> On 04/07/10 06:27, bitbyte wrote: > > What do you think a restore is?Think you need to go again to the > > elementary lessons? Periodical restores checks the status of the > > files that are being backed up,so that we can be sure that they are > > backed up correctly without errors? > > > > This just doesn't mean that we do baremetal or something like that > > automated :):) > > This sounds as though you should look into the Verify feature and see if > it does what you need. >
A verify is not a substitute for a restore test. A verify tells you that the data is on the media, it doesn't tell you that you can get it back. A regular full (or partial) restore test should be a part of any good backup regime. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users