Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Restoring, and removing files from host that are not found in backup

2008-10-02 07:05:31
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Restoring, and removing files from host that are not found in backup
From: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
To: Tyler J. Wagner <tyler AT tolaris DOT com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 07:01:31 -0400
On Oct 2, 2008, at 5:01 AM, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:

> I'm looking for a way in bacula to restore a running machine to an  
> image of
> how it was at the time it was backed up, including removing files  
> that are
> not found in the backup.  Basically, this functionality:
>
> rsync -av --delete /backup/location root@servertoberestored:/
>
> I use this technique with rsync backups all the time, and it works
> wonderfully.  Just remember to use a list of excludes that
> avoid /dev/, /proc/, etc.  Is there any way to do the same with  
> Bacula 2.4?

Yes, you can specify excludes with Bacula.

I suggest trying it.

-- 
Dan Langille
http://langille.org/





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