This chapter presents the new features added to the Released Bacula Version 3.0.2.
This feature allows selecting a single JobId and having Bacula automatically select all the other jobs that comprise a full backup up to and including the selected date (through JobId).
Assume we start with the following jobs:
+-------+--------------+---------------------+-------+----------+------------+ | jobid | client | starttime | level | jobfiles | jobbytes | +-------+--------------+---------------------+-------+----------+------------ | 6 | localhost-fd | 2009-07-15 11:45:49 | I | 2 | 0 | | 5 | localhost-fd | 2009-07-15 11:45:45 | I | 15 | 44143 | | 3 | localhost-fd | 2009-07-15 11:45:38 | I | 1 | 10 | | 1 | localhost-fd | 2009-07-15 11:45:30 | F | 1527 | 44143073 | +-------+--------------+---------------------+-------+----------+------------+
Below is an example of this new feature (which is number 12 in the menu).
* restore
To select the JobIds, you have the following choices:
1: List last 20 Jobs run
2: List Jobs where a given File is saved
...
12: Select full restore to a specified Job date
13: Cancel
Select item: (1-13): 12
Enter JobId to get the state to restore: 5
Selecting jobs to build the Full state at 2009-07-15 11:45:45
You have selected the following JobIds: 1,3,5
Building directory tree for JobId(s) 1,3,5 ... +++++++++++++++++++
1,444 files inserted into the tree.
This project was funded by Bacula Systems.
A feature has been added which allows the administrator to specify the address from which the Director and File daemons will establish connections. This may be used to simplify system configuration overhead when working in complex networks utilizing multi-homing and policy-routing.
To accomplish this, two new configuration directives have been implemented:
FileDaemon {
FDSourceAddress=10.0.1.20 # Always initiate connections from this address
}
Director {
DirSourceAddress=10.0.1.10 # Always initiate connections from this address
}
Simply adding specific host routes on the OS would have an undesirable side-effect: any application trying to contact the destination host would be forced to use the more specific route possibly diverting management traffic onto a backup VLAN. Instead of adding host routes for each client connected to a multi-homed backup server (for example where there are management and backup VLANs), one can use the new directives to specify a specific source address at the application level.
Additionally, this allows the simplification and abstraction of firewall rules when dealing with a Hot-Standby director or storage daemon configuration. The Hot-standby pair may share a CARP address, which connections must be sourced from, while system services listen and act from the unique interface addresses.
This project was funded by Collaborative Fusion, Inc.
When doing a restore the selection dialog ends by displaying this screen:
The job will require the following
Volume(s) Storage(s) SD Device(s)
===========================================================================
*000741L3 LTO-4 LTO3
*000866L3 LTO-4 LTO3
*000765L3 LTO-4 LTO3
*000764L3 LTO-4 LTO3
*000756L3 LTO-4 LTO3
*001759L3 LTO-4 LTO3
*001763L3 LTO-4 LTO3
001762L3 LTO-4 LTO3
001767L3 LTO-4 LTO3
Volumes marked with ``*'' are online (in the autochanger).
This should help speed up large restores by minimizing the time spent waiting for the operator to discover that he must change tapes in the library.
This project was funded by Bacula Systems.
The estimate command can now use the accurate code to detect changes and give a better estimation.
You can set the accurate behavior on the command line by using accurate=yesno or use the Job setting as default value.
* estimate listing accurate=yes level=incremental job=BackupJob
This project was funded by Bacula Systems.