I just found the warning at the bottom of https://docs.bareos.org/TasksAndConcepts/AlwaysIncrementalBackupScheme.html#virtual-full-jobs that states this is the case.
On Monday, January 5, 2026 at 2:23:35 PM UTC-6 Jon Schewe wrote: > I see that 11 years ago someone asked about this and the answer was that > this isn't possible. > https://bareos-users.narkive.com/Nx9yVsSX/virtual-full-to-another-sd > > Is it still the case that one cannot execute a Virtual Full backup between > storage daemons? > I've got one setup with access to all of the disk and one with access to > my tape library and I'd like to do a virtual full from the disk (always > incremental) to the tape (for offsite). > > I tried setting it up and got an error that the storage type isn't > recognized by the storage daemon. It appears that bareos is trying to read > the files from the storage daemon that has access to the tape library. > > Jon > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/3c8e9970-27a6-46c4-ac95-e9f08bc93c2dn%40googlegroups.com.
