Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] how to access a file backup manually

2011-02-01 15:11:02
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] how to access a file backup manually
From: Craig Miskell <craig.miskell AT opus.co DOT nz>
To: Laurent HENRY <Laurent.Henry AT ehess DOT fr>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:31:55 +1300
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Laurent HENRY wrote:
> Hello
>     For some reason i don't know yet, there are files in my catalog which are 
> not restoring.
> 
> My backup was a file backup and i have some old backups files still in my 
> possession but purged from the catalog.
> 
> I read somewhere, but i don't remember where, we can access an old tape 
> direclty without using bconsole tools.
> 
> I guess a backup file is not a regular tar file. Does anyone know how to do 
> something similar to a tar xvf with a bacula backup file ?
You want either "bscan" to re-read the backup media into the database so that
you can do a normal restore, or bextract to get one or more files directly from
the media.

See http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/utility/utility/Volume_Utility_Tools.htm
for an excellent set of instructions on various ways of using those tools.

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Craig Miskell
Senior Systems Administrator
Opus International Consultants
Phone: +64 4 471 7209
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