On 6/28/05, Martin Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> 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. >
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