Example Copy Job

A copy Job, as its name indicates, creates a copy of an already existing backup Job. This can be used to change retention policy, storage media and/or where the data is physically stored. Bacula detects whether the reading and writing devices are in the same storage daemon and proceeds accordingly. In either case, the Storage Daemon currently holding the data to be copied acts as a File Daemon to the destination storage daemon.

Suppose these device definitions in bacula-dir.conf:

Autochanger {
   Name = Local-Storage
   Address = local-sd.bacula6.com
   SDPort = 9103
   Password = "SomeFancyPassword"
   Device = Local-FileChgr1
   Media Type = Local-MediaType
   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
   Autochanger = Local-Storage
}

Autochanger {
   Name = Remote-Storage
   Address = remote-sd.bacula6.com
   SDPort = 9903
   Password = "SomeOtherFancyPassword"
   Device = Remote-FileChgr1
   Media Type = Remote-MediaType
   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
   Autochanger = Remote-Storage
}

This Job copies the Jobs stored in Local-Storage to Remote-Storage:

Job {
   Name = "CopyLocal2Remote"
   Type = "Copy"
   JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
   NextPool = "Remote-Pool"
   Pool = "Local-Pool"
   SelectionType = PoolUncopiedJobs
   Storage = "Local-Storage"
   WriteBootstrap = "/opt/bacula/bsr/%c_%n.bsr"
}

Be careful to be sure the Pools use the right storages:

Pool {
   Name = Local-Pool
   Pool Type = Backup
   Storage = Local-Storage
   Recycle = yes
   AutoPrune = no
   Volume Retention = 1 year
   Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G
   Maximum Volumes = 100
   Label Format = "Local-Vol-"
}

Pool {
   Name = Remote-Pool
   Pool Type = Backup
   Storage = Remote-Storage
   Recycle = yes
   AutoPrune = no
   Volume Retention = 2 years
   Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G
   Maximum Volumes = 100
   Label Format = "Remote-Vol-"
}

The important definitions in local-sd.bacula6.com’s bacula-sd.conf:

Director {
   Name = director.bacula6.com-dir
   Password = "SomeFancyPassword"
   ...
}

Autochanger {
   Name = Local-FileChgr1
   Device = Local-FileChgr1-Dev1, Local-FileChgr1-Dev2
   Changer Command = ""
   Changer Device = /dev/null
}

Device {
   Name = Local-FileChgr1-Dev1
   Media Type = Local-MediaType
   Archive Device = /backup/volumes
   LabelMedia = yes
   Random Access = yes
   AutomaticMount = yes
   RemovableMedia = no
   AlwaysOpen = no
   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
}

Device {
   Name = Local-FileChgr1-Dev2
   Media Type = Local-MediaType
   Archive Device = /backup/volumes
   LabelMedia = yes
   Random Access = yes
   AutomaticMount = yes
   RemovableMedia = no
   AlwaysOpen = no
   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
}

As well as the important definitions in the remote storage daemon’s configuration (remote-sd.bacula6.com):

Director {
   Name = director.bacula6.com-dir
   Password = "SomeOtherFancyPassword"
   ...
}

Autochanger {
   Name = Remote-FileChgr1
   Device = Remote-FileChgr1-Dev1, Remote-FileChgr1-Dev2
   Changer Command = ""
   Changer Device = /dev/null
}

Device {
   Name = Remote-FileChgr1-Dev1
   Media Type = Remote-MediaType
   Archive Device = /some/other/folder
   LabelMedia = yes
   Random Access = Yes
   AutomaticMount = yes
   Volume Poll Interval = 0
   RemovableMedia = no
   AlwaysOpen = no
   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
}

Device {
   Name = Remote-FileChgr1-Dev2
   Media Type = Remote-MediaType
   Archive Device = /some/other/folder
   LabelMedia = yes
   Random Access = Yes
   AutomaticMount = yes
   RemovableMedia = no
   Volume Poll Interval = 0
   AlwaysOpen = no
   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
}

