For those interested: As I did not get any response on the mail below I reported the issue now in the Bacula Bug Tracker, it got the ID 0000912.
cheers sascha Sascha Wilde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using bacula 2.0.3 with DVD-Rs as backup media. > Now I have the problem, that I need to restore files from a fileset > where the file information has been (partly[0]) pruned from the > database (too short File Retention...). > > So I thought bscan is the way to go. The initial full backup spawns > two DVDs, so I did > > bscan -V Backup0009\|Backup0010\|Backup0011 -v -s -m -c \ > /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf /dev/dvd > > Backup0009 and Backup0010 are holding the initial full backup, > Backup0011 is holding some later incremental backups. > > The first Volume is read without any problems -- then bscan asks to > insert Backup0010. But after inserting the DVD and pressing RET, an > error occurs, which states that the volume is not empty (sic!) and can > not be written. This sounds like a bug to me, as the volume should > be read only and of cause isn't supposed to be empty. > > Is this an known issue? Should I report it? > > And most important: how can I get my data back? > > Unfortunately the files I want top restore are on the second part of > the full backup job, as I still don't get them after successfully > reading the first volume. > > Any tipps and hints are highly appreciated, > cheers > sascha > > [0] One full backup and several incremental backups based on it -- the > file information for the full and some of the old incremental > backups are missing. -- Sascha Wilde "There is no reason why anyone would want a computer in their home" Ken Olson, DEC, 1977 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
