X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fmanuals%2Fen%2Futility%2Fprogs.tex;h=435cebf73c849ebef941777c504b498edf968024;hb=141457437624c55ea230413f11d0854df335aacb;hp=9dd507fa1dbf3e42d13c937db8e97482de770192;hpb=f4fe44c6c6526ce405b4b71a649e2ff62cb036b0;p=bacula%2Fdocs diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/utility/progs.tex b/docs/manuals/en/utility/progs.tex index 9dd507fa..435cebf7 100644 --- a/docs/manuals/en/utility/progs.tex +++ b/docs/manuals/en/utility/progs.tex @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ developers in dealing with Volumes external to Bacula. \section{Specifying the Configuration File} \index[general]{Specifying the Configuration File} -Starting with version 1.27, each of the following programs requires a valid +Each of the following programs requires a valid Storage daemon configuration file (actually, the only part of the configuration file that these programs need is the {\bf Device} resource definitions). This permits the programs to find the configuration parameters @@ -619,12 +619,14 @@ backup. \index[general]{Catalog!Using bscan to Compare a Volume to an existing} \index[general]{Using bscan to Compare a Volume to an existing Catalog} -If you wish to compare the contents of a Volume to an existing catalog without -changing the catalog, you can safely do so if and only if you do {\bf not} -specify either the {\bf -m} or the {\bf -s} options. However, at this time -(Bacula version 1.26), the comparison routines are not as good or as thorough -as they should be, so we don't particularly recommend this mode other than for -testing. +If you wish to compare the contents of a Volume to an existing catalog +without changing the catalog, you can safely do so if and only if you do +{\bf not} specify either the {\bf -m} or the {\bf -s} options in order to +avoid modifying the catalog. However, not every record that is stored in +the catalog is stored on the volumes, so we don't particularly +recommend using {\bf bscan} other than for testing. Probably the best +way to compare what is on a Volume to what is in the Catalog is to use +one of the Verify Job options. \subsection{Using bscan to Recreate a Catalog from a Volume} \index[general]{Volume!Using bscan to Recreate a Catalog from a Volume}