The Job output would be similar to:

08-Feb 10:15 director.bacula6.com-dir JobId 53: The following 1 JobId was
                                                chosen to be copied: 52
08-Feb 10:15 director.bacula6.com-dir JobId 53: Copying using JobId=52
                                                Job=BackupClient1.2017-02-08_10.14.41_10
08-Feb 10:15 director.bacula6.com-dir JobId 53: Start Copying JobId 53,
                                                Job=CopyLocal2Remote.2017-02-08_10.15.14_11
08-Feb 10:15 director.bacula6.com-dir JobId 53: Using Device "Local-FileChgr1-Dev1"
                                                to read.
08-Feb 10:15 director.bacula6.com-dir JobId 54: Created new Volume="Remote-Vol-0006",
                                                Pool="Remote-Pool", MediaType="Remote-MediaType"
                                                in catalog.
08-Feb 10:15 director.bacula6.com-dir JobId 54: Using Device "Remote-FileChgr1-Dev1"
                                                to write.
08-Feb 10:15 remote-sd.bacula6.com JobId 54: Labeled new Volume "Remote-Vol-0006"
                                             on file device "Remote-FileChgr1-Dev1" (/some/other/folder).
08-Feb 10:15 remote-sd.bacula6.com JobId 54: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume
                                             "Remote-Vol-0006" on file device
                                             "Remote-FileChgr1-Dev1" (/some/other/folder)
08-Feb 10:15 sd.bacula6.com JobId 53: Ready to read from volume
                                      "Local-Vol-0005"
                                      on file device "Local-FileChgr1-Dev1" (/backup/volumes).
08-Feb 10:15 sd.bacula6.com JobId 53: Forward spacing Volume "Local-Vol-0005"
                                      to file:block 0:256.
08-Feb 10:15 sd.bacula6.com JobId 53: End of Volume at file 0 on device
                                      "Local-FileChgr1-Dev1" (/backup/volumes),
                                      Volume "Local-Vol-0005"
08-Feb 10:15 sd.bacula6.com JobId 53: Elapsed time=00:00:01,
                                      Transfer rate=19.16 M Bytes/second
08-Feb 10:15 remote-sd.bacula6.com JobId 54: Elapsed time=00:00:01,
                                             Transfer rate=19.16 M Bytes/second
08-Feb 10:15 remote-sd.bacula6.com JobId 54: Sending spooled attrs to
                                             the Director. Despooling 6,114 bytes ...
08-Feb 10:15 director.bacula6.com-dir JobId 53: Bacula Enterprise
director.bacula6.com-dir 8.6.5 (10Aug16):
  Build OS:               x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-bacula-enterprise redhat
  Prev Backup JobId:      52
  Prev Backup Job:        BackupClient1.2017-02-08_10.14.41_10
  New Backup JobId:       54
  Current JobId:          53
  Current Job:            CopyLocal2Remote.2017-02-08_10.15.14_11
  Backup Level:           Full
  Client:                 fd.bacula6.com
  FileSet:                "Full Set" 2015-03-03 17:12:31
  Read Pool:              "Local-Pool" (From Job resource)
  Read Storage:           "Local-Storage" (From Pool resource)
  Write Pool:             "Remote-Pool" (From Job resource)
  Write Storage:          "Remote-Storage" (From Job resource)
  Catalog:                "MyCatalog" (From Client resource)
  Start time:             08-Feb-2017 10:15:16
  End time:               08-Feb-2017 10:15:18
  Elapsed time:           0 mins 1 secs
  Priority:               10
  SD Files Written:       22
  SD Bytes Written:       19,167,642 (19.16 MB)
  Rate:                   19.16 MB/s
  Volume name(s):         Remote-Vol-0006
  Volume Session Id:      3
  Volume Session Time:    1486558493
  Last Volume Bytes:      19,183,189 (19.18 MB)
  SD Errors:              0
  SD termination status:  OK
  Termination:            Copying OK