On Friday 17 November 2006 23:44, George R. Kasica wrote: > OK. looks like I'm going to have to load a base OS and then restore to > a windows box or try the BartPE route...Not a big deal, just a bit > more work. > > I'm running the latest stable release here 1.38.11, how solid would > you consider BETA 39.28 to be in terms of going into a small > production environment of 2 Linux Servers and 2 Windows Boxes, 1 2003 > Server, one XP Pro SP2 box.
As long as you are not using the new features (encryption, migration, ...), and you don't have a lot of jobs blocked waiting to run, it is extremely stable for such an environment. Obviously you want it for a new feature (Windows portability), so that is a feature that may (hopefully not) have problems ... > > Thanks for all the help!! > > George > > >> OK......its reading the right tape but now I'm seeing: > >> > >> 17-Nov 11:58 eagle-fd: RestoreFiles.2006-11-17_11.53.43 Error: Win32 > >> data stream not supported on this Client. > >> > >> > >> Is there an issue with just putting the Win-XP Client files back onto > >> a Linux system so I can access them or will it still restore or do I > >> need to load them to a Windows box? > > > >See the Win32 chapter of the manual for a matrix of what can be restored > >where, or upgrade to BETA 1.39.28 where restores *should* work to any > >machine. > > > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> > >> >Most likely you have two storage daemons and did not specify different > >> >MediaTypes. If that is the case, solution: remove all but the desired > >> >Storage Resource from your bacula-dir.conf file, or manually update the > >> >database to have unique MediaTypes for each SD. > >> > > >> >On Friday 17 November 2006 18:24, George R.Kasica wrote: > >> >> >It is a bit subtle ... > >> >> > > >> >> >What is defined in the restore Job definition has little relevance. > >> >> > > >> >> >When the restore command asks you what client you want to restore > >> >(supposing > >> >> >you choose an option like #5 rather than specifying JobIds), you answer > >> >with > >> >> >the client where from which the data was backed up. Then when you get > >to > >> >the > >> >> >yes/mod/no prompt after selecting all the files to restore, you use the > >> >"mod" > >> >> >option to change the client to where you want the data restored, and you > >> >will > >> >> >get just what you want. > >> >> Kern: > >> >> > >> >> That's what I'm doing here and it's not behaving as expected..... > >> >> > >> >> Loaded up the latest restore, selected ALL items with > >> >> > >> >> mark * > >> >> > >> >> exit > >> >> > >> >> Changed Client to eagle-fd > >> >> (I'm assume the system I want to put it back on) > >> >> > >> >> Changed Where to /home/user/bacula-restore > >> >> (On the above system) > >> >> > >> >> ran the job and see the following: > >> >> > >> >> 17-Nov 10:55 eagle-dir: Start Restore Job > >> >> RestoreFiles.2006-11-17_10.55.35 > >> >> * > >> >> 17-Nov 10:55 eagle-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" > >> >> command. > >> >> 17-Nov 10:55 eagle-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is > >> >> Slot 5. > >> >> 17-Nov 10:55 eagle-sd: RestoreFiles.2006-11-17_10.55.35 Warning: > >> >> acquire.c:146 Wrong Volume mounted on device "DDS-3-Drive0" > >> >> (/dev/nst0): Wanted D1-SB-V0005 have D0-SB-V0005 > >> >> 17-Nov 10:55 eagle-sd: Please mount Volume "D1-SB-V0005" on Storage > >> >> Device "DDS-3-Drive0" (/dev/nst0) for Job > >> >> RestoreFiles.2006-11-17_10.55.35 > >> >> > >> >> There's my problem.....its wanting the D1 volumes which are in Drive1 > >> >> to be mounted in Drive0 which is the drive normally used by another > >> >> system (eagle-fd) why isn't is finding the backups on the drive they > >> >> were created on?? > >> >> > >> >> DDS-3-Drive0 is the drive that has the taped for the system I'm > >> >> restoring TO > >> >> > >> >> DDS-3-Drive1 which holds D1-SB-V0005 is the drive for the system I'm > >> >> trying to restore that has the backup tapes I need. > >> >> > >> >> It seems by changing the client it somehow changes the drive it looks > >> >> at..... > >> >> > >> >> ===[George R. 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