly because when a drive is reserved for a job, this
2742 directive is not taken into account, so multiple jobs may try to
2743 start writing to the Volume. At some point, when the Media record is
2744 updated, multiple simultaneous jobs may fail since the Volume can no
2747 \item [Maximum Volume Files = \lt{}positive-integer\gt{}]
2748 \index[dir]{Maximum Volume Files}
2749 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum Volume Files}
2750 This directive specifies the maximum number of files that can be written
2751 to the Volume. If you specify zero (the default), there is no limit.
2752 Otherwise, when the number of files written to the Volume equals {\bf
2753 positive-integer} the Volume will be marked {\bf Used}. When the Volume
2754 is marked {\bf Used} it can no longer be used for appending Jobs, much
2755 like the {\bf Full} status but it can be recycled if recycling is
2756 enabled and thus used again. This value is checked and the {\bf Used}
2757 status is set only at the end of a job that writes to the particular
2760 The value defined by this directive in the bacula-dir.conf file is the
2761 default value used when a Volume is created. Once the volume is
2762 created, changing the value in the bacula-dir.conf file will not change
2763 what is stored for the Volume. To change the value for an existing
2764 Volume you must use the {\bf update} command in the Console.
2766 \item [Maximum Volume Bytes = \lt{}size\gt{}]
2767 \index[dir]{Maximum Volume Bytes}
2768 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum Volume Bytes}
2769 This directive specifies the maximum number of bytes that can be written
2770 to the Volume. If you specify zero (the default), there is no limit
2771 except the physical size of the Volume. Otherwise, when the number of
2772 bytes written to the Volume equals {\bf size} the Volume will be marked
2773 {\bf Used}. When the Volume is marked {\bf Used} it can no longer be
2774 used for appending Jobs, much like the {\bf Full} status but it can be
2775 recycled if recycling is enabled, and thus the Volume can be re-used
2776 after recycling. This value is checked and the {\bf Used} status set
2777 while the job is writing to the particular volume.
2779 This directive is particularly useful for restricting the size
2780 of disk volumes, and will work correctly even in the case of
2781 multiple simultaneous jobs writing to the volume.
2783 The value defined by this directive in the bacula-dir.conf file is the
2784 default value used when a Volume is created. Once the volume is
2785 created, changing the value in the bacula-dir.conf file will not change
2786 what is stored for the Volume. To change the value for an existing
2787 Volume you must use the {\bf update} command in the Console.
2789 \item [Volume Use Duration = \lt{}time-period-specification\gt{}]
2790 \index[dir]{Volume Use Duration}
2791 \index[dir]{Directive!Volume Use Duration}
2792 The Volume Use Duration directive defines the time period that the
2793 Volume can be written beginning from the time of first data write to the
2794 Volume. If the time-period specified is zero (the default), the Volume
2795 can be written indefinitely. Otherwise, the next time a job
2796 runs that wants to access this Volume, and the time period from the
2797 first write to the volume (the first Job written) exceeds the
2798 time-period-specification, the Volume will be marked {\bf Used}, which
2799 means that no more Jobs can be appended to the Volume, but it may be
2800 recycled if recycling is enabled. Using the command {\bf
2801 status dir} applies algorithms similar to running jobs, so
2802 during such a command, the Volume status may also be changed.
2804 recycled, it will be available for use again.
2806 You might use this directive, for example, if you have a Volume used for
2807 Incremental backups, and Volumes used for Weekly Full backups. Once the
2808 Full backup is done, you will want to use a different Incremental
2809 Volume. This can be accomplished by setting the Volume Use Duration for
2810 the Incremental Volume to six days. I.e. it will be used for the 6
2811 days following a Full save, then a different Incremental volume will be
2812 used. Be careful about setting the duration to short periods such as 23
2813 hours, or you might experience problems of Bacula waiting for a tape
2814 over the weekend only to complete the backups Monday morning when an
2815 operator mounts a new tape.
2817 The use duration is checked and the {\bf Used} status is set only at the
2818 end of a job that writes to the particular volume, which means that even
2819 though the use duration may have expired, the catalog entry will not be
2820 updated until the next job that uses this volume is run. This
2821 directive is not intended to be used to limit volume sizes
2822 and will not work correctly (i.e. will fail jobs) if the use
2823 duration expires while multiple simultaneous jobs are writing
2826 Please note that the value defined by this directive in the bacula-dir.conf
2827 file is the default value used when a Volume is created. Once the volume is
2828 created, changing the value in the bacula-dir.conf file will not change what
2829 is stored for the Volume. To change the value for an existing Volume you
2831 \ilink{\bf update volume}{UpdateCommand} command in the Console.
