Hello,
On 1/19/2006 2:16 PM, Timo Eissler wrote:
Arno Lehmann schrieb:
Hello,
On 1/19/2006 11:23 AM, Timo Eissler wrote:
Hello list,
we use bacula in our firm and it work great, but we had a lot of
questions before we can
install bacula at our customers. The problem is that bacula needs in
our mind a system operator to
control bacula and we are our customers operator, but normally they
want to change their tapes themselves
because every hour we work for them costs money.
We think these features should be added to bacula before we can
install bacula at our customers and let
a normal user change tapes and control the backup. A normal user we
think could not work with the bconsole, he just can read emails
and change tapes.
1. It should be possible to show the tapes who should go into an
fireproof safe or another building with which a complete restore
of all data (regardless how much pools or jobs exist).
Just the job for a small script which queries the catalog.
Hmm either it is not so simple or i know baculas catalog and features
not good enough to write such an script.
Do you have an example code for this or can give me an hint (maybe a
link) to write such a script?
Well, I don't have anything rwady-to-use for your needs, but basically
you only need to find all volumes from the last full jobs, optionally
set the ones in append state to state Used, and have the list of tapes
you need to store.
I guess I would create a script that unmounts the storage device, moves
the tapes to be removed into one magazine, the mail slots, or whatever
you have, mails the user/operator to remove these tapes, print a form
where they are listed, and wait for some sort of confirmation.
After confirmation, trigger an autoloader inventory, do an update slots
for Bacula, and mount the drive.
More suggestions, details, or a script available on request, but for
payment :-)
2. Which tapes should be inserted for the next jobs (maybe the hole
week).
More difficult, but a reasonable guess is simple. I'd integrate this
in the script above :-)
I think the best way to realise this is to get a list with all tapes
from all pools in the order bacula wants to use them. Now the normal
user can choose which
tapes he must insert (he will know how much tapes from which pool
because we can say it to him or he can read it in our documenation).
3. Automatically cleaning of the tape drive. (after x used tapes, x
GB or maybe every saturday)
I think this can be scripted and scheduled with an admin job, but we
think this should be a function of bacula.
If it were, it should be implemented "correctly". What I consider
correct can be found in the projects file in the Bacula distribution,
I guess.
I submitted such a suggestion.
Another problem we had is the way bacula will check the "Volume Use
Duration". In our case we change tapes mondays for the differential
data backups
which run Monday till Friday. We want every day to go on another
Volume, so we set Volume Use Duration to 23hours. The Problem is that
bacula checks the Volume Use Duration only after a Backup, so we
tried to let an admin job which run with that pool set the VolStatus
for the used tape to Used, but this wouldnt work. A quick fix will be
an job which run on that pool and just backup a small file to close
the tape.
We think it would be a great feature to choose if the Duration check
should be made after, before or after and before the backup.
I don't see the problem. After all, you are allowed to remove a volume
before it's marked as Used.
Yes the Tape can be removed, but the customer wont change tapes every
day. I know that removing the tape wont be a problem, but i must be done
and
this costs time which is the problem.
Still, I don't see the problem.
You can remotely check if tape change is necessary, or you can even
trigger the change remotely. You can also manipulate the catalog to
change volume status. And, of course, your customer pays for your time,
so they should be interested in having someone on-site who can handle
tape changes and restores. At least that's what I strongly recommend...
Arno
I think this was all... No :) we want to thank everybody who
contribute something to bacula for this really great piece of software!
Agreed :-)
Thanks and regards,
Timo
Arno
Timo
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