Re: [Bacula-users] Error writing final EOF to tape LTO-5

2011-05-10 Thread Alex Chekholko
The errors below are just straight I/O errors from the underlying device. Nothing to do with Bacula. So check if those two tapes are bad. Check if that drive needs cleaning. Run drive diagnostics on that drive. See if you can reproduce the problem with just, say, tar of some files to a kno

Re: [Bacula-users] Speed of backups

2011-04-28 Thread Alex Chekholko
Try changing your Maximum Network Buffer size in your bacula-sd config. Something like Maximum Network Buffer Size = 262144 #65536 Maximum block size = 262144 Keep in mind that this will make your sd unable to read previous backups, IIRC. Search archives for this parameter, e.g. http://old.

Re: [Bacula-users] Limit backup speed

2010-08-13 Thread Alex Chekholko
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-traffic-shaping-using-tc-to-control-http-traffic Regards, -- Alex Chekholko ch...@genomics.upenn.edu -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without E

Re: [Bacula-users] exclude files by size

2010-08-13 Thread Alex Chekholko
> There's no easy way to do that. You'll want to generate a list of the files you don't want to back up, and feed that list to the Exclude directive of the job. You can either use the previous backup jobs to generate the list, or do a find on those workstat

Re: [Bacula-users] Changing "Maximum Block Size": reading previous backups

2010-07-20 Thread Alex Chekholko
Block Size" for LTO-4 performance) but didn't test any restores from the tapes written with the old block size. And eventually they were recycled. Regards, -- Alex Chekholko ch...@genomics.upenn.edu -- This SF

Re: [Bacula-users] [Newbie] Differences to Amanda

2010-07-15 Thread Alex Chekholko
15 years' > time assuming the tapes hadn't become corrupt. I understand that Bacula > uses its own tape format and that over time, this has changed. > The format is documented and the utilities required to read/write it are Free Software. So it's equivalent to, say, GN

Re: [Bacula-users] Is there a way...

2010-07-08 Thread Alex Chekholko
works ? Your description is a bit confusing. Are these tapes all in the same pool? What is the retention period? Read up on the retention periods for files, jobs, volumes. Do you do an "update slots" after you remove the tape? Bacula

Re: [Bacula-users] Using HP Storageworks 1/8 G2 with Bacula

2010-06-19 Thread Alex Chekholko
rives on their own > controllers even if it is supported on the RAID controller. > > But as you say, that support is a feature of the card and is not a > normal feature of RAID controllers. When you go into the RAID card's BIOS interface at boot, does it detect and show all of device

Re: [Bacula-users] Using HP Storageworks 1/8 G2 with Bacula

2010-06-18 Thread Alex Chekholko
s BIOS interface at boot, does it detect all of devices you have physically connected to it? -- Alex Chekholko ch...@genomics.upenn.edu -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father'

Re: [Bacula-users] labeling my volumes

2010-06-08 Thread Alex Chekholko
6-8-10. > Do not forget to mount the drive!!! > You have messages. > * You probably forgot an 'update slots'. But more generally, make sure all of the btape tests work first (see tape testing section of the manual. Regards, -- Alex Chekholko ch...@genomics.upenn.edu ---

Re: [Bacula-users] IBM TS3100 autochanger

2010-06-01 Thread Alex Chekholko
drives are IBM and my library is IBM and I don't use any special driver, just the 'st' kernel module or whatever its official name is. What is your output of 'cat /proc/scsi/scsi' or check dmesg for relevant messages or also try the 'tapeinfo' command on

Re: [Bacula-users] Mail error: bsmtp cannot find libbac-5.0.1.so after upgrade from 3.0.3 to 5.0.2

2010-05-27 Thread Alex Chekholko
.pl MyCatalog" 11-May 17:08 bac-dir JobId 10262: BeforeJob: /opt/bacula/bin/dbcheck: error while loading shared libraries: libbacsql-5.0.1.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory The fix was as Foo suggested (my libs a