2833 \item [Catalog Files = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
2834 \index[dir]{Catalog Files}
2835 \index[dir]{Directive!Catalog Files}
2836 This directive defines whether or not you want the names of the files
2837 that were saved to be put into the catalog. The default is {\bf yes}.
2838 The advantage of specifying {\bf Catalog Files = No} is that you will
2839 have a significantly smaller Catalog database. The disadvantage is that
2840 you will not be able to produce a Catalog listing of the files backed up
2841 for each Job (this is often called Browsing). Also, without the File
2842 entries in the catalog, you will not be able to use the Console {\bf
2843 restore} command nor any other command that references File entries.
2845 \label{PoolAutoPrune}
2846 \item [AutoPrune = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
2847 \index[dir]{AutoPrune}
2848 \index[dir]{Directive!AutoPrune}
2849 If AutoPrune is set to {\bf yes} (default), Bacula (version 1.20 or
2850 greater) will automatically apply the Volume Retention period when new
2851 Volume is needed and no appendable Volumes exist in the Pool. Volume
2852 pruning causes expired Jobs (older than the {\bf Volume Retention}
2853 period) to be deleted from the Catalog and permits possible recycling of
2856 \label{VolRetention}
2857 \item [Volume Retention = \lt{}time-period-specification\gt{}]
2858 \index[dir]{Volume Retention}
2859 \index[dir]{Directive!Volume Retention}
2860 The Volume Retention directive defines the length of time that {\bf
2861 Bacula} will keep records associated with the Volume in
2862 the Catalog database after the End time of each Job written to the
2863 Volume. When this time period expires, and if {\bf AutoPrune} is set to
2864 {\bf yes} Bacula may prune (remove) Job records that are older than the
2865 specified Volume Retention period if it is necessary to free up a
2866 Volume. Recycling will not occur until it is absolutely necessary to
2867 free up a volume (i.e. no other writable volume exists).
2868 All File records associated with pruned Jobs are also
2869 pruned. The time may be specified as seconds, minutes, hours, days,
2870 weeks, months, quarters, or years. The {\bf Volume Retention} is
2871 applied independently of the {\bf Job Retention} and the {\bf File
2872 Retention} periods defined in the Client resource. This means that all
2873 the retentions periods are applied in turn and that the shorter period
2874 is the one that effectively takes precedence. Note, that when the {\bf
2875 Volume Retention} period has been reached, and it is necessary to obtain
2876 a new volume, Bacula will prune both the Job and the File records. This
2877 pruning could also occur during a {\bf status dir} command because it
2878 uses similar algorithms for finding the next available Volume.
2880 It is important to know that when the Volume Retention period expires,
2881 Bacula does not automatically recycle a Volume. It attempts to keep the
2882 Volume data intact as long as possible before over writing the Volume.
2884 By defining multiple Pools with different Volume Retention periods, you
2885 may effectively have a set of tapes that is recycled weekly, another
2886 Pool of tapes that is recycled monthly and so on. However, one must
2887 keep in mind that if your {\bf Volume Retention} period is too short, it
2888 may prune the last valid Full backup, and hence until the next Full
2889 backup is done, you will not have a complete backup of your system, and
2890 in addition, the next Incremental or Differential backup will be
2891 promoted to a Full backup. As a consequence, the minimum {\bf Volume
2892 Retention} period should be at twice the interval of your Full backups.
2893 This means that if you do a Full backup once a month, the minimum Volume
2894 retention period should be two months.
2896 The default Volume retention period is 365 days, and either the default
2897 or the value defined by this directive in the bacula-dir.conf file is
2898 the default value used when a Volume is created. Once the volume is
2899 created, changing the value in the bacula-dir.conf file will not change
2900 what is stored for the Volume. To change the value for an existing
2901 Volume you must use the {\bf update} command in the Console.
2903 \item [Action On Purge = \lt{Truncate}]
2904 \index[dir]{actiononpurge}
2906 This directive \textbf{ActionOnPurge=Truncate} instructs Bacula to truncate the
2907 volume when it is purged with the \texttt{purge volume action=truncate}
2908 command. It is useful to prevent disk based volumes from consuming too much
2914 Action On Purge = Truncate
2919 You can schedule the truncate operation at the end of your CatalogBackup job
2920 like in this example:
2924 Name = CatalogBackup
2929 Console = "purge volume action=all allpools storage=File"
2934 \label{PoolScratchPool}
2935 \item [ScratchPool = \lt{}pool-resource-name\gt{}]
2936 \index[dir]{ScrachPool}
2937 \index[dir]{Directive!ScrachPool}
2938 This directive permits to specify a dedicate \textsl{Scratch} for the
2939 current pool. This pool will replace the special pool named \textsl{Scrach}
2940 for volume selection. For more information about \textsl{Scratch} see
2941 \ilink{Scratch Pool}{TheScratchPool} section of this manual. This is useful
2942 when using multiple storage sharing the same mediatype or when you want to
2943 dedicate volumes to a particular set of pool.
