Hi, 23.08.2007 12:04,, 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 ... > 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.
That works, and in fact can be easier than using Bacula as a whole. But it reaches its limits fast - no restores to other clients, for example. Also, assuming that you might need more files from that job soon, it's convenient to have it in the catalog again. Finally, if you don't want to release the tape drive from Bacula for the restores, you have a problem using bextract. Of course, to bscan the tapes, you still need the drive released... > Prerequist is that I knew where file reside (in which vol) and the volume > name. Which is a safe assumption, as otherwise you might be forced to scan all your tapes. Which would be a completely different problem. > Perharps You could use directly bextract if you know what file you want... > > Hope this could help you a bit. Arno -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
