John Drescher wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 6:00 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com> 
> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Ross Boylan
>> <RossBoylan AT stanfordalumni DOT org> 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 the
>>> volumes on it.
>>>
>>> I tried this in bacula-sd.conf
>>> Device {
>>>  Name = File2Storage
>>>  Media Type = DVD/CD
>>>  Archive Device = /media/cdrom0
>>>  Device Type = File;  # not using it as raw DVD
>>>  LabelMedia = no;                   # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
>>>  Random Access = Yes;
>>>  AutomaticMount = yes;               # when device opened, read it
>>>  RemovableMedia = yes;
>>>  AlwaysOpen = no;
>>> }
>>> where File2Storage is the same name as my file-based backups, but the
>>> media type is different.
>>>
>>> However, I have not figured out how to tell the restore command to use
>>> that storage.
>>>
>> 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 restore.

Media Type is just a name though.  You can set that in bacula-dir.conf. 
  The physical media is not relevant.  I can configure DLT media as 
TomatoSoup, and it will work.


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