[Bacula-users] Bacula version 2.2.x for Solaris, FreeBSD, and Windows
Hello, As I have previously emailed several times over the last 6 months or so, I no longer build Bacula on Solaris and FreeBSD, and other than testing the Win32 client, I am running no regression tests on Win32, Solaris and FreeBSD. The Bacula community must step forward and organize systematically running regression testing, but so far this has not happened (this is quite disappointing). I have just completed significant modifications to the Volume reservation code in the Storage daemon (now in the SVN). There will undoubtedly be some fine tuning before it ships. However, I suspect that the code now makes recursive mutex calls, which work perfectly well on Linux, but they cause a failure on FreeBSD (this is permitted by the standard), which means that it is quite possible that the current SVN code will fail on FreeBSD. For Solaris, I am unsure. This email is a *BIG* urgent warning that unless the Bacula Solaris and FreeBSD users pull together and organize regression testing, you may find that version 2.2.x will not work on your platform, and it may be difficult to correct problems after production release in a timely fashion since once released, it is not possible to make any significant changes to mutex usage without destabilizing the code. Now is the time to test and bring any problems to my attention. I am ready to help you get the regression tests working and to fix mutex usage so that it works on your platform during the current development cycle. Best regards, Kern PS: I will be out of town from this afternoon until late Tuesday. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-fd on Linux giving intermittent errors
On Wednesday 11 April 2007 17:57:45 Michael Proto wrote: Any more ideas on getting the -fd to actually spit-out debug information is very welcome, and thanks again for all the help! Are you running SELinux ? On recent RH platforms, you might want to search /var/log/audit/audit.log and/or /var/log/messages for clues regarding your problem. Davide Bolcioni -- There is no place like /home. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] relabel command not working with Offline On Unmount = Yes set
Hi all,
I am trying a second approach to understand how relabeling a tape
using the relable command from the console is supposed to work.
* I have a single tape drive setup, no autochanger.
* I am using bacula 2.0.3
* labeling tapes works fine
* backups work fine
* restores work fine
But I do not manage it to relable a tape using the relabel command.
At this point I still believe it might be a bacula bug.
Maybe I am using an untested combination of settings in the Device
configuration of the SD?
It would be great if someone yould tell me what I am doing wrong
here:
My SD's Device Resource:
Device {
Name = DLT8000
Media Type = DLT-IV
Archive Device = /dev/nst0
AutomaticMount = yes
AlwaysOpen = yes
RemovableMedia = yes
RandomAccess = no
Offline On Unmount = Yes
Spool Directory = /home/bacula-spool
Maximum Spool Size = 10 g
Maximum Job Spool Size = 2 g
}
Now I am in the console. I just inserted a known Tape into the tape
drive called Tape_20. I purged this tape using the purge command.
*status sd
[...]
Device status:
Device DLT8000 (/dev/nst0) is not open.
[...]
*
The tape drive needs some time to load the tape... I wait for it to
finish this.
* tape is inserted
* that volume is pruned
* tape is *not* mounted
Now I should be able to use the relabel command, right?
I would expect that I send the relabled command, bacula woul read
the current label, then rewind, that write the new label.
Now what happens is that:
*relabel oldvolume=Tape_20 volume=Tape_Test
Automatically selected Storage: lisa-sd
Automatically selected Pool: Default
Connecting to Storage daemon lisa-sd at lisa:9103 ...
Sending relabel command from Tape_20 to Tape_Test ...
-- here the tape begins to do something.
The tape is being ejected!!
Then, after the drive has finished ejecting the tape:
3912 Failed to label Volume: ERR=dev.c:425 Unable to open device
DLT8000 (/dev/nst0): ERR=Input/output error
Label command failed for Volume Tape_Test.
Do not forget to mount the drive!!!
*
So why does bacula eject the tape here? Can somebody explain to why
this should not be a bug?
Could it be that bacula does an unmount here although the tape is
not mounted and this unmount command does the mt offline because
of the Offline On Unmount = Yes setting?
Ok I will set Offline On Unmount = No and try again to test this:
(restarting SD, inserting tape, waiting for tape to finish)
*relabel oldvolume=Tape_20 volume=Tape_Test
Automatically selected Storage: lisa-sd
Automatically selected Pool: Default
Connecting to Storage daemon lisa-sd at lisa:9103 ...
Sending relabel command from Tape_20 to Tape_Test ...
3000 OK label. VolBytes=64701 DVD=0 Volume=Tape_Test Device=DLT8000
(/dev/nst0)
Catalog record for Volume Tape_Test, Slot 0 successfully created.
Old volume Tape_20 deleted from catalog.
Requesting to mount DLT8000 ...
3001 Mounted Volume: Tape_Test
3001 Device DLT8000 (/dev/nst0) is already mounted with Volume Tape_Test
*
Voila!
But: I still would consider this a bug: It should be possible to
use the relabel command with a single tapedrive and the setting
Offline On Unmount = Yes, not?
Because I want bacula to eject the tape if it is requesting another
one...
Any comments? Or hints?
