Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-07 Thread Tom Newton
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 14:57 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 14:44: > > Any idea why it fails to back up to another windows XP box? effectively > > Do you mean "restore (files) to" instead of "back up to"? Sorry, i mean restore to, yes.. its another XP Pro b

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Newton
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 17:50 +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Thursday 03 August 2006 16:11, Russell Howe wrote: > > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 15:05: > > > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 14:57 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > > >> It should be a path which exists on the target client. > > > > >

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Thursday 03 August 2006 16:11, Russell Howe wrote: > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 15:05: > > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 14:57 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > >> It should be a path which exists on the target client. > > > > Tried "C:/tmp" which I *know* exists, but still getting the same

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Newton
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 16:17 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 16:13: > > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 16:07 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > >> are you running the exact same versions of bacula on director, file > >> daemon and storage daemon? If you're not, things can g

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Russell Howe
Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 16:13: > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 16:07 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: >> are you running the exact same versions of bacula on director, file >> daemon and storage daemon? If you're not, things can get 'interesting'... > > Ah! You may be onto something! The ver

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Newton
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 16:07 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 16:04: > > Actually.. there is a reset comes from the FD - the last packet with any > > data contains: > > > > ..2000 O K Job Wi > > 0050 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 58 50 2c 4d 56 53 2c 4e 54 20 ndows >

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Russell Howe
Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 16:04: > Actually.. there is a reset comes from the FD - the last packet with any > data contains: > > ..2000 O K Job Wi > 0050 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 58 50 2c 4d 56 53 2c 4e 54 20 ndows > XP ,MVS,NT > > anyone want to see a dump? Hm, not me :) Still,

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Newton
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 15:30 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 15:19: > > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 15:11 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > >> It said the fd closed the connection - anything in the FD's logs (on the > >> Windows box) explaining why? > > > > Where might

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Newton
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 15:30 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 15:19: > > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 15:11 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > >> It said the fd closed the connection - anything in the FD's logs (on the > >> Windows box) explaining why? > > > > Where might

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Russell Howe
Kern Sibbald wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 13:54: > On Thursday 03 August 2006 13:56, Russell Howe wrote: >> Unless you specify that Windows backups are written in 'portable' >> format, the Windows backup API is used which writes data in its own >> 'special' (for 'special' read 'proprietary').

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Newton
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 14:54 +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Thursday 03 August 2006 13:56, Russell Howe wrote: > > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 12:44: > > > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 12:15 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > > >> Choose the 'mod' option when running a restore job and alter the c

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Russell Howe
Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 15:19: > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 15:11 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: >> It said the fd closed the connection - anything in the FD's logs (on the >> Windows box) explaining why? > > Where might I find such a log? Hmmm.. I thought it kept one, although I fail

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Russell Howe
Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 14:44: > Any idea why it fails to back up to another windows XP box? effectively Do you mean "restore (files) to" instead of "back up to"? > one of its siblings... should I change the path from /tmp? It should be a path which exists on the target client

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Newton
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 15:11 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 15:05: > > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 14:57 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > >> It should be a path which exists on the target client. > > > > Tried "C:/tmp" which I *know* exists, but still getting the same

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Russell Howe
Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 15:05: > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 14:57 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: >> It should be a path which exists on the target client. > > Tried "C:/tmp" which I *know* exists, but still getting the same errors. > Starting to really get me down this one. From your p

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Newton
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 14:57 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 14:44: > > Any idea why it fails to back up to another windows XP box? effectively > > Do you mean "restore (files) to" instead of "back up to"? Sorry, i mean restore to, yes.. its another XP Pro b

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Thursday 03 August 2006 13:56, Russell Howe wrote: > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 12:44: > > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 12:15 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > >> Choose the 'mod' option when running a restore job and alter the client. > >> That one's gotta be in the manual, surely? :) > >

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Newton
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 12:15 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 12:10: > > I have a machine that is no longer with us. > > I wish to restore one or two files from the backup set, but obviously, > > without that machine, I am stumped - bacula wants to restore to t

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Russell Howe
Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 12:44: > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 12:15 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: >> Choose the 'mod' option when running a restore job and alter the client. >> That one's gotta be in the manual, surely? :) > > thanks, did not read what that one's for. > > Tried it, but

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Newton
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 12:15 +0100, Russell Howe wrote: > Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 12:10: > > I have a machine that is no longer with us. > > I wish to restore one or two files from the backup set, but obviously, > > without that machine, I am stumped - bacula wants to restore to t

Re: [Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Russell Howe
Tom Newton wrote, sometime around 03/08/06 12:10: > I have a machine that is no longer with us. > I wish to restore one or two files from the backup set, but obviously, > without that machine, I am stumped - bacula wants to restore to the > client it read from, i'd rather it gave me the files in /t

[Bacula-users] restore to local file

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Newton
I have a machine that is no longer with us. I wish to restore one or two files from the backup set, but obviously, without that machine, I am stumped - bacula wants to restore to the client it read from, i'd rather it gave me the files in /tmp on my server. Can I do this? How? thanks, -- Tom New