BSCAN(8)					     Network backup, recovery and verification						  BSCAN(8)

NAME

	bscan - Bacula's 'Scan tape'

SYNOPSIS

       bscan [options] bacula-archive

DESCRIPTION

       The  purpose  of  bscan is to read (scan) a Bacula Volume and to recreate or update the database contents with the information found on the
       Volume.	This is done in a non-destructive way. This permits restoring database entries that have been lost by pruning, purging,  deleting,
       or a database corruption problem.

       Normally, it should not be necessary to run the bscan command because the database is self maintaining, and most corrupted databases can be
       repaired by the tools provided by the database vendors.	In addition, if you have maintained bootstrap files during backups, you should	be
       able to recover all your data from the bootstrap file without needed an up to date catalog.

       bscan command.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.

       -?     Show version and usage of program.

       -b bootstrap
	      Specify a bootstrap file.

       -c config
	      Specify configuration file.

       -d nn  Set debug level to nn.

       -dt    Print timestamp in debug output.

       -m     Update media info in database.

       -D     Specify the driver database name (default: NULL)

       -n name
	      Specify the database name (default: bacula)

       -u username
	      Specify database username (default: bacula)

       -P password
	      Specify database password (default: none)

       -h host
	      Specify database host (default: NULL)

       -t port
	      Specify database port (default: 0)

       -p     Proceed inspite of I/O errors.

       -r     List records.

       -s     Synchronize or store in Database.

       -S     Show scan progress periodically.

       -v     Verbose output mode.

       -V volume
	      Specify volume names (separated by '|')

       -w dir Specify working directory (default from conf file)

SEE ALSO

       bls(8), bextract(8).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

Kern Sibbald							 26 November 2009							  BSCAN(8)