Re: [Bacula-users] Concurrent Jobs Setup

2010-05-18 Thread Alex Chekholko
conf: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 6 bacula-dir.conf: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 6 bacula-fd.conf: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20 bacula-sd.conf: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20 clients.conf: maximum concurrent jobs = 6 -- Alex Ch

Re: [Bacula-users] How to configure bacula to backup servers on different network domains

2010-05-18 Thread Alex Chekholko
ay being totally manual: Bacula is configured with bacula-sd.your.domain.com as the SD address and then each client has a local /etc/hosts entry that points to the appropriate IP for that client. The dir connects to the fd and tells the fd to connect to the sd. But it pass

Re: [Bacula-users] I need to buy a Tape Library

2010-05-17 Thread Alex Chekholko
_not_ working with Bacula; I think there used to be many more problems "back in the day", but now things are better. That MSL6030 looks good. Regards, -- Alex Chekholko ch...@genomics.upenn.edu

[Bacula-users] HOWTO: running a one-off archive; comments?

2010-05-14 Thread Alex Chekholko
Hi, We've had a couple of threads about this before, but I just tried it now with Bacula 5.0.2 and just wanted to report my technique. Comments are welcome. Here's what I did: 1) Wrote a new pool definition: Pool { Name = ArchiveMay2010 Pool Type = Backup Volume Retention = 11 months

Re: [Bacula-users] Automatic labelling from barcodes ?

2010-03-18 Thread Alex Chekholko
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:37:48 +1100 Norberto Meijome wrote: > > > > > > Any time you add/remove tapes from the tape library, you need to do > > 'update slots' and 'label barcodes' in bacula. > > > > Does that not behave as you expe

Re: [Bacula-users] Automatic labelling from barcodes ?

2010-03-12 Thread Alex Chekholko
just insert new tapes and let bacula automatically label them using > the barcode read from the tape. > > Is this possible, and if so, how ? > Any time you add/remove tapes from the tape library, you need to do 'update slots' and 'label barcodes' in b

Re: [Bacula-users] How many jobs can I schedule for the same time?

2010-03-03 Thread Alex Chekholko
iles_limit | 8192 | +--+---+ 1 row in set (0.03 sec) I don't think I've ever had more than 6 jobs running concurrently. Regards, -- Alex Chekholko ch...@pcbi.upenn.edu -- Download Inte

Re: [Bacula-users] using bscan

2010-02-22 Thread Alex Chekholko
ded as you expect? If you're worried about a lower-level problem, use 'mt -f /dev/nstX status' and 'tapeinfo -f /dev/sgX' to see the status of the drive. Then you can try something simple like &#

Re: [Bacula-users] Quantum Scalar i40 and second tape drive

2010-02-12 Thread Alex Chekholko
ommand > > Any ideas what I did wrong? Any hints where I can start debugging? > Because since Baculas mtx-changer is using mtx, I think I am not able to > use the second drive. > Check dmesg for relevant messages and do something like ls -lah /dev/*st* to see if they're th

Re: [Bacula-users] Can't find the tape changer

2010-01-19 Thread Alex Chekholko
: SKSV=no > READ ELEMENT STATUS Command Failed How about "tapeinfo"? # tapeinfo -f /dev/sg10 Product Type: Medium Changer Vendor ID: 'IBM ' Product ID: '3576-MTL' Revision: '570G' Attached Changer: No SerialNumber: '01312306_LLA&#

Re: [Bacula-users] Is Btape limited to 100000 max block size?

2010-01-11 Thread Alex Chekholko
r. You can search for my name and "maximum block size". But there doesn't seem to be any benefit to much larger block size. -- Alex Chekholko ch...@pcbi.upenn.edu -- This SF.Net email is sponsor

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO-3 getting the lead out.

