Thanks for the tip Martin.
I think I will go with your Tape to Disk to Tape suggestion. Probably next
week. At the moment I am busily bscaning a bunch of tapes - a slow
process.
Thanks again,
Ken B.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Martin Simmons [mailto:martin AT lispworks DOT com]
>>Sent: Friday, 29 January 2010 11:35 PM
>>To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
>>Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] FW: Migration Tape to Tape
>>
>>>>>>> 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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