*Slightly *improved docs in https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1878
Bruno Friedmann (bruno-at-bareos) schrieb am Dienstag, 5. März 2024 um 10:19:09 UTC+1: > bextract is used directly with volume, so of course it is used on storage, > so if yours is a remote, you have to use bextract there. > > On Monday 4 March 2024 at 18:44:42 UTC+1 Oleg Volkov wrote: > >> Very interesting question. Had not tried this in a distributed >> environment. >> I could assume that bextract work without a director on storage itself. >> >> Oleg Volkov >> T: +972-50-7601914 <+972%2050-760-1914> >> Skype: voleg4u , WhatsApp. >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 6:17 PM Michael Kurz <michi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> So i tried this using the linked guide on my setup which has the >>> director and the storage daemon on different machines, but got stuck at the >>> bextract step, with bextract not finding the given device: >>> >>> director-server:~# bextract -b /tmp/bs01-bootstrap BD01-BackupDisk >>> /tmp/back >>> bextract: stored/butil.cc:299-0 Could not find device "BD01-BackupDisk" >>> in config file <NULL>. >>> 04-Mar 15:18 bextract JobId 0: Fatal error: stored/butil.cc:173 Cannot >>> find device "BD01-BackupDisk" in config file <NULL>. >>> >>> Specifying any configuration file form the director (bareos-dir.conf or >>> stroage.conf where the storage is defined) complains about an incompatible >>> configuration file. >>> >>> Do i understand it correctly that bextract can only work on the storage >>> daemon server and not on the director server if these are different >>> machines? >>> The link implies that it would work on the director server to, but maybe >>> i understood it wrong. >>> >>> So my question is can bextract be used from a director with the storage >>> daemon on another machine? And if so, how would i do this? >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 8:18:10 AM UTC+2 Oleg Volkov wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.voleg.info/bareos-disaster-recovery.html >>>> Quite old, but still work in principal. >>>> >>>> On Friday, September 22, 2023 at 11:20:10 PM UTC+3 wizh...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have followed the documentation and cannot get past the restore >>>>> command requiring a jobid >>>>> >>>>> The docs state >>>>> >>>>> " After re-initializing the database, you should be able to run >>>>> Bareos. If you now try to use the restore command, it will not work >>>>> because >>>>> the database will be empty. However, you can manually run a restore job >>>>> and >>>>> specify your bootstrap file. You do so by entering the run command in the >>>>> console and selecting the restore job. If you are using the default >>>>> Bareos >>>>> Director configuration, this Job will be named RestoreFiles. Most likely >>>>> it >>>>> will prompt you with something such as:" >>>>> >>>>> So o run in bconsole >>>>> >>>>> run >>>>> >>>>> then selec 14 for RestoreFiles >>>>> >>>>> It then requires a jobid to continue but there are non yet in the >>>>> database as I am trying to get the catalog using a bootstrap file. >>>>> >>>>> What am I missing? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "bareos-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/bareos-users/Yno-Z1DOOTY/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> bareos-users...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/880ef1e8-bf7a-4f5a-a52a-3dc2dacd948dn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/880ef1e8-bf7a-4f5a-a52a-3dc2dacd948dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bareos-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/35e4389f-975d-464c-a341-09c59420418dn%40googlegroups.com.
