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From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] backing up bacula
To: Adrian Moisey <adrian AT careerjunction.co DOT za>


On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Adrian Moisey
<adrian AT careerjunction.co DOT za> wrote:
> Hi
>
> What do I need to do in order to backup bacula?
>
> If I write a full backup of all my PCs to a tape, and my office burns
> down, what would I need in order to restore?
>
At minimum I would keep the bacula conf files along with a catalog
backup and bootstrap files for the catalog backup.

>
> Do I need the bacula database?
> Can I recover from just the tape?
> --
No but restoring will be much faster if you have a catalog backup.

John

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