2010-01-05 Thread Alex Chekholko
g like this: Maximum Block Size = 262144 Maximum Network Buffer Size = 262144 Maximum File Size = 5G Keep in mind that tapes written with different block sizes will be incompatible, I think. So you won't be able to read your old backups unless you r

Re: [Bacula-users] estimating time remaining on a backup

2009-12-07 Thread Alex Chekholko
ard and slows things > down even further. 1.5MB/sec :-( > Doesn't that tell you all you need to know? Knowing this rate: 1.5MB/s and the total amount of data in the full backup will tell you the total time, no? -- Alex C

Re: [Bacula-users] Order of Install?

2009-10-16 Thread Alex Chekholko
sr/sbin/bregex /usr/sbin/bscan /usr/sbin/bsmtp /usr/sbin/btape /usr/sbin/btraceback /usr/sbin/bwild /usr/sbin/dbcheck Regards, -- Alex Chekholko -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger and barcode

2009-10-16 Thread Alex Chekholko
acula knows about, what pool they are in (and they must be in some pool! Scratch is best for new volumes) and what slot bacula thinks they are in the library. -- Alex Chekholko -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R

[Bacula-users] additions to "supported autochangers"

2009-10-15 Thread Alex Chekholko
slots (SCSI) SpectraLogic T120 with 2 LTO-3 drives and 50 slots (SCSI) IBM TS3310 with 3 LTO-4 drives and 116 slots (SAS) All on Linux, without any special drivers other than what is in RHEL. Regards, -- Alex Chekholko --

Re: [Bacula-users] Compatibility

2009-10-15 Thread Alex Chekholko
Hi, Familiarize yourself with the 'mt', 'tapeinfo', and 'mtx' commands. They are standard Linux commands for dealing with the tape drives. Then try out the 'btape' regular and autochanger tests: http://bacula.org/3.0.x-manuals/en/utility/utility/Volume_Utility_Tools.html#SECTION0029

Re: [Bacula-users] Label Barcodes delete data?

2009-09-21 Thread Alex Chekholko
I haven't done that as I've only reused tapes from other Bacula installs. A 'purge volume' or maybe 'detete volume' should do it, check the manual. Regards, -- Alex Chekholko -- Come build wi

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-17 Thread Alex Chekholko
Hi Joe, Before dealing with bacula, make sure you understand how to use the commands 'mt', 'mtx', 'tapeinfo' and then make sure that they are working correctly. Then see how 'mtx-changer' uses 'mtx' to do its business. E.g. try: cat /proc/scsi/scsi (this will show you the devices, 0,1,2,..) tape

Re: [Bacula-users] What jobs are on those tapes?

2009-08-28 Thread Alex Chekholko
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:09:46 -0400 Dan Langille wrote: > Just published: > > http://dan.langille.org/2009/08/28/what-jobs-are-on-these-tapes/ > "what jobs are on this volume" is also query -> 13 So I usually check 'list media jobid=X' then '

Re: [Bacula-users] change default tape blocksize

2009-05-12 Thread Alex Chekholko
acula keeps track of it somewhere. In my case, I re-ran all full backups after changing block size, and luckily did not need to refer to any older backups since. Regards, -- Alex Chekholko -- The NEW KODAK i700

Re: [Bacula-users] Troubleshooting question

2009-02-19 Thread Alex Chekholko
gt; DevQ(0:2:0): 0 waiting > DevQ(0:3:0): 0 waiting > scsi1:0:0:0: Device is active, asserting ATN > Recovery code sleeping > (scsi1:A:0:0): Recovery SCB completes > Unexpected busfree in Data-in phase, 1 SCBs aborted, PRGMCNT == 0x1f5 > >>>

Re: [Bacula-users] tape replacement

2009-01-16 Thread Alex Chekholko
new one. > > Can anyone tell me if this is possible? I think you just use the 'btape' command and once there, 'label' the tape with the same label? Regards, -- Alex Chekholko ch...@pcbi.upenn.edu --

[Bacula-users] Bacula performance, LTO-3, LTO-4, block sizes

2009-01-07 Thread Alex Chekholko
Hi all, I wanted to follow up to a number of threads we've already had about Bacula performance with LTO-3 and LTO-4 drives. The lowest-level way to test the drive performance is to use a utility provided by the drive manufacturer. For IBM drives, there is a utility called ITDT. Here are my

Re: [Bacula-users] Add forums to the main page?

