On 16/07/10, Dan Langille (dan AT langille DOT org) wrote:
> >>>I'm just trying out Bacula and writing my first backup to tape (which
> >>>will span a few tapes).
> 
> BTW, try a restore from that backup which spans tapes... Then
> compare it to what you backed up.  Tape spanning backups are the
> ones most likely to exhibit data loss.

Thanks for the advice, Dan. I've retrieved files successfully from each
of the 3 tapes. It all worked very well.

> >>If you can, I'd upgrade to 5.0.2
> >
> >OK. I'd be grateful to know what the main reasons for upgrading to the
> >5.0.2 series would be from the perspective of a single server backing
> >itself up.
> 
> You'll be on the latest instead of something two years old.  If a
> problem arises, you'll know it's most likely not 'something fixed in
> the latest version'.  Well, perhaps not 2 years, but > 1 years and
> 2.4 started in summer 2008.  Significant changes in the way things
> are done.

I've installed it from backports and I'm just setting it up again.
Thanks for the the advice.

-- 
Rory Campbell-Lange
rory AT campbell-lange DOT net

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