Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-23 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 23.08.2007 12:04,, Bruno Friedmann wrote:: > Maria McKinley wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> A while ago I moved bacula from one machine to another. I basically >> started from scratch, and didn't bother to move over the old database. >> Now, I need to retrieve a directory from tapes from the old d

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-23 Thread Maria McKinley
Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 23.08.2007 10:41,, Maria McKinley wrote:: > >>Arno Lehmann wrote: >> From what you said earlier I got the idea that if you have the job info, and know the volumes you need, you could get the job files back without too much trouble using bscan. >>>

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-23 Thread Maria McKinley
Bruno Friedmann wrote: > Maria McKinley wrote: > >>Hi there, >> >>A while ago I moved bacula from one machine to another. I basically >>started from scratch, and didn't bother to move over the old database. >>Now, I need to retrieve a directory from tapes from the old database. I >>have two cho

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-23 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 23.08.2007 10:41,, Maria McKinley wrote:: > Arno Lehmann wrote: >>> From what you said >>> earlier I got the idea that if you have the job info, and know the >>> volumes you need, you could get the job files back without too much >>> trouble using bscan. >> No need to use bscan, you can res

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-23 Thread Bruno Friedmann
Bruno Friedmann wrote: > Maria McKinley wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> A while ago I moved bacula from one machine to another. I basically >> started from scratch, and didn't bother to move over the old database. >> Now, I need to retrieve a directory from tapes from the old database. I >> have two c

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-23 Thread Bruno Friedmann
Maria McKinley wrote: > Hi there, > > A while ago I moved bacula from one machine to another. I basically > started from scratch, and didn't bother to move over the old database. > Now, I need to retrieve a directory from tapes from the old database. I > have two choices, and I am wondering whi

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-23 Thread Maria McKinley
Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 23.08.2007 01:18,, Maria McKinley wrote:: >> > ... snipped some more bits ... I'm a bit confused as to why you would ever need to change things in the dir config file, if the volumes still show up in list volumes. >>> In your case, just to ensure the

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-22 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 23.08.2007 01:18,, Maria McKinley wrote:: > ... snipped some more bits ... >>> I'm a bit confused as to why you would ever need to >>> change things in the dir config file, if the volumes still show up in >>> list volumes. >> >> In your case, just to ensure the job files are not pruned. >>

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-22 Thread Maria McKinley
>>> >> >>Hey Arno, >> >>I know the jobid and the volumes. I have the retention period set at a >>year, and it is less than a year ago, but when I attempt to restore the >>jobid it comes up with zero files. I assume that this means that the job >>has been pruned, but that there is still info abo

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-22 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 22.08.2007 23:23,, Maria McKinley wrote:: > Arno Lehmann wrote: >> Hi, >> >> 22.08.2007 03:01,, James Harper wrote:: >> (note that retention times can make this interesting: You bscan, the old jobs are added to the catalog, but then the old jobs, files or volumes are immediately

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-22 Thread Maria McKinley
Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 22.08.2007 03:01,, James Harper wrote:: > >>>(note that retention times can make >>>this interesting: You bscan, the old jobs are added to the catalog, >>>but then the old jobs, files or volumes are immediately pruned...) >> >>Can you elaborate on this? > > > Sure.

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-22 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 22.08.2007 03:01,, James Harper wrote:: >> (note that retention times can make >> this interesting: You bscan, the old jobs are added to the catalog, >> but then the old jobs, files or volumes are immediately pruned...) > > Can you elaborate on this? Sure... > I think I have been bitten by

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-21 Thread James Harper
> (note that retention times can make > this interesting: You bscan, the old jobs are added to the catalog, > but then the old jobs, files or volumes are immediately pruned...) Can you elaborate on this? I think I have been bitten by that too. I mucked around a lot to try and get a volume catalogu

Re: [Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-21 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, 21.08.2007 19:53,, Maria McKinley wrote:: > Hi there, > > A while ago I moved bacula from one machine to another. I basically > started from scratch, and didn't bother to move over the old database. > Now, I need to retrieve a directory from tapes from the old database. I > have two cho

[Bacula-users] old recovery

2007-08-21 Thread Maria McKinley
Hi there, A while ago I moved bacula from one machine to another. I basically started from scratch, and didn't bother to move over the old database. Now, I need to retrieve a directory from tapes from the old database. I have two choices, and I am wondering which is easier. I know that the fil