On Sun, 23 Jul 2006, Kern Sibbald wrote: > Most users (I hope) including myself, back the database up nightly after doing > the backups, and when we back it up, we write the bootstrap file to a > different machine. With the bootstrap file, you can reload the database > without a database.
The bootstrap files were written to a different partition that was not lost. I have them, but I'm not sure how to restore my pools. I have 20 tapes and I'm not sure which were in which pool (the previous sys admin mixed them up quite a bit), though I know the names of all the tapes (Tape01-Tape20). > Alternatively, if you were backing up your database in a separate backup job, > it is possible to build your own bootstrap file from the log output and a > little detective work of exactly where it is on the tape where it was > written. This is described in the restore chapter of the manual, if I am not > mistaken. There was a BackupCatalog job which looks like it should have a copy of the database. However, when I give it the bootstrap file, it complains that it can't find Tape17. I'm unsure how to add Tape17 to the list of volumes without losing data. > > There is also a section in the manual that describes the steps to take before > putting a Bacula system into production -- it specifically speaks about > bootstrap files. Sadly, I was not the one who put this into production. I apologize if this is covered in the docs, but the docs are over 600 pages and it's possible I've missed it. Shawn Lesniak ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
