Rich wrote: > On 2007.07.12. 14:16, Frank Sweetser wrote: > >> Ivan Adzhubey wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have been using bacula for 5 years now and finally comes the first time I >>> need to do a major restore from our tapes. I read the tutorial, tried the >>> instructions and it seemingly worked as designed (I haven't run actual >>> restore yet) but I am not sure which exactly files it was going to restore. >>> I >>> have two pools of tapes: one for full backups (run monthly) and another one >>> for incremental (run every night). The 'restore all' command, when >>> instructed >>> to find JobIds of the most recent backup for a client, correctly located >>> and >>> listed all relevant full backups plus all incremental ones. It then >>> proceeded >>> creating directory tree and in the process went through both latest full >>> backup and all incrementals since. So I assume this tree contains the >>> latest >>> snapshot? Or should I actually run two restores to get all the latest >>> files: >>> one for last full set and another one for all incrementals? I guess this is >>> a >>> stupid question but I'd really appreciate if someone could enlighten me >>> since >>> going through 50,000+ files manually to check the versions restored is >>> really >>> not an option. >>> >> Bacula will handle making sure that only the latest version of each file is >> restored, so you only have to do it once. >> > > it probably is a good time to remind that files deleted/moved at some > point inbetween backups also will be restored. >
Probably also a good time to exclaim, "5 years of backups and you're just now familiarizing yourself with restore?!" It cannot be said enough times, you don't have a backup system until you have restored data from it. Becoming familiar with restore and doing some trial restores should be part of getting any backup system set up. It should also be a periodic routine to check your backup system and confirm that you can still restore. You want to confirm that your system works, but you also want the first hand personal experience so that you are comfortable and confident when the time comes that you really need to do it. Not to be hard on anyone individually -- just tossing this out for anyone and everyone to emphasize the importance of it. So, anyone out there who is doing regular backups and hasn't done a restore, set aside some time and do a test restore. --------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------- Erdös 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
