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Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog
2011-05-31 23:48:24
Yes John...
Now, I think that I understood perfectly and I have tested it too.
VolumeToCatalog = Compares the files in a Storage Volume with the Catalog;
DiskToCatalog = Compares the files of the File Deamon's File Set with the Catalog;
Catalog = Like the DiskToCatalog but for Catalogs that don't must change because the files are usually system files, so, must be an isolated Catalog and the Job with Level = InitCatalog must be run before the proper Job with Level = Catalog , in order to clean it and receive the new records.
Am I Right, now?
One detail is...I thought that in a VolumeToCatalog I could do the verification even without the FD connection, because, in my example, the Catalog and the Volume are in the same server machine, but, anyway, I needed the FD. I know that, if my files were encrypted in the Volume, I would need the FD to decryption, but, in this case, they weren't.
Anyway, my real question was solved, Thank you.
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:34 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Well, I've tested like the way you said me and it worked.
> I used the Level DiskToCatalog cause is a Backup in Disk,
That level compares what is on your source filesystem currently with
what the MD5/SHA1 was recorded in your catalog. You wanted
"VolumeToCatalog" to compare what is in your bacula disk volumes
versus the catalog.
> so, I've
> noticed that it always do the "verify" with the last job written on
> the Catalog. Thus, I couldn't check an older backup.
>
> Another thing...in this test I got two .txt files with nothing write
> in them, i.e, they were 0 KB. Bacula considered them, either with MD5
> or SHA1, like inconsistent files with those in the Catalog. When I
> wrote something in them and redid the test, so, the verification was
> OK.
>
> Thank you John, for your explanation.
>
> Just one more question for now....it seems such obvious, but, the
> Level VolumeToCatalog would be when I use Tapes? Is that right?
No that is for tape, disk, dvd or whatever other storage you use in
bacula. Remember everything in bacula is stored in a volume. See my
previous answer.
John
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