[Bacula-users] Backup directory but not the files inside it.

Hi All.. Is there a way of backing up just the directory without the files inside it? i.e. /proc I'd like to be able to backup /proc for instance and in case I need to do a bare metal recovery I wouldn't need to create /proc manually. I tried some wildcards but wasn't successful. Any sugge

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup directory but not the files inside it.

On Tuesday 24 May 2005 22:32, Bruno Savioli wrote: > Hi All.. > > Is there a way of backing up just the directory without the files inside > it? i.e. /proc I'm 95% certain that you can create a FileSet which takes a list of targets from the output of a script. You could use this feature to solve

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup directory but not the files inside it.

Dominic Marks wrote: On Tuesday 24 May 2005 22:32, Bruno Savioli wrote: Hi All.. Is there a way of backing up just the directory without the files inside it? i.e. /proc I'm 95% certain that you can create a FileSet which takes a list of targets from the output of a script. You could

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup directory but not the files inside it.

> On Tue, 24 May 2005 22:32:13 +0100, Bruno Savioli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: Bruno> Is there a way of backing up just the directory without the files inside Bruno> it? i.e. /proc Bruno> I'd like to be able to backup /proc for instance and in case I need to Bruno> do a bare

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup directory but not the files inside it.

Martin Simmons wrote: On Tue, 24 May 2005 22:32:13 +0100, Bruno Savioli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Bruno> Is there a way of backing up just the directory without the files inside Bruno> it? i.e. /proc Bruno> I'd like to be able to backup /proc for instance and in case I need

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup directory but not the files inside it.

Quoting Bruno Savioli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Martin Simmons wrote: [sip] > >Isn't everything in /proc lost on reboot anyway? > > > >__Martin > > > > > Yes, it is. but you still need the mount point. > > Bruno > This is one of the reasons I am switching from AMANDA to Bacula. Recreating /proc by

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup directory but not the files inside it.

If you do something like backup File = / but do not allow filesystem trasitions, Bacula (version 1.36.3, and perhaps one or two versions earlier) will write out all the directory entries for the filesystems not backed up. They will then be restored. In any case, in order to run Bacula in di

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup directory but not the files inside it.

I doubt the rescue disk will automagically create the /proc mount point on the hard disk that is being restored. It will create a /proc mount point on the fielsystem it is running from, probably a RAM disk. Same for the /dev/* special files. Unless you built the rescue disk yourself, chances are

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup directory but not the files inside it.

On Wednesday 25 May 2005 21:41, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > I doubt the rescue disk will automagically create the /proc mount > point on the hard disk that is being restored. It will create a /proc > mount point on the fielsystem it is running from, probably a RAM disk. > Same for the /dev/* specia

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup directory but not the files inside it.

Kern, You are right about the Bacula rescue disk. I was thinking about rescue disks in general. I am working to get my backups solid before venturing into bare metal restores, simulated (i.e., onto a spare partition) or real (onto a nice, shiny new hard disk after the old one turned to slag).