NAME

        bscan - Bareos's 'Scan tape'

SYNOPSIS

       bscan [options] bareos-archive

DESCRIPTION

       The  purpose  of  bscan is to read (scan) a Bareos 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.
       Logical inconsistencies in the Bareos database can be found by bareos-dbcheck.  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.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.

       -?     Show version and usage of program.

       -B drivername
              Specify the database driver name (default NULL) <postgresql|mysql|sqlite3>.

       -b bootstrap
              Specify a bootstrap file.

       -c configfile
              Specify storage daemon configuration file.

       -d nn  Set debug level to nn.

       -dt    Print timestamp in debug output.

       -D director
              Specify  a director name specified in the storage daemon configuration file for the Key Encryption
              Key selection.

       -a directory
              Specify the database backend directory

       -m     Update media info in database.

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

       -u username
              Specify database username (default: bareos)

       -P password
              Specify database password (default: none)

       -h host
              Specify database host (default: NULL)

       -t port
              Specify database port (default: 0)

       -p     Proceed in spite 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 directory
              Specify working directory (default from configuration file)

SEE ALSO

       bls(8), bextract(8), bareos-dbcheck(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)