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Hi list, I’ve a bacula system based on disk volume that I need to refresh (new install). There is a way to mantain the “current status” (volumes, catalog and other if needed) when migrating the system to a new installation?

Thanks in advance

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  • Hi Alessandro,

    Just backup your database and you’ll be fine. If there’s a need you cal always ‘bscan’ your old volumes.

    Regards, Fabio Almeida

    On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Alessandro Baggi

  • Hi Fabio, thanks for your reply. (I’m new with bacula). To make things more clear:
    1) Reinstall CentOS and software;
    2) Configure database and import catalog
    3) Copy last valid configuration for dir, sd,fd and console.
    4) Re-attach my disk backup device with last volumes

    That’s all?

    Another question is about Catalog backup. When I need to restore a backup, bacula reads catalog and performs restore if possibile. When a backup is perfomed, all info are saved on catalog. From many how-to I found that people make ct backup directly from bacula client and not from script (pg_dump…). Then today I follow this method because seems to be the most valid. Why? What method is better?
    Can I restore a catalog backup without bacula installed?
    Can I restore a catalog backup with bacula installed but without a valid catalog imported?

    I hope I was clear.

    Thanks in advance.

    Il 02/12/2015 13:02, Fabio Almeida ha scritto:

  • Alessandro Baggi wrote:

    Why? This isn’t Windows, so why reinstall CentOS, or are you building a new system, or migrating one from 6 to 7?

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