2945 \label{PoolRecyclePool}
2946 \item [RecyclePool = \lt{}pool-resource-name\gt{}]
2947 \index[dir]{RecyclePool}
2948 \index[dir]{Directive!RecyclePool}
2949 This directive defines to which pool
2950 the Volume will be placed (moved) when it is recycled. Without
2951 this directive, a Volume will remain in the same pool when it is
2952 recycled. With this directive, it can be moved automatically to any
2953 existing pool during a recycle. This directive is probably most
2954 useful when defined in the Scratch pool, so that volumes will
2955 be recycled back into the Scratch pool. For more on the see the
2956 \ilink{Scratch Pool}{TheScratchPool} section of this manual.
2958 Although this directive is called RecyclePool, the Volume in
2959 question is actually moved from its current pool to the one
2960 you specify on this directive when Bacula prunes the Volume and
2961 discovers that there are no records left in the catalog and hence
2962 marks it as {\bf Purged}.
2966 \item [Recycle = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
2967 \index[dir]{Recycle}
2968 \index[dir]{Directive!Recycle}
2969 This directive specifies whether or not Purged Volumes may be recycled.
2970 If it is set to {\bf yes} (default) and Bacula needs a volume but finds
2971 none that are appendable, it will search for and recycle (reuse) Purged
2972 Volumes (i.e. volumes with all the Jobs and Files expired and thus
2973 deleted from the Catalog). If the Volume is recycled, all previous data
2974 written to that Volume will be overwritten. If Recycle is set to {\bf
2975 no}, the Volume will not be recycled, and hence, the data will remain
2976 valid. If you want to reuse (re-write) the Volume, and the recycle flag
2977 is no (0 in the catalog), you may manually set the recycle flag (update
2978 command) for a Volume to be reused.
2980 Please note that the value defined by this directive in the
2981 bacula-dir.conf file is the default value used when a Volume is created.
2982 Once the volume is created, changing the value in the bacula-dir.conf
2983 file will not change what is stored for the Volume. To change the value
2984 for an existing Volume you must use the {\bf update} command in the
2987 When all Job and File records have been pruned or purged from the
2988 catalog for a particular Volume, if that Volume is marked as
2989 Append, Full, Used, or Error, it will then be marked as Purged. Only
2990 Volumes marked as Purged will be considered to be converted to the
2991 Recycled state if the {\bf Recycle} directive is set to {\bf yes}.
2994 \label{RecycleOldest}
2995 \item [Recycle Oldest Volume = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
2996 \index[dir]{Recycle Oldest Volume}
2997 \index[dir]{Directive!Recycle Oldest Volume}
2998 This directive instructs the Director to search for the oldest used
2999 Volume in the Pool when another Volume is requested by the Storage
3000 daemon and none are available. The catalog is then {\bf pruned}
3001 respecting the retention periods of all Files and Jobs written to this
3002 Volume. If all Jobs are pruned (i.e. the volume is Purged), then the
3003 Volume is recycled and will be used as the next Volume to be written.
3004 This directive respects any Job, File, or Volume retention periods that
3005 you may have specified, and as such it is {\bf much} better to use this
3006 directive than the Purge Oldest Volume.
3008 This directive can be useful if you have a fixed number of Volumes in the
3009 Pool and you want to cycle through them and you have specified the correct
3012 However, if you use this directive and have only one
3013 Volume in the Pool, you will immediately recycle your Volume if you fill
3014 it and Bacula needs another one. Thus your backup will be totally invalid.
3015 Please use this directive with care. The default is {\bf no}.
3017 \label{RecycleCurrent}
3019 \item [Recycle Current Volume = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
3020 \index[dir]{Recycle Current Volume}
3021 \index[dir]{Directive!Recycle Current Volume}
3022 If Bacula needs a new Volume, this directive instructs Bacula to Prune
3023 the volume respecting the Job and File retention periods. If all Jobs
3024 are pruned (i.e. the volume is Purged), then the Volume is recycled and
3025 will be used as the next Volume to be written. This directive respects
3026 any Job, File, or Volume retention periods that you may have specified,
3027 and thus it is {\bf much} better to use it rather than the Purge Oldest
3030 This directive can be useful if you have: a fixed number of Volumes in
3031 the Pool, you want to cycle through them, and you have specified
3032 retention periods that prune Volumes before you have cycled through the
3035 However, if you use this directive and have only one Volume in the Pool,
3036 you will immediately recycle your Volume if you fill it and Bacula needs
3037 another one. Thus your backup will be totally invalid. Please use this
3038 directive with care. The default is {\bf no}.
