Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] problem with stores,

2011-03-29 14:34:04
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] problem with stores,
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Alan Brown <ajb2 AT mssl.ucl.ac DOT uk>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:30:58 -0400
>> I had recently changed the bacula-sd.conf from using "  Maximum Block
>> Size = 262144", to whatever the default value is. I didn't realize that
>> by undoing this, all previous backups would no longer be readable (since
>> I guess the SD is expecting a different block size?). So, I added that
>> back into the device definition on the SD and the restore went through.
>>
>
> File this as a bug please.
>

I have had that as well. I believe any change in the block size causes
all previous tapes to be unreadable. Could this be a fixed blocks
versus variable blocks problem?

-- 
John M. Drescher

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