[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Dan :) > > > Dan Langille wrote: >> If bconsole is not working, you're not likely to get bwx-console >> working either. Start with bconsole first. Walk first, so to speak. >> >> Tell us what happens with bconsole, and show us your bconsole.conf. > > My bwx and bconsole confs are identical: > > ============= > Director { > Name = MACHINE1-dir > DIRport = xxx1 > address = x.x.x.x > Password = "PASSWD" > } > ========= > > > I think I confused you when I said I can not get the $ prompt. I > normally use Bconsole, and do prefer it in fact. The reason I use BWX > for the restore is so I can use its' directory tree, which makes finding > files alot easier to find in a hurry. > > I understand what you mean about 'walking first'. My conflict is that > the user guide says that I should be able to browse through the > directories in Bconsoles' restore mode when I get to a $-Prompt, but I > can not seem to find this prompt. I have pasted the Bconsole printout > for my progress as far as I can get: > > > Connecting to Director x.x.x.x:xxx1 > 1000 OK: eMACHINE1-dir Version: 2.2.7 (24 December 2007) > Enter a period to cancel a command. > **restore* > The defined Catalog resources are: > 1: MACHINE1 > Select Catalog resource (1-9): *1* > Using Catalog "MACHINE1" > > First you select one or more JobIds that contain files > to be restored. You will be presented several methods > of specifying the JobIds. Then you will be allowed to > select which files from those JobIds are to be restored. > > To select the JobIds, you have the following choices: > 1: List last 20 Jobs run > 2: List Jobs where a given File is saved > 3: Enter list of comma separated JobIds to select > 4: Enter SQL list command > 5: Select the most recent backup for a client > 6: Select backup for a client before a specified time > 7: Enter a list of files to restore > 8: Enter a list of files to restore before a specified time > 9: Find the JobIds of the most recent backup for a client > 10: Find the JobIds for a backup for a client before a specified time > 11: Enter a list of directories to restore for found JobIds > 12: Cancel > Select item: (1-12): *11* > Enter JobId(s), comma separated, to restore: *42* > Defined Clients: > 1: MACHINE1 > Select the Client (1-9): *1* > Enter full directory names or start the name > with a < to indicate it is a filename containing a list > of directories and terminate them with a blank line. > Enter directory name: *C:/DIRECTORY* > No database record found for: C:/DIRECTORY/ > Enter directory name: *DIRECTORY* > No database record found for: DIRECTORY > Enter directory name: *\C* > No database record found for: \C/ > Enter directory name: */C* > No database record found for: C/
Have you tried putting your directory in "quotes"? Otherwise try: 5: Select the most recent backup for a client When you get to the $ prompt, say: mark * then: done This will restore everything. > This is a small sample of the number of variations I can think of, what > am I missing? Is somthgin not connecting? Or am I not formatting my > queries correctly? I'm not sure what you are trying to restore at this point, so I'm going with everything for a client. > > > Thanks again for your help > > Dan > > > >> >>> >>> The storage is perfectly available as I have been running >>> incremental backups all day, but after selecting the restore config >>> options and files in the bwx-console Restore tab, I click 'Apply' and >>> the status bar posts "Failed to find the selected storage". >>> >>> Can anyone please suggest why could this be? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Dan :) >>> >>> >>> my .bsr, as generated by bwx: >>> ==================== >>> Volume="MACHINE1-0001" >>> MediaType="File" >>> Device="FileStorage" >>> VolSessionId=1 >>> VolSessionTime=1202248202 >>> VolFile=0 >>> VolBlock=229-999936205 >>> FileIndex=1 >>> Count=1 >>> >>> >>> A selection of items from my dir.conf >>> ==================== >>> Director{ >>> Name = MACHINE1-dir >>> DIRport = xxx1 >>> QueryFile = "C:\\Program >>> Files\\Bacula\\bin\\query.sql" >>> WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All >>> Users\\Application Data\\Bacula\\Work\\" >>> PidDirectory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All >>> Users\\Application Data\\Bacula\\Work\\" >>> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1 >>> Password = "PASSWD" >>> Messages = Daemon >>> } >>> Storage { >>> Name = MACHINE1-sd >>> Address = MACHINE1 >>> SDPort = xxx2 >>> Password = "PASSWD" >>> Device = FileStorage >>> Media Type = File >>> } >>> >>> Client { >>> Name = MACHINE1 >>> Address = x.x.x.x >>> FDPort = xxx3 >>> Catalog = MACHINE1 >>> Password = "PASSWD" >>> } >>> Catalog { >>> Name = MACHINE1 >>> DB Address = x.x.x.x >>> dbname = bacula; user = bacula; password = "PASSWD" >>> } >>> Pool { >>> Name = MACHINE1 >>> Label Format = "MACHINE1-" >>> Pool Type = Backup >>> Volume Retention = 2555 days #7 years >>> AutoPrune = yes >>> } >>> FileSet { >>> Name = MACHINE1 >>> Enable VSS = yes >>> Include { Options { >>> Signature = MD5 >>> verify = pins5 >>> checkfilechanges = yes >>> ignore case = yes >>> portable = yes >>> } File >>> = "C:\\Apache2\\conf\\extra" >>> File = "E:\\backup\\bacula-database" } >>> } >>> Job { >>> Name = "MACHINE1-Restore" >>> Type = Restore >>> Client = MACHINE1 >>> FileSet = MACHINE1 >>> Storage = MACHINE-sd >>> Pool = MACHINE1 >>> Messages = Standard >>> Where = "E:\\backup\\restored-files\\MACHINE1 >>> } >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference: http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users