On Friday 30 November 2007 11:27:46 am Win Htin wrote: > My understanding is, if I NEVER re-cycle an off-site tape, by using the > "bscan" command, I should be able to restore data from a given volume (from > off-site) even after "Volume Retention" period had expired. e.g. 3 years > down the road ( ignoring the integrity of the tape, that being a different > issue).
That is correct. If you never re-cycle a tape the data stays on it even it if isn't in the catalog and you should be able to "re-read" a tape into the catalog for restores with bscan. There are "precautions" you need to take though to keep the data about the volume entered by bscan isn't immediately pruned from the catalog again once you execute a command that would trigger a bacula pruning run. You've probably alread read 'em but here's the relevant sections from the docs: http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Volume_Utility_Tools.html#SECTION003971000000000000000 http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Volume_Utility_Tools.html#SECTION003974000000000000000 -- -- Flak Magnet (Tim) www.flakmagnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
