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Bacula is a nifty backup software that is network-capable and stores data in the database for faster retrieval in case you need a certain file back. As a big fan of cheat sheets I created this cheat sheet.
What's up?
| Which files shall be backed up? | show filesets | I=Included, E=Excluded |
| What's the server doing? | status dir | |
| What's the status of a certain job? | status jobid=xx | |
| What's the client doing? | status client | |
| What's the streamer doing? | status storage | |
| Anything new? | messages |
Backing up
| Start a backup | run | ...and choose the backup job |
| Label a new tape | label | ...and run mount afterwards |
Restoring
The common way (a user accidentally removed a file and wants the newest version back from the tapes:
- Use the restore command.
- Choose option 5 (Select the most recent backup for a client).
- cd / ls / dir / mark / markdir / unmark / unmarkdir / lsmark / estimate / pwd / count / find
- done
See also: http://bacula.org/rel-manual/Brief_Tutorial.html#SECTION000126000000000000000
Jobs
| Last jobs | list jobs | ...or list jobid=xx' for a specific job |
| Statistics about last lobs | list jobtotal | |
| Which files were backed up? | list files jobid=xx |
Job status
| Status | means... |
| T | Terminated normally |
| C | Created but not yet running |
| R | Running |
| B | Blocked |
| E | Terminated in Error |
| e | Non-fatal error |
| f | Fatal error |
| D | Verify Differences |
| A | Canceled by the user |
| F | Waiting on the File daemon |
| S | Waiting on the Storage daemon |
| m | Waiting for a new Volume to be mounted |
| M | Waiting for a Mount |
| s | Waiting for Storage resource |
| j | Waiting for Job resource |
| c | Waiting for Client resource |
| d | Wating for Maximum jobs |
| t | Waiting for Start Time |
| p | Waiting for higher priority job to finish |
Tapes
| Which tapes are in the pool? | list media |
| Remove a tape | delete media |
| Which pools are defined? | list pools |
| Which tapes are/were used for a certain job? | list jobmedia |
| Assign a tape to a certain pool | add |
| Change parameters of a tape | update volume |
Troubleshooting
| Erase a label on the tape | mt rewind && mt weof && mt rewind |
Complete list
...at
http://bacula.org/rel-manual/Bacula_Console.html#SECTION000205000000000000000
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