I have used backup solutions in the past which supported a bare-metal recovery using a modified version of a live disk. The one that remains most clearly in mind is Backup-Exec (which has changed names several times) for windows. Using a disk created specifically for disaster recovery you would install windows XP up to the first reboot normally, then restore all the files from tape using a BSR file stored on a floppy.
I would think you could do bare metal recovery with Bacula with a live CD from your OS vendor, and a USB stick containing standalone versions of the daemons and a BSR file. I haven't tried it since I usually take the opportunity provided by a hard disk crash to install a new version of the OS. I recall it being somewhat painful to recover sufficient information from the tape to rebuild the SQL database, but that could have been a result of a version change in Bacula as well. Clint On Mon, 5 Dec 2011, Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa wrote: > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:55 PM, James Harper > <james.har...@bendigoit.com.au> wrote: >>> Regarding the disaster recovery, I have a suggestion for the bacula >> team: >>> >>> Why not make the director write the bacula config files and any >> relevant bsr >>> files at the beginning of each tape? >>> The space wasted on the tape to save these file would be very small. >>> >> >> A script to email the bsr file to a gmail/Hotmail/whatever account would >> suffice. It's not like the file contains any sensitive information. > > Well, yeah, you could also rsync those files to any of the available > online storage solutions (some of them free).... but, I think this > breaks the point of "being able to recover from just the tape", or for > instance: any storage (disks, for example)... > > Now, I wonder if any backup solution out-there allows you to do > this... ie: recover from just backup media, you *always* need to get > OS running again... so, there is no such thing as "bare metal" > recovery. Unless you create something like an installer image that > uses the backup to restore the machine... mmm.... maybe a > "life-bacula"... that automatically rebuild the catalog from > volumes... uh... is that possible? (automatically and completely > rebuild catalog from volumes?). > > Ildefonso Camargo > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model of a cloud services business. Read Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
