Hi, Am Dienstag, 24. Juli 2012, 11:06:17 schrieb Kern Sibbald: > On 07/24/2012 06:28 AM, Bastian Friedrich wrote: > > Restored data are not identical with > > what was backed up. Or is this inteded behavior (which one should, I > > guess, > > document in a better fashion), and we are using the technology in a wrong > > way? > Restored data will not be identical with Bacula's sparse feature, but > that is > not a problem with real sparse file.
Please put an extremely large and loud warning in your documentation. If there was a prime directive for backup and restore, it would be: re-create data in the exact same way it was before. Always, and under all circumstances. Offering an option to violate that rule is a problem in itself; not saying so, instead falsely "urging" users to use that option in some circumstances (section on raw device backup), and saying that the option will not do any "harm" (section on "sparse" option) is even more. Thx Bastian -- Collax GmbH . Basler Str. 115a . 79115 Freiburg . Germany p: +49 (0) 89-990 157-28 www.collax.com Geschäftsführer: Bernd Bönte, Boris Nalbach AG München HRB 173695. Ust.-IdNr: DE270819312 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
