On 12/05/14 13:47, Kern Sibbald wrote:
[snip]
> In general, if you choose option 5 on the restore prompt, Bacula will
> indeed want the Full and all the intervening Incremental and
> Differential backups.
>
> However, it may not be well known, but one *can* restore just the files
> from any given Incremental or Differential backup without the Full
> backup.  You simply need to know the JobId of the Incremental or
> Differential backup, and with a different option on the restore prompt,
> you can enter the JobId and restore from it.  Also, Bat has a restore
> that will work with all backups automatically and allow you to choose
> any file in any backup.
>
> Doing restores from specific JobIds is perhaps a bit unusual but just
> the same possible.
[snip]

This possibility is much more interesting - at least for my use - than "option 
5". And I think it ought to be much more emphasised in the manual.

-- 
Erik

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