3042 \item [Purge Oldest Volume = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
3043 \index[dir]{Purge Oldest Volume}
3044 \index[dir]{Directive!Purge Oldest Volume}
3045 This directive instructs the Director to search for the oldest used
3046 Volume in the Pool when another Volume is requested by the Storage
3047 daemon and none are available. The catalog is then {\bf purged}
3048 irrespective of retention periods of all Files and Jobs written to this
3049 Volume. The Volume is then recycled and will be used as the next Volume
3050 to be written. This directive overrides any Job, File, or Volume
3051 retention periods that you may have specified.
3053 This directive can be useful if you have a fixed number of Volumes in
3054 the Pool and you want to cycle through them and reusing the oldest one
3055 when all Volumes are full, but you don't want to worry about setting
3056 proper retention periods. However, by using this option you risk losing
3059 Please be aware that {\bf Purge Oldest Volume} disregards all retention
3060 periods. If you have only a single Volume defined and you turn this
3061 variable on, that Volume will always be immediately overwritten when it
3062 fills! So at a minimum, ensure that you have a decent number of Volumes
3063 in your Pool before running any jobs. If you want retention periods to
3064 apply do not use this directive. To specify a retention period, use the
3065 {\bf Volume Retention} directive (see above).
3067 We {\bf highly} recommend against using this directive, because it is
3068 sure that some day, Bacula will recycle a Volume that contains current
3069 data. The default is {\bf no}.
3071 \item [File Retention = \lt{}time-period-specification\gt{}]
3072 \index[dir]{File Retention}
3073 \index[dir]{Directive!File Retention}
3074 The File Retention directive defines the length of time that Bacula will
3075 keep File records in the Catalog database after the End time of the
3076 Job corresponding to the File records.
3078 This directive takes precedence over Client directives of the same name. For
3079 example, you can decide to increase Retention times for Archive or OffSite
3082 Note, this affects only records in the catalog database. It does not affect
3083 your archive backups.
3085 For more information see Client documentation about
3086 \ilink{FileRetention}{FileRetention}
3088 \item [Job Retention = \lt{}time-period-specification\gt{}]
3089 \index[dir]{Job Retention}
3090 \index[dir]{Directive!Job Retention}
3092 The Job Retention directive defines the length of time that Bacula will keep
3093 Job records in the Catalog database after the Job End time. As with the
3094 other retention periods, this affects only records in the catalog and not
3095 data in your archive backup.
3097 This directive takes precedence over Client directives of the same name.
3098 For example, you can decide to increase Retention times for Archive or
3101 For more information see Client side documentation
3102 \ilink{JobRetention}{JobRetention}
3104 \item [Cleaning Prefix = \lt{}string\gt{}]
3105 \index[dir]{Cleaning Prefix}
3106 \index[dir]{Directive!Cleaning Prefix}
3107 This directive defines a prefix string, which if it matches the
3108 beginning of a Volume name during labeling of a Volume, the Volume will
3109 be defined with the VolStatus set to {\bf Cleaning} and thus Bacula will
3110 never attempt to use this tape. This is primarily for use with
3111 autochangers that accept barcodes where the convention is that barcodes
3112 beginning with {\bf CLN} are treated as cleaning tapes.
3115 \item [Label Format = \lt{}format\gt{}]
3116 \index[dir]{Label Format}
3117 \index[dir]{Directive!Label Format}
3118 This directive specifies the format of the labels contained in this
3119 pool. The format directive is used as a sort of template to create new
3120 Volume names during automatic Volume labeling.
3122 The {\bf format} should be specified in double quotes, and consists of
3123 letters, numbers and the special characters hyphen ({\bf -}), underscore
3124 ({\bf \_}), colon ({\bf :}), and period ({\bf .}), which are the legal
3125 characters for a Volume name. The {\bf format} should be enclosed in
3128 In addition, the format may contain a number of variable expansion
3129 characters which will be expanded by a complex algorithm allowing you to
3130 create Volume names of many different formats. In all cases, the
3131 expansion process must resolve to the set of characters noted above that
3132 are legal Volume names. Generally, these variable expansion characters
3133 begin with a dollar sign ({\bf \$}) or a left bracket ({\bf [}). If you
3134 specify variable expansion characters, you should always enclose the
3135 format with double quote characters ({\bf "}). For more details on
3136 variable expansion, please see the \ilink{Variable
3137 Expansion}{VarsChapter} Chapter of this manual.
3139 If no variable expansion characters are found in the string, the Volume
3140 name will be formed from the {\bf format} string appended with the
3141 a unique number that increases. If you do not remove volumes from the
3142 pool, this number should be the number of volumes plus one, but this
3143 is not guaranteed. The unique number will be edited as four
3144 digits with leading zeros. For example, with a {\bf Label Format =
3145 "File-"}, the first volumes will be named {\bf File-0001}, {\bf
3148 With the exception of Job specific variables, you can test your {\bf
3149 LabelFormat} by using the \ilink{ var command}{var} the Console Chapter
3152 In almost all cases, you should enclose the format specification (part
3153 after the equal sign) in double quotes. Please note that this directive
3154 is deprecated and is replaced in version 1.37 and greater with a Python
3155 script for creating volume names.
