On Sat, 20 Jan 2007, Arno Lehmann wrote: >> I am new to this list as of this week. What exactly is issue number one >> that you listed? The "Accurate restoration of renamed/deleted files". >> Is there a problem where Bacula restores? Could you please give me some >> details? Thanks! > > I suggest you look up the mail from Kern which started this thread.
The short answer is that this is a generic problem wth almost all backup systems Full backups give accurate restores. Restoring from anything else may result in previously deleted files reappearing and renamed directory trees appearing under old tree root and file changes since the renaming appearing under the new root. Depending how old the full backup is, this can be a major problem and always has been the driving force behind full backup frequencies. Comment: Both of these are fixable as almost all the code to do it is onboard already in the "verify" job. The same code set will be usable for several other items on the project listing (including "merged/synthetic" backups[*]) as they're all closely related requirements. [*] at its simplest, instead of doing an accurate restore to disk, one uses the data to copy an accurate full backup to another tape. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
