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Re: [Bacula-users] backup for a new machine way too small

2009-11-20 14:18:00
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] backup for a new machine way too small
From: Bruno Friedmann <bruno AT ioda-net DOT ch>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:13:45 +0100
Toni Mueller wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just added a new machine to my backup set and tried to run a full
> backup. The machine is basically configured like any other, in terms of
> what Bacula has to say, but the "compression ratio" was _much_ too good
> to be true (~250MB instead of 3 GB, most of it being images). Bacula
> claimed that the backup ran OK.
> 
> My backups go to disk, with one job = one file, roughly named
> "<hostname>_<level>_<timestam>".
> 
> I didn't manage to find out what files are actually in a given backup
> file, like outlined above. It would be sufficient for me to be able to
> use something like 'restore' from the ufsdump package, but I didn't
> find my way around 'bconsole' to achieve something similar. I also
> tried 'bat', but when I clicked on what I thought was the FileSet
> explorer (?), it simply hung after some 15-20 minutes (?), with
> three windows in solid grey (no buttons, diagrams, nothing).
> 
> These are two Debian/Lenny machines with bacula 2.4.4.
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> --Toni++
Hi Toni, I think your right about the compression.

Find your way as like this
bconsole
restore
choose choice 5
select your client
and it will build the tree backuped.
so you can navigate inside to see what's have been saved without really restore 
data.
cd ls etc .. are your friends

-- 

     Bruno Friedmann


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