>>>>> "Kern" == Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kern> Hello, Though I'm not sure it will fix your current problem,
Kern> you will need to get onto version 1.38.11 of Bacula,
Kern> otherwise you will not get very far. Even then, the DVD
Kern> code is not really production quality. Just the same, using
Kern> 1.38.11 all users who were having problems were able to
Kern> backup and restore to/from DVD. However, there are still
Kern> some problems (see the recent archives). Also, it has been
Kern> reported, but I have not verified that you must let Bacula
Kern> automatically label the DVDs using LabelFormat or Python
Kern> scripting.
Kern> If your data is important, I'd recommend finding another
Kern> solution (e.g. e-bay DLT drive and a SCSI card, ...).
Hi Kern and Richard,
Thanks for the advice. I did nab the newer packages from Debian's
unstable branch, so I'll give those a go later tonight.
I do have some occasional backups done with Mondo, so the vast
majority of data is fairly accessible if I need it badly enough. Mondo
works beautifully for something like a bare-metal, "damn, the drive
died" scenario, but is not so friendly for selective restores.
Bacula looks like it will work fine for my home needs, and I could see
getting a tape drive some time. DVDs are pretty cheap though, so
they're still good for home.
For work, I usually have networked boxes and no local tape drive, so I
think I can just use the file method with copies back to tape-backed
filesystems on other machines. That does work well, right?
Cheers,
Tim
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