On 30 Oct 2006 at 5:33, Mathew Brown wrote: > I know this might be a strange question, but what format does Bacula > use to write to tape?
Google is my friend. Google is also your friend: http://www.google.com/search?c&q=site:www.bacula.org+tape+format > When using tar, you can view the contents of a > tape using the tar command. What about when using Bacula? You can use bls: http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Volume_Utility_Tools.html > I need to know this because one of my customers needs a backup of the > tapes (the ones with his) that we use in our environment and I wanted > to make sure that he could read the contents of the tape if I used > Bacula. Does he have to have Bacula installed? Thanks for your help. He wants a copy of existing backup tapes? -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
