Hi, On 6/19/2007 2:00 PM, D Canfield wrote: > I've been using the virtual tape feature for a while, but we started to > run low on disk space, so I carved up a new partition on the SAN and > used the opportunity to upgrade the machine to RHEL5. I kept my old > virtual tape partition and backed up all my bacula files in case > anything happened while I was in the process of upgrading. > > Now that I've got the new system up and running, someone has asked for a > file that apparently exists only on that old virtual tape drive. Even if > I wanted to dump my new production install, I've discovered that I made > some kind of mistake during my bacula backup and don't have the original > config files. So, what I'm wondering is if there is a way to import and > restore from a batch of virtual tape files. I believe I've read that > this is possible with real tape, though it may take a long time. Can > someone give me a hint on how I might do this?
Using bscan, you should be able to import the ld volume files into the curently running catalog. For ease of use, you could simply add another storage device, pointing tot he old volumes, to the new SD for the actual restores. > I don't suppose those > files are in a format that I could just dump with tar or cpio? That > would be the easiest solution, it seems. Not tar or cpio, but rather Bacula :-) You can access the files with bls and bextract, but unless you know which volumes to work on, first bscan'ing them and then using them through the Bacula installation would be the better choice. Arno > > Thanks! > DC > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
