On Wednesday 22 March 2006 14:06, Mikael Kermorgant wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using bacula 1.38.5 on around 20 machines and I have some > questions concerning disaster recovery. > > a) The rescue cdrom > I'd like to use the bacula client shipped on the Knoppix but the > version is 1.36.2. > Will there be a version conflict in case of a restore from my 1.38.5 > bacula server ?
Any version 1.38.x should be fine, but there is very little chance that a 1.36.x client will work with a 1.38.x Dir/SD. > Do you know another livecds containing bacula client ? The Bacula rescue disk. > > Besides, I remember having read Kern writing of a different approach > for the livecd. If I'm correct, the aim was to build a generic rescue > cd. Is this project burried ? As far as I know, it works fine. It has saved me hours of restoring on several occasions. I am not sure that it really can be built on all systems since I only have Fedora FC4 on which to test ... The advantage of the Bacula rescue over other livecd's is that it has handy scripts for repartitioning and formatting your hard disk as it was prior to any problem -- should you need to replace it or start from scratch. > > b) In case of disaster on the bacula server, the documentation > mentions 2 solutions : > > 1. Bring up static versions of your Director, Catalog, and Storage > daemon. 2. Move your server to another machine. > > I wondered if a third solution based on a full backup on one tape and > a statically compiled bextract would work ? If so, it could be a > "cheap arhiving" solution (just a copy of a volume with a full backup > on dvd or another hard disk). That should work, but if you have more than one Volume or more than only one Full backup on your Volume, you should probably also save a bootstrap file written during the backup with your static bextract, and in any case, you will need a copy of your bacula-sd.conf file as well (to save time re-creating one). Please read the Restore chapter of the development manual -- it has a lot of tips and ideas. > > Thanks in advance, > -- > Mikael Kermorgant > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding > territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd________________________________________ >_______ Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
