[Bacula-users] FW: Migration Tape to Tape

From: Ken Barclay [mailto:ken.barclay AT qbmore DOT com]
Sent: Monday, 25 January 2010 11:15 AM
To: 'bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net'
Subject: Migration Tape to Tape

Is it possible to Migrate from Tape to Tape using an Autochanger with only One Drive?

Bacula 3.0.2

TIA,

Mmm, I had a feeling that this might not be possible.

So, would the following be a viable option?

The situation = I have a few 800 Gb tapes that have a 30 Gb Full backup on them which I would like to keep. Everything else on the tapes is no longer required.

The problem = Migration from tape to tape with single drive cannot happen.

Solution(???)= Restore the backup to /BaculaRestores. Then run a new backup job which will only backup the contents of /BaculaRestores.

Would that work?

Any potential issues?

And just to be difficult, it’s a Windows Server 2003.

Any comments appreciated.

Ken Barclay

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