> We have an older tape that is out of retention period by about 2 or 3 months
> (file and job).
>
> According to the documentation, the files are not recoverable as the data is
> no longer stored in the mysql database.
>
> Might there exist a tool or technique to list all of the files on the tape
> and restore specific ones?
>

bls lists  files
bextract will extract
bscan will put the records back in the database.

Remember to change your retention period for the pool before you do a
bscan so that the data is not added then quickly removed. To do this
update your bacula-dir.conf then in bconsole update pool from resource
then update all volumes in pool.


> I realize this would take a long time and would have to scan every part of
> the file, however, as this is a master backup tape that would contain mostly
> large .tar.gz files we would not be searching for one file in millions.
>
> Google revealed nothing on the topic so I am hopeful that the mere existence
> of the data on the tape is enough.
>
>
> Thoughts, suggestions?
>

Look at the bacula utility programs part of the manual:

http://www.bacula.org/5.2.x-manuals/en/utility/utility/index.html

John

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