>>>>> On Thu, 16 May 2013 11:38:44 -0700, Dylan Martin said:
>
> When restoring, is the chain of backups determined then, or is it recorded
> in the catalog or backup files?  By that I mean, does the director
> calculate which backups to use by looking at the timestamp on each and
> assuming that the incremental following a previous backup must be
> incremental relative to that backup?

Yes, it is based entirely on the timestamps of what it finds in the catalog
(last full + last diff + all following incrs).

>                                       Or, is there somewhere recorded the
> time stamp which each incremental/differential is relative to?  For
> example:  Say I have a full backup called A, and three incrementals called
> B,C & D.  If I removed C, would a restore job restore A, then B then stop
> because C is missing, or would it continue with D because D is the next
> successful backup?  I'm assuming here that the catalog and volumes are in
> sync.  The madman who removed C removed the volume and the records from the
> DB.

It will restore A, B and D.

__Martin

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