once again i've managed to force myself to learn the hardway...
server: Version: 1.36.3 (22 April 2005)
redhat 9.0
client: Version 1.36
Win NT 1381
in my FileSet config i mistakenly put "C:\" instead of "C:/".
as such- the backups have been carried out successfully (as far as i can
tell) but the Path records now read like: C:/\/foo/bar. essentially it
thinks there's a directory named "\" which is illegal in NTFS. and of
course- no, i didnt use the portable option. :(
trying to restore i get errors of:
27-Oct 18:15 foo-fd: RestoreFiles.2005-10-27_17.59.06 Error: Cannot
create directory /tmp/bacula-restores/C/\/Users Shared Folders: ERR=The
system cannot find the file specified.
27-Oct 18:15 foo-fd: RestoreFiles.2005-10-27_17.59.06 Error:
..\findlib\../../findlib/create_file.c:182 Could not create
/tmp/bacula-restores/C/\/Users Shared Folders/users/Accounts
Payable/Hours Worked/ThisCo Time Sheet.xls: ERR=The system cannot find
the path specified.
i've tried:
1) manually updating the mysql records in the Path table to remove the
'\' from all records relevant to the path i wish to restore. same errors.
2) creating the restore path necessary on a linux box (ie: with a
directory named '\') and sharing it via samba and mounting it on the
windows box. ...when mounted the directory appears in hex and thus its
useless for this.
3) using bextract to get the files but i still get errors about NTFS
streams not being support on the linux client.
$ bextract -i files-i-want -V MyVol /dev/nst0 /tmp/bacula
so- as far as i can tell- the files i want are on tape, but i cant
restore them anywhere. either i'm missing where i need to change the
catalog records- or the full path is stored on the tape and thats used
as the canonical name for restores. i can almost taste the files but
NTFS wont forgive me.
my next line of action is to modify the source to alter create_file.c to
never allow a '\' directory request be made... but i'm comfortable
hacking the linux code... but not the windows code. i'm not sure if
this alteration should be made on the server or the client. ????
how can i trick it to not recreate the full path? or how can i
explicityly alter the path to remove the '\'?
i really desire a non source-hack fix... but i'm stuck....
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