I asked this recently and was pointed to the docs on bscan.
So I tested bscan on a separate Director box and it works very
well, takes a while, but is feasible. So you would:
Get hard copy or the best thing to it of the last Full backup you want
to save and/or any incr/diff after that.
When you need to access that for restore you would run bscan on the
volume (be it
tape or hard drive file) and then access the jobs there were restored.
My advice is to do a small Full backup of some data, transfer that
volume to a
different Director and work the tools (bscan) on it and do a restore so
you know
the process.
The link to the docs for bscan is here (version 3.0x though I don't know
where it is in the current docs):
http://www.bacula.org/3.0.x-manuals/en/utility/utility/Volume_Utility_Tools.html
Regards.
On 12/21/2011 8:50 AM, Win Htin wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> If I want to retire an old server but need to keep the backup data for
> several years, what is the best option? Just disable the job? What
> happens if the old server is deleted from the clients list?
>
> Thanks in advance for your input.
>
> Cheers,
> Win
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