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On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 6:44 PM Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I plan to buy another hard drive pretty soon. Next month is possible. |
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> If there is nothing available that does what I want, is there a way to |
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> use rsync and have it set to backup files starting with "a" through "k" |
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> to one spot and then backup "l" through "z" to another? I could then |
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> split the files into two parts. |
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Oh, I didn't comment on this part, so sorry for the double reply. |
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If you need backups that span multiple disks your options are very |
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limited unfortunately. Most linux backup software might output |
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multiple files but it dumps them all in one place and much of it |
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assumes that all the files are in one place for restoration. Here are |
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the options I've found: |
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1. You can use lvm/zfs/btrfs/whatever to combine multiple disks to |
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make them look like one disk. This is a workaround, and obviously |
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you're limited to however many disks you can physically mount at one |
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time. |
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2. You can use bacula, which does support changing media, since it was |
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designed for tape, but unlike tar it can output to a directory. |
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However, this is not very well-supported and it can be a pain. This |
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is what I'm doing for large-scale backups. I basically treat a hard |
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drive like a giant tape. It is fussy to set up and use, and bacula |
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itself is VERY fussy to use. Oh, and make sure you REALLY understand |
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it and do some restoration tests because otherwise you could paint |
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yourself into a corner. I always backup my database, and I have the |
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bacula software itself running in a container and after every backup I |
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just create a tarball of the whole container and stick that on the |
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backup disk (it isn't big, and that solves the bootstrapping problem). |
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Don't ever use bacula to back up itself - it is terrible for that. |
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3. Obviously if you have a scratch disk big enough to hold everything |
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temporarily that also works. You can do your backup, then copy it off |
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to other drives however you want. |
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Rich |
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