Resending to list. Accidentally directly replied to Chris...
On 10/27/23 14:46, Chris Wilkinson wrote:
Till now I have only ever done restores of full backups using the restore wizard of Baculum. When I did a restore of an Incremental backup, I found that it reverted to restoring the last full backup. I get exactly the same behaviour using bconsole restore.
When you do a restore in bconsole, by simply typing `restore`, you are presented with a menu of options. Most people will want option 5 or 6, sometimes 12.When you choose 5 or 6, Bacula will build the virtual restore directory tree from the last Full + all Incs up to the latest Inc (or from the last Full and the last Diff and then any Incs that followed)
Bacula will even tell you what jobids, their levels, and the volumes it has selected to build the restore tree from: ----8<---- * restore ...choose option 5 ...select Client ...select Fileset +--------+-------+-----------+-----------------+---------------------+--------------+ | jobid | level | jobfiles | jobbytes | starttime | volumename | +--------+-------+-----------+-----------------+---------------------+--------------+ | 57,311 | F | 1,126,917 | 246,459,324,137 | 2023-09-30 23:00:00 | c0_0008_0035 | | 57,311 | F | 1,126,917 | 246,459,324,137 | 2023-09-30 23:00:00 | c0_0008_0040 | | 57,311 | F | 1,126,917 | 246,459,324,137 | 2023-09-30 23:00:00 | c0_0008_0060 | | 57,311 | F | 1,126,917 | 246,459,324,137 | 2023-09-30 23:00:00 | c0_0008_0056 | | 57,311 | F | 1,126,917 | 246,459,324,137 | 2023-09-30 23:00:00 | c0_0008_0068 | | 57,311 | F | 1,126,917 | 246,459,324,137 | 2023-09-30 23:00:00 | c0_0008_0064 | [...snip ...] | 57,336 | I | 2,408 | 6,799,759,717 | 2023-10-01 23:00:01 | c0_0008_0042 | | 57,360 | I | 4,419 | 12,524,588,799 | 2023-10-02 23:00:00 | c0_0008_0062 | | 57,360 | I | 4,419 | 12,524,588,799 | 2023-10-02 23:00:00 | c0_0008_0042 | | 57,389 | I | 5,654 | 22,617,335,979 | 2023-10-03 23:00:00 | c0_0008_0049 | | 57,389 | I | 5,654 | 22,617,335,979 | 2023-10-03 23:00:00 | c0_0008_0012 | | 57,389 | I | 5,654 | 22,617,335,979 | 2023-10-03 23:00:00 | c0_0008_0037 | | 57,416 | I | 7,835 | 11,500,849,933 | 2023-10-04 23:00:01 | c0_0005_0035 | | 57,416 | I | 7,835 | 11,500,849,933 | 2023-10-04 23:00:01 | c0_0005_0031 | | 57,440 | I | 343,892 | 29,334,262,930 | 2023-10-24 10:16:33 | c0_0005_0061 | | 57,440 | I | 343,892 | 29,334,262,930 | 2023-10-24 10:16:33 | c0_0005_0035 | | 57,440 | I | 343,892 | 29,334,262,930 | 2023-10-24 10:16:33 | c0_0005_0039 | | 57,440 | I | 343,892 | 29,334,262,930 | 2023-10-24 10:16:33 | c0_0005_0069 | | 57,446 | I | 5,753 | 11,490,954,183 | 2023-10-24 23:00:00 | c0_0005_0023 | | 57,446 | I | 5,753 | 11,490,954,183 | 2023-10-24 23:00:00 | c0_0005_0024 | | 57,477 | I | 6,270 | 22,715,024,368 | 2023-10-25 23:00:01 | c0_0005_0051 | | 57,477 | I | 6,270 | 22,715,024,368 | 2023-10-25 23:00:01 | c0_0005_0015 | | 57,477 | I | 6,270 | 22,715,024,368 | 2023-10-25 23:00:01 | c0_0005_0033 | +--------+-------+-----------+-----------------+---------------------+--------------+ You have selected the following JobIds: 57311,57336,57360,57389,57416,57440,57446,57477 Building directory tree for JobId(s) 57311,57336,57360,57389,57416,57440,57446,57477 .. ----8<----IF, on the other hand, you just want to restore some files that were backed up in a specific inc or Diff, simply specify the jobid on the restore command line:
----8<---- * restore jobid=57477 You have selected the following JobId: 57477 Building directory tree for JobId(s) 57477 ... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4,452 files inserted into the tree. ----8<----
This is the restore job resource.
Job {
Name = "Restore"
Description = "Restore template"
Type = "Restore"
Level = "Full"
Messages = "Standard"
Storage = "dns-325-sd"
Pool = "usb16tb-full"
Client = "usb16tb-fd"
Fileset = "usb16tb"
Schedule = "sched_none"
}
I had thought that most of these directives are not actually used as is but would be overridden by the wizard, i.e. the
values here are required but unimportant.
I have no idea what Baculum does, Marcin can answer you definitively, but I bet there is a way to "restore files only from selected jobid" or similar option.
I also thought that only one 'dummy' restore job is needed that would be populated by the appropriate level, pool etc. from the job/level being restored but that isn't what actually happens. It looks like the restore is taking its' level from the restore job above.
There is no such thing as a 'level' when doing a restore. The Bacula config parser requires certain things to be in each Job resource, and a `Type = Restore` Job resource is a Job just like any other.
The pool, client, fileset, and storage are ignore as these are already known from the backup job(s)Also, you should not have a `Schedule =` defined in a `Type = Restore` Job. You will never actually "run" a Job of `Type = Restore` (Except when instructed to in the Admin I course) ;)
I have separate pools for each job and level. Do I need to define individual restore jobs for every job/level?
Absolutely not. Again, there is no such thing as a "Level" when doing a restore.The only reason I have typically found to have more than one `Type = Restore` Job is when you often restore to Windows and Linux, and/or Mac systems, so I might have one for each system type and then, the only thing that is different might be the `Where =` since I might want `/tmp/` on a Linux system, and `C:/temp` on a Windows system (just for example)
Hope this helps! Bill -- Bill Arlofski w...@protonmail.com
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