SAC:Bacula
As of 2017 Bacula server runs on the SAC:Backups host.
Configuration
Configuration as of June, 2011
A Full copy is made every Sat. with incremental backups nightly.
This consists of the following directories:
File = /boot File = /etc File = /var/www File = /home File = /osgeo File = /var/lib/mysql File = /var/lib/postgresql File = /var/lib/dpkg File = /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates
From each of the following machines:
- adhoc, download, projects, osgeo6, qgis, secure, web, web18a, webextra, wiki
Trac currently gets trac_backup.zip which is generated during the daily backup cycle
Administration
General configuration is managed in /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf.
To review the backups and perform a restore you can use the bconsole application:
sudo bconsole
Specific configuration of the file/tape storage is in the Storage director /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf
- Bacula uses the hard drive as a series of Tape drives.
- Each Volume is a predetermined size (~500MB currently), when a volume fills bacula makes the next one.
- Volumes older than a certain date or when volume increments have reach a configured maximum can be recycled into the available disk pool.
- Useful commands
sudo bconsole #get into console
== once in console == list jobs #lists all jobs list job=BackupWiki #list all jobs with specific name and shows the dates and job id of each list joblog jobid=21541 #list details of a job like how many bytes backed up, date and # of jobfiles
Recovery
- If you use bconsole to recover data bacula does the work of finding the files you want and pulling them out of the various volumes.
- Directory for recovered files is set in the bacula-dir.conf under:
Job {
Name = "RestoreFiles"
Type = Restore
Client = backup.osgeo.osuosl.org-fd
FileSet = "Full Set"
Storage = File
Pool = Default
Messages = Standard
Where = /tmp/bacula-restores
}
- Directions for how to restore
sudo bconsole *restore
Then follow the prompts, using the above linked guide to help find the files you want.