3159 In order for a Pool to be used during a Backup Job, the Pool must have at
3160 least one Volume associated with it. Volumes are created for a Pool using
3161 the {\bf label} or the {\bf add} commands in the {\bf Bacula Console},
3162 program. In addition to adding Volumes to the Pool (i.e. putting the
3163 Volume names in the Catalog database), the physical Volume must be labeled
3164 with a valid Bacula software volume label before {\bf Bacula} will accept
3165 the Volume. This will be automatically done if you use the {\bf label}
3166 command. Bacula can automatically label Volumes if instructed to do so,
3167 but this feature is not yet fully implemented.
3169 The following is an example of a valid Pool resource definition:
3181 \subsection{The Scratch Pool}
3182 \label{TheScratchPool}
3183 \index[general]{Scratch Pool}
3184 In general, you can give your Pools any name you wish, but there is one
3185 important restriction: the Pool named {\bf Scratch}, if it exists behaves
3186 like a scratch pool of Volumes in that when Bacula needs a new Volume for
3187 writing and it cannot find one, it will look in the Scratch pool, and if
3188 it finds an available Volume, it will move it out of the Scratch pool into
3189 the Pool currently being used by the job.
3192 \section{The Catalog Resource}
3193 \label{CatalogResource}
3194 \index[general]{Resource!Catalog}
3195 \index[general]{Catalog Resource}
3197 The Catalog Resource defines what catalog to use for the current job.
3198 Currently, Bacula can only handle a single database server (SQLite, MySQL,
3199 PostgreSQL) that is defined when configuring {\bf Bacula}. However, there
3200 may be as many Catalogs (databases) defined as you wish. For example, you
3201 may want each Client to have its own Catalog database, or you may want
3202 backup jobs to use one database and verify or restore jobs to use another
3205 Since SQLite is compiled in, it always runs on the same machine
3206 as the Director and the database must be directly accessible (mounted) from
3207 the Director. However, since both MySQL and PostgreSQL are networked
3208 databases, they may reside either on the same machine as the Director
3209 or on a different machine on the network. See below for more details.
3214 \index[dir]{Catalog}
3215 \index[dir]{Directive!Catalog}
3216 Start of the Catalog resource. At least one Catalog resource must be
3220 \item [Name = \lt{}name\gt{}]
3222 \index[dir]{Directive!Name}
3223 The name of the Catalog. No necessary relation to the database server
3224 name. This name will be specified in the Client resource directive
3225 indicating that all catalog data for that Client is maintained in this
3226 Catalog. This directive is required.
3228 \item [password = \lt{}password\gt{}]
3229 \index[dir]{password}
3230 \index[dir]{Directive!password}
3231 This specifies the password to use when logging into the database. This
3232 directive is required.
3234 \item [DB Name = \lt{}name\gt{}]
3235 \index[dir]{DB Name}
3236 \index[dir]{Directive!DB Name}
3237 This specifies the name of the database. If you use multiple catalogs
3238 (databases), you specify which one here. If you are using an external
3239 database server rather than the internal one, you must specify a name
3240 that is known to the server (i.e. you explicitly created the Bacula
3241 tables using this name. This directive is required.
3243 \item [user = \lt{}user\gt{}]
3245 \index[dir]{Directive!user}
3246 This specifies what user name to use to log into the database. This
3247 directive is required.
3249 \item [DB Socket = \lt{}socket-name\gt{}]
3250 \index[dir]{DB Socket}
3251 \index[dir]{Directive!DB Socket}
3252 This is the name of a socket to use on the local host to connect to the
3253 database. This directive is used only by MySQL and is ignored by SQLite.
3254 Normally, if neither {\bf DB Socket} or {\bf DB Address} are specified, MySQL
3255 will use the default socket. If the DB Socket is specified, the
3256 MySQL server must reside on the same machine as the Director.
3258 \item [DB Address = \lt{}address\gt{}]
3259 \index[dir]{DB Address}
3260 \index[dir]{Directive!DB Address}
3261 This is the host address of the database server. Normally, you would specify
3262 this instead of {\bf DB Socket} if the database server is on another machine.
3263 In that case, you will also specify {\bf DB Port}. This directive is used
3264 only by MySQL and PostgreSQL and is ignored by SQLite if provided.
