Kern, You are right about the Bacula rescue disk. I was thinking about rescue disks in general. I am working to get my backups solid before venturing into bare metal restores, simulated (i.e., onto a spare partition) or real (onto a nice, shiny new hard disk after the old one turned to slag). If I encounter problems, I'll let you know ;}
Jeffrey Quoting Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wednesday 25 May 2005 21:41, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > I doubt the rescue disk will automagically create the /proc mount > > point on the hard disk that is being restored. It will create a /proc > > mount point on the fielsystem it is running from, probably a RAM disk. > > Same for the /dev/* special files. > > Yes, you are right on the above. > > > Unless you built the rescue disk > > yourself, chances are very good that /dev/* of the rescue disk does > > not match /dev/ of the system being restored. > > If you use the Bacula rescue disk, they will match, and it doesn't seem to > matter anyway. I have restored a fully backed up system with Bacula to a > freshly formatted disk at least 20 times and never had any trouble booting > and running afterwards. > > If you find it doesn't work, I'd like to know why. > > > > > Been there, done that, got the arrow shirt. > > Jeffrey > > > > Quoting Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > If you do something like backup > > > > > > File = / > > > > > > but do not allow filesystem trasitions, Bacula (version 1.36.3, and > > > perhaps one or two versions earlier) will write out all the directory > > > entries for the filesystems not backed up. They will then be restored. > > > > > > In any case, in order to run Bacula in disaster recovery mode, you will > > > already need to have /proc defined and mounted, which will generally be > > > done by whatever rescue boot you use. > > > > > > On Wednesday 25 May 2005 19:10, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > > > Quoting Bruno Savioli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Martin Simmons wrote: > > > > > > > > [sip] > > > > > > > > > >Isn't everything in /proc lost on reboot anyway? > > > > > > > > > > > >__Martin > > > > > > > > > > Yes, it is. but you still need the mount point. > > > > > > > > > > Bruno > > > > > > > > This is one of the reasons I am switching from AMANDA to Bacula. > > > > Recreating /proc by hand during a bare metal restore is a nuisance but > > > > not a showstopper. Recreating all the special nodes/devices/files in > > > > /dev is a PITA. In all fairness, AMANDA doesn't claim to be a > > > > disaster recovery system, just a backup system. It is this case that > > > > made the difference clear to me. > > > > > > > > Jeffrey > > > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: GoToMeeting - the easiest way to collaborate > > online with coworkers and clients while avoiding the high cost of travel > > and communications. There is no equipment to buy and you can meet as often > > as you want. Try it > > free.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7402&alloc_id=16135&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: GoToMeeting - the easiest way to collaborate online with coworkers and clients while avoiding the high cost of travel and communications. There is no equipment to buy and you can meet as often as you want. Try it free.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7402&alloc_id=16135&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