2008-12-16 Thread Alex Chekholko
y translates this list into forum form: http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing-lists-3/bacula-25/ I haven't tried posting from there, but browsing there can be quicker than the mailing list.

Re: [Bacula-users] multi drive changer, limit concurrent jobs for each drive

2008-12-11 Thread Alex Chekholko
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:22:55 +0100 Ralf Gross wrote: > Alex Chekholko schrieb: > > On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:02:02 +0100 > > Ralf Gross wrote: > > > > > > > > > # grep Maximum /etc/bacula/bacula-*.conf > > > > /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf:

Re: [Bacula-users] multi drive changer, limit concurrent jobs for each drive

2008-12-09 Thread Alex Chekholko
mber now, I added prefer mounted volumes = no to my Job (or JobDefs). Regards, -- Alex Chekholko [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web c

Re: [Bacula-users] multi drive changer, limit concurrent jobs for each drive

2008-12-09 Thread Alex Chekholko
Hi Ralf, Doesn't your config do exactly what you want? > > Storage { > > Name = Neo4100 > > Address = > > SDPort = 9103 > > Password = "wiped" > > Device = Neo4100 > > Media Type = LTO4 > > Autochanger = yes > > Heartbeat Interval = 5min > > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 3 > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Changed pool name - volumes are gone

2008-12-09 Thread Alex Chekholko
se my labeled tape for the new pools? IIRC, Bacula will refuse to label tapes that already have a Bacula label on them. To re-use labeled tapes, I write a quick script to load each tape with mtx, write an EOF with mt, rewind, load next... (This will of course destroy the data on the tape.) Th

Re: [Bacula-users] Speed and integration issues

2008-12-05 Thread Alex Chekholko
hosts with 700 GB of data, it would take 8 > hours to enter the "select files" phase? Bacula looks at all the file entries in the database for that, so it depends on the number of files and how fast your db is. > -- > David Lee Lambert ... Software Developer > Cell phone: +1 586

Re: [Bacula-users] IBM TS-3100 too slow on bacula

2008-11-10 Thread Alex Chekholko
= yes > Removable Media = yes > Random Access = no > Requires Mount = no > Hardware End of Medium = no > Fast Forward Space File = no > BSF at EOM = yes > Two EOF = yes > #Of

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] MaximumBlockSize Problem and Question

2008-11-06 Thread Alex Chekholko
//www.adsm.org/lists/html/Bacula-users/2008-05/msg00504.html So I am still stuck at ~22MB/s writing to LTO-4 with the default block size. Regards, -- Alex Chekholko - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move D

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Bacula and LTO4 weirdness.

2008-11-04 Thread Alex Chekholko
t; >> ___ > >> Bacula-users mailing list > >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > >> > > > > > > > >

Re: [Bacula-users] SD not using more than 1 drive in autochanger

2008-11-04 Thread Alex Chekholko
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:23:10 -0600 "Jeff Falgout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > *status > > > > > > Device status: > > Autochanger "T200-1" with devices: > > "T200-1-Drive-0" (/dev/nst0) > > "T200-1-Drive-2" (/dev/nst1) > > "T200-1-Drive-3" (/dev/nst2) > > Device "T200-1-Drive-0" (/dev/

Re: [Bacula-users] Barcode Labels

2008-02-14 Thread Alex Chekholko
Hi all, Just wanted to chime in about making barcode labels. I'm cheap and I happen to have some full 8.5"x11" adhesive sheets (Avery #5455) so I just use GNU barcode and a regular laser printer and then cut the labels by hand with a nice big paper cutter. for ((i=1; i<=60; i++)); do printf "PIT

