Exactly what I needed.
Thanks very much!
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Ray Clouse
System Administrator V, MCS Development
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From: Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users [bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 10:30 AM
To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [External Email] Re: [Bacula-users] restore options (yesterday, last
week, last month)
On 7/19/22 11:00, Clouse, Raymond [JT4 LLC] wrote:
> Can Bacula restore files based on date? That is, can I specify I want
> file.txt from yesterday, or from last week, or from last month? Is there a
> way to set up backups to preserve files in this manner?
>
> --
> Ray Clouse
Hello Ray,
Yes...
Set up a job with a Level = Incremental, then using a Schedule, override the
Level with a Level=Full on (for example) the
first Sunday of the month and then don't override the level on the other days
so they will all be Incremental.
Schedule {
Name = MonthlyFull
Run = Level=Full 1st sun at 23:00 # Override the Level to Full on 1st Sun
Run = 2nd,3rd,4th,5th sun at 23:00 # Run Incrementals on all other Sundays
Run = mon-sat at 23:00 # Run Incremental on all weekdays and
Saturdays
}
Then, to restore a file(s) to a certain day, you can use the bconsole 'restore'
command and choose option 6 "Select backup
for a client before a specified time"
Then pick the date/time you wish to restore to and Bacula will automatically
select the correct Full + Incremental(s) needed
to build the file selection tree... Then you just navigate and choose the
file(s) you want/need.
Take a look at the Job "Accurate = yes" feature too. This feature keeps track
of deleted files, so if you were to restore a
directory (for example) to a certain point in time, it would look exactly like
it did on that day it was backed up - ie:
files that were deleted before the time of the backup date/time you are
restoring to would not be restored.
Hope this helps.
Bill
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Bill Arlofski
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