3265 This directive is optional.
3267 \item [DB Port = \lt{}port\gt{}]
3268 \index[dir]{DB Port}
3269 \index[dir]{Directive!DB Port}
3270 This defines the port to be used in conjunction with {\bf DB Address} to
3271 access the database if it is on another machine. This directive is used only
3272 by MySQL and PostgreSQL and is ignored by SQLite if provided. This
3273 directive is optional.
3275 %% \item [Multiple Connections = \lt{}yes\vb{}no\gt{}]
3276 %% \index[dir]{Multiple Connections}
3277 %% \index[dir]{Directive!Multiple Connections}
3278 %% By default, this directive is set to no. In that case, each job that uses
3280 %% same Catalog will use a single connection to the catalog. It will be shared,
3281 %% and Bacula will allow only one Job at a time to communicate. If you set this
3282 %% directive to yes, Bacula will permit multiple connections to the database,
3283 %% and the database must be multi-thread capable. For SQLite and PostgreSQL,
3284 %% this is no problem. For MySQL, you must be *very* careful to have the
3285 %% multi-thread version of the client library loaded on your system. When this
3286 %% directive is set yes, each Job will have a separate connection to the
3287 %% database, and the database will control the interaction between the
3289 %% Jobs. This can significantly speed up the database operations if you are
3290 %% running multiple simultaneous jobs. In addition, for SQLite and PostgreSQL,
3291 %% Bacula will automatically enable transactions. This can significantly speed
3292 %% up insertion of attributes in the database either for a single Job or
3293 %% multiple simultaneous Jobs.
3295 %% This directive has not been tested. Please test carefully before running it
3296 %% in production and report back your results.
3300 The following is an example of a valid Catalog resource definition:
3309 password = "" # no password = no security
3314 or for a Catalog on another machine:
3324 DB Address = remote.acme.com
3330 \section{The Messages Resource}
3331 \label{MessagesResource2}
3332 \index[general]{Resource!Messages}
3333 \index[general]{Messages Resource}
3335 For the details of the Messages Resource, please see the
3336 \ilink{Messages Resource Chapter}{MessagesChapter} of this
3339 \section{The Console Resource}
3340 \label{ConsoleResource1}
3341 \index[general]{Console Resource}
3342 \index[general]{Resource!Console}
3344 As of Bacula version 1.33 and higher, there are three different kinds of
3345 consoles, which the administrator or user can use to interact with the
3346 Director. These three kinds of consoles comprise three different security
3350 \item The first console type is an {\bf anonymous} or {\bf default} console,
3351 which has full privileges. There is no console resource necessary for
3352 this type since the password is specified in the Director's resource and
3353 consequently such consoles do not have a name as defined on a {\bf Name
3354 =} directive. This is the kind of console that was initially
3355 implemented in versions prior to 1.33 and remains valid. Typically you
3356 would use it only for administrators.
3358 \item The second type of console, and new to version 1.33 and higher is a
3359 "named" console defined within a Console resource in both the Director's
3360 configuration file and in the Console's configuration file. Both the
3361 names and the passwords in these two entries must match much as is the
3362 case for Client programs.
3364 This second type of console begins with absolutely no privileges except
3365 those explicitly specified in the Director's Console resource. Thus you
3366 can have multiple Consoles with different names and passwords, sort of
3367 like multiple users, each with different privileges. As a default,
3368 these consoles can do absolutely nothing -- no commands whatsoever. You
3369 give them privileges or rather access to commands and resources by
3370 specifying access control lists in the Director's Console resource. The
3371 ACLs are specified by a directive followed by a list of access names.
3372 Examples of this are shown below.
3374 \item The third type of console is similar to the above mentioned one in that
3375 it requires a Console resource definition in both the Director and the
3376 Console. In addition, if the console name, provided on the {\bf Name =}
3377 directive, is the same as a Client name, that console is permitted to
3378 use the {\bf SetIP} command to change the Address directive in the
3379 Director's client resource to the IP address of the Console. This
3380 permits portables or other machines using DHCP (non-fixed IP addresses)
3381 to "notify" the Director of their current IP address.
3384 The Console resource is optional and need not be specified. The following
3385 directives are permitted within the Director's configuration resource:
3389 \item [Name = \lt{}name\gt{}]
3391 \index[dir]{Directive!Name}
3392 The name of the console. This name must match the name specified in the
3393 Console's configuration resource (much as is the case with Client
3396 \item [Password = \lt{}password\gt{}]
3397 \index[dir]{Password}
3398 \index[dir]{Directive!Password}
3399 Specifies the password that must be supplied for a named Bacula Console
3400 to be authorized. The same password must appear in the {\bf Console}
3401 resource of the Console configuration file. For added security, the
3402 password is never actually passed across the network but rather a
3403 challenge response hash code created with the password. This directive
3404 is required. If you have either {\bf /dev/random} {\bf bc} on your
3405 machine, Bacula will generate a random password during the configuration
3406 process, otherwise it will be left blank.
