On Monday 24 July 2006 00:20, Shawn Robert Lesniak wrote: > 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.
Look at the end of the restore chapter for the online manual: www.bacula.org/dev-manual/dev-manual/Bacula_Consol_Restor_Comman.html#SECTION0002112000000000000000 it will explain how to setup a dummy database and then run the appropriate command. You can also run the bextract command. See the Volume Utility Tools chapter. You will need at a minimum a valid bacula-sd.conf file in order for it to know what type drive to use. > > > > > 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. Yes, well then it is not going to be easy. > > I apologize if this is covered in the docs, but the docs are over 600 > pages and it's possible I've missed it. There is a table of contents and an index, and you can use the search box on the main page of the web site to look for keywords as well. > > 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
