Daniel, On Monday 25 September 2006 10:13, Daniel Hoeving wrote: > Mike, > > Thank you, I've discovered the issue. Who ever set our back-ups up > originally set a file retention period of thirty days and a job > retention period of 365 so while I can see the job, the files are > pruned...
You're welcome! And, that would do it. > As I understand it from the manual I can use bscan to recover such > files, however there doesn't seem to be a bscan executable file in our > install is it a separate package (looked on the site, and it doesn't > look like it)? And the man page doesn't say anything about using > bscan.mysql etc... > deuteronomy:/etc/bacula# locate bscan > /usr/lib/bacula/bscan.mysql > /usr/lib/bacula/bscan.pgsql > /usr/lib/bacula/bscan.sqlite > /usr/share/man/man8/bscan.8.gz > /usr/share/man/man8/bscan.mysql.8.gz > /usr/share/man/man8/bscan.pgsql.8.gz > /usr/share/man/man8/bscan.sqlite.8.gz > deuteronomy:/etc/bacula# You don't say what distribution of Linux, what version of Bacula you are using, or whether Bacula was pre-packaged or installed & compiled from source, so I'm afraid that I can't help you with this question. With regards to my system (Debian Sarge) and Bacula installed from a binary Deb package, bscan is part of the standard package. > :~$ locate bscan > > /etc/bacula/bscan.sh > /usr/bin/bscan > /usr/lib/bacula/bscan.mysql > /usr/lib/bacula/bscan.pgsql > /usr/lib/bacula/bscan.sqlite > /usr/share/man/man8/bscan.8.gz > /usr/share/man/man8/bscan.mysql.8.gz > /usr/share/man/man8/bscan.pgsql.8.gz > /usr/share/man/man8/bscan.sqlite.8.gz >From comparing the output of your locate command to mine, it looks as if your copy of bscan somehow may have been removed in error. Cheers! cmr > Daniel Hoeving > Network Administrator > Campus Crusade for Christ, Canada > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > P: (604)514-2107 > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:24:03 -0500 > From: Mike Reinehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Restoring file from volume > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Daniel, > > On Thursday 21 September 2006 15:51, Daniel Hoeving wrote: > > I'm trying to restore a specific file from a tape in my monthly pool. > > The back-up is about three months old - the job is still listed in the > > catalog. When I run a "list jobs" command it shows the job with one > > file > > > (the one I want) tells me the size of it and when it was started. When > > I > > > try to restore the job (with the correct tape in the drive - mounted) > > it > > > seems unable to find the job "Building directory tree for JobId 10028 > > ... 1 Job, 0 files inserted into the tree." And it doesn't matter what > > I'm trying to restore from that period I get the same response... > > > > > > > > So essentially I have two questions: > > > > 1) Is there a way to manually search the tape and restore the file? > > And > > bscan: http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Volume_Utility_Tools.html#19205 > > > 2) Is there a setting in my bacula-dir.conf file that should be > > altered to prevent this from happening? > > The default file retention time is 60 days. Check your Volume, Job & > File > retention times as defined in your bacula-dir.conf configuration file. > > Configuring the Director: > http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Configuring_Director.html > > In particular, the > Client Resource: > http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Configuring_Director.html#SECTION000148 > 000000000000000 > > and the Pool Resource: > http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Configuring_Director.html#SECTION000141 > 0000000000000000 > > > Daniel Hoeving > > > > Network Administrator > > > > Campus Crusade for Christ, Canada > > > > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > P: (604)514-2107 > > Cheers! > > cmr -- Debian 'Sarge': Registered Linux User #241964 ---- "More laws, less justice." -- Marcus Tullius Ciceroca, 42 BC -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users