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  Vol-
       ume.   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.

       -m     Update media info in database.

       -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)

       -r     List records.

       -s     Synchronize or store in Database.





Kern Sibbald                      26 May 2006                         BSCAN(8)