Bruno Friedmann wrote: > Maria McKinley wrote: > >>Hi there, >> >>A while ago I moved bacula from one machine to another. I basically >>started from scratch, and didn't bother to move over the old database. >>Now, I need to retrieve a directory from tapes from the old database. I >>have two choices, and I am wondering which is easier. I know that the >>files are somewhere on a stack of four tapes, so I could bscan and >>rebuild the catalog for those tapes. My second choice is that the >>machine with the old database on it is still on the network, but not >>attached to the tapedrive directly, so conceivably I could just tell it >>where the new storage daemon is and maybe have it interact with the tape >>drive through the new storage daemon, to get the files. Would this work, >>and would it be easier than using bscan? >> >>thanks, >>maira >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>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 > > > I snip all the thread with Arno. > > Time ago, I've to do exactly the same. But doesn't need to recreate > informations in catalog. > So I've use bscan to locate the file extracting the list to a file (without > -m and -s ). > Iv'e use a text editor to extract the list of files I'm looking for. > And after that I've use bextract with the include file inside a temp > directory. > > Prerequist is that I knew where file reside (in which vol) and the volume > name. > > Perharps You could use directly bextract if you know what file you want... > > Hope this could help you a bit. > > >
Thanks Bruno, This does help, thanks. Although it was spelled out for me in the manual once I looked, I was confused about the relationship between the console, catalog, and the utility tools so miss-read what was there. And I was confusing long term issues of file vs. job info and recovery with my short term need for a file. But, I didn't really need to bring this volume back into the catalog. I knew what volume I needed, and I now have a list of files on that volume, and I'm in the process of recovering the files I need. If I need more files, I'll just look at the file list I created with bls, and do the same thing. thanks, maria ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
