Spool Directory and Scheduled Backups

The Spool Directory contains all files from the watched folders that were created and/or changed. It keeps a copy of every version of the files.

An example of this directory can be seen below:

You must schedule backup jobs with a proper Files in order to backup those files with Bacula. Following this example, the job configuration would be:

Fileset {
    Name = cdp
    Include {
        Options {
            compression = LZO
        }
        Plugin = "cdp: userHome=/home/user1"
    }
}
Job {
    Name = CDP
    Client = myclient-fd
    Type = Backup
    Pool = Default
    Schedule = Hourly
    Messages = Standard
    Fileset = cdp
}

The Job reads the journal file to select which files from the Spool Directory should be backed up. After that, the files will be available to be restored at any time: