On Jan 7, 2008 12:55 PM, Scott Ehrlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Say I have a server (RHEL5 64-bit) that somehow fails, down to a simple > init 1 state, and I need to restore the data. If I had performed a simple > dump/restore, then I could likely take the tapes from my LTO3 library and > bring them (or the tape library itself) to someone else's Linux box and > perform a restore there. > > What flexibility do I have with bacula? If my server were to crash for > some unknown reason, to the point where I'd need to rebuild from scratch, > would I still be able to recover the data, or would a simple dump/restore > have saved the day? > You should be able to fully recover. If this is the director, the machine with the catalog or the storage you will have to do some more steps.
See: http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/Disast_Recove_Using_Bacula.html John http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/Disast_Recove_Using_Bacula.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
