Hello!
We are using bacula for our server backups since about 6 month.
Now we are setting up and configuring a new linux server and we want to use
bacula to jump back to a previous state if something goes wrong. So in case
we install some wrong packages or mess up the whole system, we just want to
be able to jump back to a earlier state.
So we installed and configured the bacula-fd and did some backups.
Everything works fine, we can restore files and folders with the restore
command.
But there is one thing I don¹t understand:
* There is a folder on the system, e.g. /home/test, with some file in it
(.bashrc and so on)
* I do a full backup, e.g. JobId 1
* I create a subfolder with some files in it, e.g.
/home/test/testfolder/testfile.txt
* I do a Incremental Backup, e.g. JobId 2
* Now I want to go back to the state of the folder /home/test of JobId 1,
because I want the folder in the exact same state it was on Monday after the
backup 1
* I do a restore, from the JobId 1, mark the folder /home/test and restore
it directly to the original location (modifying the restore job -> where ->
enter ³/² for none), using replace:always
* restore is OK
* What I get is the folder /home/test with the files like .bashrc from JobId
1, but the new folder ³testfolder², which I don¹t want, remains with it¹s
content (testfile.txt)
How can I change this behavior? I mean restore in a way that newer
files/folders will be deleted?
If I imagine I would restore the whole machine like this, I have to expect
that a lot of crap remains on the machine!? So the only way in order to get
the exact state, I have to delete all files from the disk and to a complete
restore!? Isn¹t there a other way?
Thanks in Advance!
Marco
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