Can I recover from just the tape?
Yes, it is done using the bscan utility
#cd /etc/bacula/
#bscan -V RestoreVolumeName -v -s -m -c bacula-sd.conf TapeStorageName


John Drescher wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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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