Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from an incremental job: No Full backup before ... found

[Kern S. <ke...@si...>]

On 05/12/2014 02:58 PM, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> On 12/05/14 13:47, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> [snip]
>> In general, if you choose option 5 on the restore prompt, Bacula will
>> indeed want the Full and all the intervening Incremental and
>> Differential backups.
>>
>> However, it may not be well known, but one *can* restore just the files
>> from any given Incremental or Differential backup without the Full
>> backup.  You simply need to know the JobId of the Incremental or
>> Differential backup, and with a different option on the restore prompt,
>> you can enter the JobId and restore from it.  Also, Bat has a restore
>> that will work with all backups automatically and allow you to choose
>> any file in any backup.
>>
>> Doing restores from specific JobIds is perhaps a bit unusual but just
>> the same possible.
> [snip]
>
> This possibility is much more interesting - at least for my use - than "option 
> 5". And I think it ought to be much more emphasised in the manual.
Yes, that would be nice.  Could you send me some suggested text?

Best regards,
Kern