3408 The password is plain text. It is not generated through any special
3409 process. However, it is preferable for security reasons to choose
3412 \item [JobACL = \lt{}name-list\gt{}]
3414 \index[dir]{Directive!JobACL}
3415 This directive is used to specify a list of Job resource names that can
3416 be accessed by the console. Without this directive, the console cannot
3417 access any of the Director's Job resources. Multiple Job resource names
3418 may be specified by separating them with commas, and/or by specifying
3419 multiple JobACL directives. For example, the directive may be specified
3424 JobACL = kernsave, "Backup client 1", "Backup client 2"
3425 JobACL = "RestoreFiles"
3430 With the above specification, the console can access the Director's resources
3431 for the four jobs named on the JobACL directives, but for no others.
3433 \item [ClientACL = \lt{}name-list\gt{}]
3434 \index[dir]{ClientACL}
3435 \index[dir]{Directive!ClientACL}
3436 This directive is used to specify a list of Client resource names that can
3438 accessed by the console.
3440 \item [StorageACL = \lt{}name-list\gt{}]
3441 \index[dir]{StorageACL}
3442 \index[dir]{Directive!StorageACL}
3443 This directive is used to specify a list of Storage resource names that can
3444 be accessed by the console.
3446 \item [ScheduleACL = \lt{}name-list\gt{}]
3447 \index[dir]{ScheduleACL}
3448 \index[dir]{Directive!ScheduleACL}
3449 This directive is used to specify a list of Schedule resource names that can
3450 be accessed by the console.
3452 \item [PoolACL = \lt{}name-list\gt{}]
3453 \index[dir]{PoolACL}
3454 \index[dir]{Directive!PoolACL}
3455 This directive is used to specify a list of Pool resource names that can be
3456 accessed by the console.
3458 \item [FileSetACL = \lt{}name-list\gt{}]
3459 \index[dir]{FileSetACL}
3460 \index[dir]{Directive!FileSetACL}
3461 This directive is used to specify a list of FileSet resource names that
3462 can be accessed by the console.
3464 \item [CatalogACL = \lt{}name-list\gt{}]
3465 \index[dir]{CatalogACL}
3466 \index[dir]{Directive!CatalogACL}
3467 This directive is used to specify a list of Catalog resource names that
3468 can be accessed by the console.
3470 \item [CommandACL = \lt{}name-list\gt{}]
3471 \index[dir]{CommandACL}
3472 \index[dir]{Directive!CommandACL}
3473 This directive is used to specify a list of of console commands that can
3474 be executed by the console.
3476 \item [WhereACL = \lt{}string\gt{}]
3477 \index[dir]{WhereACL}
3478 \index[dir]{Directive!WhereACL}
3479 This directive permits you to specify where a restricted console
3480 can restore files. If this directive is not specified, only the
3481 default restore location is permitted (normally {\bf
3482 /tmp/bacula-restores}. If {\bf *all*} is specified any path the
3483 user enters will be accepted (not very secure), any other
3484 value specified (there may be multiple WhereACL directives) will
3485 restrict the user to use that path. For example, on a Unix system,
3486 if you specify "/", the file will be restored to the original
3487 location. This directive is untested.
3491 Aside from Director resource names and console command names, the special
3492 keyword {\bf *all*} can be specified in any of the above access control lists.
3493 When this keyword is present, any resource or command name (which ever is
3494 appropriate) will be accepted. For an example configuration file, please see
3496 \ilink{Console Configuration}{ConsoleConfChapter} chapter of this
3499 \section{The Counter Resource}
3500 \label{CounterResource}
3501 \index[general]{Resource!Counter}
3502 \index[general]{Counter Resource}
3504 The Counter Resource defines a counter variable that can be accessed by
3505 variable expansion used for creating Volume labels with the {\bf LabelFormat}
3507 \ilink{LabelFormat}{Label} directive in this chapter for more
3513 \index[dir]{Counter}
3514 \index[dir]{Directive!Counter}
3515 Start of the Counter resource. Counter directives are optional.
3517 \item [Name = \lt{}name\gt{}]
3519 \index[dir]{Directive!Name}
3520 The name of the Counter. This is the name you will use in the variable
3521 expansion to reference the counter value.
3523 \item [Minimum = \lt{}integer\gt{}]
3524 \index[dir]{Minimum}
3525 \index[dir]{Directive!Minimum}
3526 This specifies the minimum value that the counter can have. It also becomes
3527 the default. If not supplied, zero is assumed.
