Very interesting question. Had not tried this in a distributed environment. I could assume that bextract work without a director on storage itself.
Oleg Volkov T: +972-50-7601914 Skype: voleg4u , WhatsApp. On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 6:17 PM Michael Kurz <michi.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > So i tried this using the linked guide on my setup which has the director > and the storage daemon on different machines, but got stuck at the bextract > step, with bextract not finding the given device: > > director-server:~# bextract -b /tmp/bs01-bootstrap BD01-BackupDisk > /tmp/back > bextract: stored/butil.cc:299-0 Could not find device "BD01-BackupDisk" in > config file <NULL>. > 04-Mar 15:18 bextract JobId 0: Fatal error: stored/butil.cc:173 Cannot > find device "BD01-BackupDisk" in config file <NULL>. > > Specifying any configuration file form the director (bareos-dir.conf or > stroage.conf where the storage is defined) complains about an incompatible > configuration file. > > Do i understand it correctly that bextract can only work on the storage > daemon server and not on the director server if these are different > machines? > The link implies that it would work on the director server to, but maybe i > understood it wrong. > > So my question is can bextract be used from a director with the storage > daemon on another machine? And if so, how would i do this? > > Thanks in advance > > > > On Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 8:18:10 AM UTC+2 Oleg Volkov wrote: > >> http://www.voleg.info/bareos-disaster-recovery.html >> Quite old, but still work in principal. >> >> On Friday, September 22, 2023 at 11:20:10 PM UTC+3 wizh...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> I have followed the documentation and cannot get past the restore >>> command requiring a jobid >>> >>> The docs state >>> >>> " After re-initializing the database, you should be able to run Bareos. >>> If you now try to use the restore command, it will not work because the >>> database will be empty. However, you can manually run a restore job and >>> specify your bootstrap file. You do so by entering the run command in the >>> console and selecting the restore job. If you are using the default Bareos >>> Director configuration, this Job will be named RestoreFiles. Most likely it >>> will prompt you with something such as:" >>> >>> So o run in bconsole >>> >>> run >>> >>> then selec 14 for RestoreFiles >>> >>> It then requires a jobid to continue but there are non yet in the >>> database as I am trying to get the catalog using a bootstrap file. >>> >>> What am I missing? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "bareos-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/bareos-users/Yno-Z1DOOTY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > bareos-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/880ef1e8-bf7a-4f5a-a52a-3dc2dacd948dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/880ef1e8-bf7a-4f5a-a52a-3dc2dacd948dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bareos-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/CACWVf364vLDAajDa1CX_emy6y6X28qAZ_v4w%2BiM%3D8eP5FGnggA%40mail.gmail.com.
