Re: [Bacula-users] restoring directly from archived files (progress, but still questions)

2010-01-16 Thread Ross Boylan
On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 16:10 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > Answering myself, but please correct me if I'm wrong. > > On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 15:32 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > > > > (I got this error earlier too). My retention policy likely has nuked > > them in the main database. Given that I have a

Re: [Bacula-users] restoring directly from archived files (catalog recreation)

2010-01-16 Thread Ross Boylan
Answering myself, but please correct me if I'm wrong. On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 15:32 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > > (I got this error earlier too). My retention policy likely has nuked > them in the main database. Given that I have a backup of the > catalog*, > and the volumes with the files, what'

Re: [Bacula-users] restoring directly from archived files

2010-01-16 Thread Ross Boylan
Bluch. Let me clarify and then add some updates: On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 15:32 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > First, what happens if a file exists on multiple devices? For > example, > my DVD files (like a volume with the catalog) as of the date I burned > it. It has since been appended to, so a newe

Re: [Bacula-users] restoring directly from archived files

2010-01-16 Thread Ross Boylan
On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 18:02 -0500, John Drescher wrote: > > > > I believe this should work. You may need RemovableMedia = no > > > > What errors are you experiencing? > > > > Wait a minute. The media type must be whatever media type you recorded > data as. You can not change that and expect to res

Re: [Bacula-users] restoring directly from archived files

2010-01-16 Thread Dan Langille
John Drescher wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 6:00 PM, John Drescher wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Ross Boylan >> wrote: >>> My backup storage is file based, and I periodically copy the files that >>> are bacula volumes to DVD. >>> >>> How can I restore directly from DVD? The DVD i

Re: [Bacula-users] restoring directly from archived files

2010-01-16 Thread John Drescher
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 6:00 PM, John Drescher wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Ross Boylan > wrote: >> My backup storage is file based, and I periodically copy the files that >> are bacula volumes to DVD. >> >> How can I restore directly from DVD?  The DVD is not being used in a >> raw,

Re: [Bacula-users] restoring directly from archived files

2010-01-16 Thread John Drescher
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Ross Boylan wrote: > My backup storage is file based, and I periodically copy the files that > are bacula volumes to DVD. > > How can I restore directly from DVD?  The DVD is not being used in a > raw, tape-like way; it simply holds a filesystem that has some of th