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Maybe this is no new question, but I didn't find anything about it in the archives. Q: Is it possible to rename a client in the Bacula-DB? The case is: here, client names correspond to host names. Now, a host name has to be changed, so it's client name would also change. Then it would be a new client for Bacula, and Bacula would upgrade the next incremental backup to a full backup, what is completely needless (and bad because of 4 TB data stored there). Of course, I could keep the client name regardless of what's going on with the host name. But then I would break the naming convention. And that's bad in an environment of about 100 Bacula clients... A better solution would be to rename all entries in the DB from "oldclient-fd" to "newclient-fd". The next incremental of "newclient-fd" would just be an appendix to existing data. Best regards, Robert -------------------------------------------------------------- ++ German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence ++ -------------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.Inf. Robert Wirth,Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3,66123 Saarbruecken @office: +49-681-302-5078, or -5572 +++ @fax: +49-681-302-5020 mailto:[hidden email] ++++++++ http://www.dfki.de/~wirth -------------------------------------------------------------- Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz GmbH - Firmensitz Trippstadter Strasse 122, D-67663 Kaiserslautern Geschaeftsfuehrung (executive board): - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster (Vorsitzender) - Dr. Walter Olthoff Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats (supervisory board chairman): - Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans A. Aukes Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313 -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users |
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16.05.2008 10:17, Robert Wirth wrote: > Hi! > > Maybe this is no new question, but I didn't find anything about it > in the archives. > > Q: Is it possible to rename a client in the Bacula-DB? Yes, that's possible. If you know a bit about SQL and understand the database layout, this is simple. Even if you feel safe with these items I recommend doing a catalog dump before you change the name, and try a job from the renamed client immediately. > The case is: here, client names correspond to host names. Now, a host > name has to be changed, so it's client name would also change. Then it > would be a new client for Bacula, and Bacula would upgrade the next > incremental backup to a full backup, what is completely needless > (and bad because of 4 TB data stored there). > > Of course, I could keep the client name regardless of what's going on > with the host name. But then I would break the naming convention. > And that's bad in an environment of about 100 Bacula clients... Yes. > A better solution would be to rename all entries in the DB from > "oldclient-fd" to "newclient-fd". The next incremental of "newclient-fd" > would just be an appendix to existing data. Remember that you have to change the configuration accordingly... Arno > Best regards, > > Robert > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ++ German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence ++ > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Dipl.Inf. Robert Wirth,Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3,66123 Saarbruecken > @office: +49-681-302-5078, or -5572 +++ @fax: +49-681-302-5020 > mailto:[hidden email] ++++++++ http://www.dfki.de/~wirth > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz GmbH > - Firmensitz Trippstadter Strasse 122, D-67663 Kaiserslautern > > Geschaeftsfuehrung (executive board): > - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster (Vorsitzender) > - Dr. Walter Olthoff > > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats (supervisory board chairman): > - Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans A. Aukes > > Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313 > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > [hidden email] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users |
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