>>>>> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:36:11 +0700 (ICT), Ken Barclay said:
> 
> 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?

It will probably work, but the paths in the new backup will contain
/BaculaRestores instead of the original.  That would complicate doing a real
restore in the future.

Instead of Tape to Tape migration you could do Tape to Disk to Tape if you
define a file storage device with disk volumes.

__Martin

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