>>>>> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:13:11 -0400, tqz said: > > --===============6257829277651962677== > > > Hello all > > Lets say in the event that disaster strikes and all data on my server is > lost for whatever reason. I have encrypted backups of the data on the server > stored on tapes (on and off site) and NAS. > > After reinstalling my database management system, and then firing up bacula > using copies I have of the director, client and storage daemon files how can > I then read the catalog from the encrypted tape. Is there any way I can test > this without overwriting the bacula database. Also is there a way to read > files (the director, storage and daemon) off the encrypted storage and then > restoring them using bacula command line tools or non bacula command line > tools .or am I not making any sense?!
The command line tool bextract can read tapes, but it can't read encrypted backups, so you would need to dump the catalog unencrypted. That may be OK, because all the information within it is stored on the tapes unencrypted anyway (Bacula only encrypts the contents of the files, not the filenames etc). Alternatively, you could use the Write Bootstrap option in the catalog backup job and keep a copy of this file for use with the restore command in bconsole. You need to keep a copy of each backup, since it records the information about the tape. > Second thing is that I am noticing that the size of the backups on my > different storage devices are different. So for example the first backup > occurs on the tape and the size of the backup is 14.09gb, then on my second > storage device it will be 14.12gb and my third one is 14.16gb. They are all > full backups ??? Any idea why there may be different sizes.... Maybe encryption is non-deterministic? __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
