On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Rickifer Barros
<rickiferbarros AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 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?
>
I believe so.
>
> 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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