> Question: In the event of my entire bacula system going down. What is the > best method for recovery? I looked in the online manual, but it still was > not very clear to me. > > If I have my backup of catalog files, all incremental and full backups, and > I reinstall bacula on a new server. How do I recover the data? > > Can I restore the catalog to the new server? >
Yes. > > Should I just virtualize my bacula server and keep a copy offsite for a > quick restore of the catalog? That is an option. > > Is there a way to recover the data without the catalog? Can bacula reindex > the files? Yes. bscan > > Do I also have to export the mysql database nightly so I can recover the > content along with my bacula catalog, system files, and backups? > I do a catalog backup nightly to a disk volume (which is not on the same server as the database) containing only catalogs. I also write a bootstrap file for this so that I can manually recover the catalog I want. You could do this outside of bacula with a nightly myswldump as well. Remember to always keep a few catalogs. At one point over the 7+ years I have used bacula at work I corrupted my database and did not know for 2 weeks.. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users