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 files backed up
   list jobfiles jobid=21541 #Lists the actual files backed up in this run
   list clients #list all job clients (each is dedicated to servicing a particular backup
   run job=BackupWeb18a #manually triggers a named job to run and will return the job id

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.