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO3 speed testing

2008-01-30 Thread Alex Chekholko
ate=54154.0 KB/s > Wrote blk_block=3, dev_blk_num=10486 VolBytes=1,676,408,832 > rate=52387.8 KB/s Hi Robin, ~50-60 MB/s is what I see on the LTO-3 based bacula install I inherited. I believe that's regular performance. We use disk spooli

Re: [Bacula-users] backup does nothing

2007-03-22 Thread Alex Chekholko
e same) OK, at this point, can you issue, in the console: status dir status sd status client It will tell you more. Make sure you network settings allow the dir to initiate a connection to the fd and then allow the fd to initiate a connection to the sd. -- Alex Chekholko

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Rescue - Solaris 10 - getdiskinfo errors - error on route command

2006-11-09 Thread Alex Chekholko
On Nov 8, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Attila Fülöp wrote: > A Think Tank wrote: >> I am trying to go though the rescue procedures / preparation for >> Solaris, SunOS 5.10 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240, as >> directed >> by the documentation. I have a couple of errors with the command >> /usr/

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-mysql rpm error? buildcentos4 hostname?

2006-11-09 Thread Alex Chekholko
On Nov 7, 2006, at 2:15 PM, Paul Cubbage wrote: > When I install using > bacula-mysql-1.38.11-3i386.rpm > bacula-mtx-1.38.11-3i386.rpm > the config files all have buildcentos4 as the hostname and the > address = name > > That hostname string is nowhere on my system before I install the rpms > but

Re: [Bacula-users] SUN L280 autochanger troubles

2006-11-03 Thread Alex Chekholko
On Nov 3, 2006, at 6:42 AM, Gerard Sharpe wrote: > Gerard Sharpe wrote: >> Alex Chekholko wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:13:32 +1100 >>> Gerard Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>&

Re: [Bacula-users] SUN L280 autochanger troubles

2006-11-02 Thread Alex Chekholko
On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:13:32 +1100 Gerard Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am a first time user of Bacula trying to get a Sun L280 DLT7000 tape > drive (operating mode set to random) with autochanger working. > > I have confirmed the drive works with the btape test however am havin

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula not loading autochanger (lots more info)

2006-10-24 Thread Alex Chekholko
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:17:06 -0700 "John Felczak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This looks quite a bit better, although still not sure why mtx keeps blanking > out on the label on the tape in slot 8. Probably because your barcode reader doesn't read that label. Does your library front panel sho

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.38 for Debian (Sarge) ADM64

2006-10-17 Thread Alex Chekholko
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:51:26 +0200 (CEST) Jonas Björklund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hej, > > On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Jon Ingason wrote: > > > Does anyone have a backort for Bacula 1.38 for Debian (Sarge) ADM64? > > What do you mean? "backort"? > When I type "backort" into Google, it says "Do

Re: [Bacula-users] Did "Max Start Delay" screw up my backups?

2006-10-17 Thread Alex Chekholko
David Hatcher wrote: > [snip] > > I just realized those four jobs that were strangely canceled had a > priority of 11. All the jobs but the last six have a priority of 11 > (and one job as a priority of 10, but that one finish early, in fourth > place). The last six have priorities of 13, 13, 13,

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula and autochanger problems

2006-10-16 Thread Alex Chekholko
So I figured out a few more things so far, and I'd like to update my post. > The Unix commands mt and mtx work without problems. I also checked the > mtx-changer section of the manual > (http://dna.dbi.udel.edu/manuals/bacula/Autochanger_Support.html#SECTION0002915000) > and the comman

[Bacula-users] bacula and autochanger problems

2006-10-16 Thread Alex Chekholko
Hi all, This is a rather lengthy e-mail, and there may be more than one configuration error. Please feel free to respond to only a piece of it. Configuration files and permissions info are at the end of the e-mail. I have been trying to get bacula to work for almost three days now; I have read