>>>>> On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:20:49 +0200, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Arno> Hello, Arno> Siju George wrote: >> On 6/20/05, Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> I am looking at Bacula >>> but the line >>> # Files deleted after a Full save will be included in a restoration. >>> in >>> http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Current_State_Bacula.html >>> under >>> Current Implementation Restrictions >>> makes me a little apprhensive. >>> Is Bacula actually not able to backup Directory structures?? >>> >>> i.e >>> >>> If in a Directory "dir1" I have "file1", "file2" & "file3" and I take a >>> full backup "backup1" on "Day1" the I delete "file2" from "dir1" and >>> take a differential backup "backup2". >>> >>> Now I should be able to restore "dir1" from "backup2" with only "file1" >>> and "file2" >> >> >> Sorry :-( this should read as "file1" & "file3" >> Arno> You _can_ restore file1 file2 and file3 in dir1. However, when you use Arno> bacula to manage a restore and tell it to make a complete restore it Arno> will restore all three files. Arno> If you tell bacula to only use the differential backup then, of course, Arno> file2 will not be restored. Usually you will not do this because it's Arno> baculas job to keep track which jobs and volumes it needs to restore :-) Arno> So, of course bacula saves and retrieves directory structure, but it Arno> does not keep track of deletions. Arno> The latter would require a complete compare of all directory entries to Arno> be backed up with what bacula has in its catalog and thus would be very Arno> resource intensive. Done correctly, it should be possible to do all the work in restore for filesystems that work properly. Backup just has to record the inode number for each changed file. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
