Assuming that the user would be responsible for the initial partitioning etc, is there any reason that a generic 'bare metal' restore CD could not be made? It looks like the catalogs and bootstrap files can be recreated with the bscan etc tools, so unless I'm missing something, it should be possible to create a CD with the client daemon (for restoring where the director is on another machine and is still up) and the storage daemon (for bextract where the director is not available).
Or maybe this already exists? I looked but couldn't find anything... I'm currently tinkering with dfsbuild to see what it can put together. Also, if a pre-backup operation could create a system config file with all the partitioning and other bootstrap info, then even that could be restored off of a tape at the start to automate the process. The reason I'm so interested in this is that the existing documented disaster recovery procedure seems to include a lot of pre-disaster work and ongoing maintenance (update your DR CD when updating kernels etc)... If there was a (more or less) generic ISO that could be downloaded and run, then the whole process might be a lot simpler, and therefore attractive... Thanks James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
