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[Bacula-users] Fwd: Bad disk noises - replace the volume without restarting the backup?

2010-11-05 06:56:13
Subject: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Bad disk noises - replace the volume without restarting the backup?
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: bacula-users <Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 06:53:08 -0400
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Mark Luntzel <mark AT luntzel DOT com> wrote:
> The answer is probably no but...
>
> I can hear the disk currently being written to making bad noises, and
> the speed is extremely slow. Bad disk for sure, about to fail. This is
> at the end of a multi-Terabyte backup, just about 500 gig left and I
> would REALLY hate to think there is no way out but to start over
> completely.
>
> So is there a way for me to replace that disk without invalidating the
> entire backup? Running on Linux with an external SATA / FW enclosure,
> bacula version 3.0.2
>

I would try to replace the disk after the fact. Just copy the volumes
to a new disk.

John

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