Thanks a lot for your reply Dan. Bacula is going to be used to backup our configuration, our systems and our database. The customer has the right to request a copy of the database contents and this is what I'm trying to provide them, so I'm checking to see if this is possible using Bacula.
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:41:42 -0500, "Dan Langille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 30 Oct 2006 at 5:33, Mathew Brown wrote: > > > I know this might be a strange question, but what format does Bacula > > use to write to tape? > > Google is my friend. Google is also your friend: > > http://www.google.com/search?c&q=site:www.bacula.org+tape+format > > > > When using tar, you can view the contents of a > > tape using the tar command. What about when using Bacula? > > You can use bls: > > http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Volume_Utility_Tools.html > > > I need to know this because one of my customers needs a backup of the > > tapes (the ones with his) that we use in our environment and I wanted > > to make sure that he could read the contents of the tape if I used > > Bacula. Does he have to have Bacula installed? Thanks for your help. > > He wants a copy of existing backup tapes? > > -- > Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work > my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php > > -- Mathew Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but differentÂ… ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