3529 \item [Maximum = \lt{}integer\gt{}]
3530 \index[dir]{Maximum}
3531 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum}
3532 \index[dir]{Directive!Maximum}
3533 This is the maximum value value that the counter can have. If not specified
3534 or set to zero, the counter can have a maximum value of 2,147,483,648 (2 to
3535 the 31 power). When the counter is incremented past this value, it is reset
3538 \item [*WrapCounter = \lt{}counter-name\gt{}]
3539 \index[dir]{*WrapCounter}
3540 \index[dir]{Directive!*WrapCounter}
3541 If this value is specified, when the counter is incremented past the
3543 and thus reset to the minimum, the counter specified on the {\bf WrapCounter}
3544 is incremented. (This is not currently implemented).
3546 \item [Catalog = \lt{}catalog-name\gt{}]
3547 \index[dir]{Catalog}
3548 \index[dir]{Directive!Catalog}
3549 If this directive is specified, the counter and its values will be saved in
3550 the specified catalog. If this directive is not present, the counter will be
3551 redefined each time that Bacula is started.
3554 \section{Example Director Configuration File}
3555 \label{SampleDirectorConfiguration}
3556 \index[general]{File!Example Director Configuration}
3557 \index[general]{Example Director Configuration File}
3559 An example Director configuration file might be the following:
3564 # Default Bacula Director Configuration file
3566 # The only thing that MUST be changed is to add one or more
3567 # file or directory names in the Include directive of the
3570 # For Bacula release 1.15 (5 March 2002) -- redhat
3572 # You might also want to change the default email address
3573 # from root to your address. See the "mail" and "operator"
3574 # directives in the Messages resource.
3576 Director { # define myself
3578 QueryFile = "/home/kern/bacula/bin/query.sql"
3579 WorkingDirectory = "/home/kern/bacula/bin/working"
3580 PidDirectory = "/home/kern/bacula/bin/working"
3581 Password = "XkSfzu/Cf/wX4L8Zh4G4/yhCbpLcz3YVdmVoQvU3EyF/"
3583 # Define the backup Job
3585 Name = "NightlySave"
3587 Level = Incremental # default
3590 Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
3600 Where = /tmp/bacula-restores
3606 # List of files to be backed up
3610 Options { signature=SHA1}
3612 # Put your list of files here, one per line or include an
3613 # external list with:
3617 # Note: / backs up everything
3622 # When to do the backups
3624 Name = "WeeklyCycle"
3625 Run = level=Full sun at 2:05
3626 Run = level=Incremental mon-sat at 2:05
3628 # Client (File Services) to backup
3633 Password = "MQk6lVinz4GG2hdIZk1dsKE/LxMZGo6znMHiD7t7vzF+"
3634 File Retention = 60d # sixty day file retention
3635 Job Retention = 1y # 1 year Job retention
3636 AutoPrune = yes # Auto apply retention periods
3638 # Definition of DLT tape storage device
3642 Password = "jMeWZvfikUHvt3kzKVVPpQ0ccmV6emPnF2cPYFdhLApQ"
3643 Device = "HP DLT 80" # same as Device in Storage daemon
3644 Media Type = DLT8000 # same as MediaType in Storage daemon
3646 # Definition for a DLT autochanger device
3650 Password = "jMeWZvfikUHvt3kzKVVPpQ0ccmV6emPnF2cPYFdhLApQ"
3651 Device = "Autochanger" # same as Device in Storage daemon
3652 Media Type = DLT-8000 # Different from DLTDrive
3655 # Definition of DDS tape storage device
3659 Password = "jMeWZvfikUHvt3kzKVVPpQ0ccmV6emPnF2cPYFdhLApQ"
3660 Device = SDT-10000 # same as Device in Storage daemon
3661 Media Type = DDS-4 # same as MediaType in Storage daemon
3663 # Definition of 8mm tape storage device
3667 Password = "jMeWZvfikUHvt3kzKVVPpQ0ccmV6emPnF2cPYFdhLApQ"
3668 Device = "Exabyte 8mm"
3671 # Definition of file storage device
3675 Password = "jMeWZvfikUHvt3kzKVVPpQ0ccmV6emPnF2cPYFdhLApQ"
3676 Device = FileStorage
3679 # Generic catalog service
3682 dbname = bacula; user = bacula; password = ""
3684 # Reasonable message delivery -- send most everything to
3685 # the email address and to the console
3688 mail = root@localhost = all, !skipped, !terminate
3689 operator = root@localhost = mount
3690 console = all, !skipped, !saved
3693 # Default pool definition
3701 # Restricted console used by tray-monitor to get the status of the director
3705 Password = "GN0uRo7PTUmlMbqrJ2Gr1p0fk0HQJTxwnFyE4WSST3MWZseR"
3706 CommandACL = status, .status