Restoring to an arbitrary local disk folder with Baculum

Chris Wilkinson <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 10:22:35 +0100
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How would I specify a restore job in Baculum to restore a file to a =
specific folder on my director machine disk? Sometimes I want to do a =
test restore to a local directory to check that a job can be restored =
correctly.

I had thought that in Step 4 of the restore wizard I would write =
=E2=80=9C/tmp/restore=E2=80=9D as the restore directory and the selected =
file/directory would be restored to my local /tmp/restore directory.

This isn=E2=80=99t working though. I get an error =E2=80=9CERR=3Dno =
space left on device=E2=80=9D. Could it be that the "restore directory" =
is relative to the "restore to client=E2=80=9D selected? This defaults =
to the original backup to client (a CIFS mount on the Director machine). =
There is no directory by this name on the client.

If I specify =E2=80=9C/=E2=80=9C as a the restore to, it restores to the =
original source and works fine.

-Chris-





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line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">How would I specify a restore =
job in Baculum to restore a file to a specific folder on my director =
machine disk? Sometimes I want to do a test restore to a local directory =
to check that a job can be restored correctly.<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I had thought that in Step 4 of the =
restore wizard I would write =E2=80=9C/tmp/restore=E2=80=9D as the =
restore directory and the selected file/directory would be restored to =
my local /tmp/restore directory.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">This isn=E2=80=99t working though. I =
get an error =E2=80=9CERR=3Dno space left on device=E2=80=9D.&nbsp;Could =
it be that the "restore directory" is relative to the "restore to =
client=E2=80=9D selected? This defaults to the original backup to client =
(a CIFS mount on the Director machine). There is no directory by this =
name on the client.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">If I specify =E2=80=9C/=E2=80=9C as a the restore to, it =
restores to the original source and works fine.</div><div class=3D""><br =
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