TIA
-Marc
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[Bacula-users] Bacula version 2.2.x for Solari s, FreeBSD, and Windows
Hello, For anyone interested in doing regression testing, here is the procedure that I recently sent to one interested FreeBSD user. If you are planning to do regression testing, please let me and preferably the bacula-devel list know so that we don't get too much duplication of effort -- pretty unlikely the way things have been going :-) There is not a whole lot of work to running the regression tests. To set it up in the very beginning, it is a few hours, then to run it, it is just bringing the code up to date with two svn update commands and running a script. If there are failures, then the time to resolve it is a bit longer. Do you have a tape drive that could be used? Preferrably an autochanger, but a tape drive with one blank tape is all that is really necessary. If you would like to try running the regression scripts, please do the following: - create a directory named bacula for example (any name will do) - then in that directory, do the following things - download the latest depkgs from Source Forge, unpack it into depkgs. cd into depkgs, and do make. This will build (hopefully) SQLite and SQLite3, which can be useful for regression testing. - checkout the SVN for the main trunk/bacula svn checkout https://bacula.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacula/trunk/bacula bacula - checkout the SVN for the main trunk/regress svn checkout https://bacula.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacula/trunk/regress regress - read the notes in the Developer's guide about regress (realizing they might be slightly out of date). - read the README in the regress directory (realizing that it might be slightly out of date). - Let me know what your normal database SQL engine is. You might setup your SQL engine so that it has a database named regress that can be accessed by user regress with no password. We can use only SQLite, but it is better to run it against PostgreSQL if possible (and possibly MySQL). - In the regress directory, create a .conf file for yourself. Start from prototype.conf and change it to suit your situation. - If you are using FreeBSD, check the regress/scripts/freebsd_tape_options file to ensure that it has the right options for your tape drive (if you have one). If you are running Solaris, the default script is fine. - Then do: ./conf xxx.conf make setup It should build Bacula without errors. - if you wish to try it, you can run the disk based tests with ./do_file The procedure is slightly different for Windows ... Best regards, Kern - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] basic bacula question on retention periods and disk backups
Hello,
I'm trying to set up disk backup jobs. I've included my config at the
end of this msg, but i'm confused as to the difference between job
retention, and volume retention in the client definition, and volume
retention in the pool definition. I've read the bacula manual on these
topics, and i understand the shortest one takes priority, but i'm not sure
the values to set.
I've got a machine that has two jobs with it. The first backs up general
files, and i want it to back up according to it's schedule, and have bacula
automatically handle volume rotation. The second job is a monthly back up of
/home, where i want it to do one full backup and the incrementals until the
next full. And again automatic volume rotation, i.e. month 2's full volume
overwrites the current one and the incrementals do the same.
The problem i'm having is i'm occationally getting the error no
appendable volumes, which tells me i don't have my retention periods quite
right for this setup. Any help appreciated.
Thanks.
Dave.
#
# Bacula zeus client configuration
#
Job {
Name = backup_zeus
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
Schedule = ZeusCycle
Messages = Standard
Client = zeus-fd
FileSet = fbsd_zeus
Pool = Default
Full Backup Pool = Zeus_Full
Incremental Backup Pool = Zeus_Incremental
Storage = ZeusStorage
Write Bootstrap = /var/db/bacula/zeus.bsr
Priority = 10
}
Job {
Name = backup_zeus_home
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
Schedule = ZeusCycleHome
Messages = Standard
Client = zeus-fd
FileSet = fbsd_zeus_home
Pool = Default
Full Backup Pool = Zeus_Full_Home
Incremental Backup Pool = Zeus_Incremental_Home
Storage = ZeusStorage
Write Bootstrap = /var/db/bacula/zeus.bsr
Priority = 10
}
FileSet {
Name = fbsd_zeus
Include {
options {
Compression=GZIP9
Signature=SHA1
aclsupport=yes
}
File = /etc
File = /usr/local/etc
File = /usr/local/www
}
Exclude {
File = /proc
File = /tmp
File = /.journal
File = /.fsck
File = /usr/src
File = /usr/ports
File = /usr/doc
File = /usr/share/doc
File = /usr/obj
File = /tmp
File = /var/tmp
}
}
FileSet {
Name = fbsd_zeus_home
Include {
options {
Compression=GZIP9
Signature=SHA1
aclsupport=yes
}
File = /home
}
Exclude {
File = /proc
File = /tmp
File = /.journal
File = /.fsck
File = /usr/src
File = /usr/ports
File = /usr/doc
File = /usr/share/doc
File = /usr/obj
File = /tmp
File = /var/tmp
}
}
Schedule {
Name = ZeusCycle
Run = Full 1st sun at 1:05AM
Run = Incremental mon-sat at 1:05AM
}
Schedule {
Name = ZeusCycleHome
Run = Full 1st sun at 4:00AM
Run = Incremental mon-sat at 4:00AM
}
Client {
Name = zeus-fd
Address = bacula.example.com
FDPort = 9102
Catalog = MyCatalog
Password = xxx # password for FileDaemon
File Retention = 62 days
Job Retention = 3 months
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
}
Storage {
Name = ZeusStorage
Address = bacula.example.com
SDPort = 9103
Password = baculapassword1
Device = ZeusStorage
Media Type = File
}
pool {
Name = Zeus_Full
Pool Type = Backup
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 # New file for each backup
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 27 days
Maximum Volumes = 2 # Keep 2 fulls
LabelFormat = zeus-full
}
pool {
Name = Zeus_Incremental
Pool Type = Backup
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 # New file for each backup
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 312 hours
Volume Use Duration = 6 days
Maximum Volumes = 10 # Keep 10 incrementals
LabelFormat = zeus-incremental
}
pool {
Name = Zeus_Full_Home
Pool Type = Backup
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 # New file for each backup
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 62 days
Maximum Volumes = 2 # Keep 2 fulls
LabelFormat = zeus-full-home
}
pool {
Name = Zeus_Incremental_Home
Pool Type = Backup
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 # New file for each backup
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 31 days
Maximum Volumes = 31 # Keep 10 incrementals
LabelFormat = zeus-incremental-home
}
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[Bacula-users] appropriate data spool size for tape
Hello,
I'm getting my Quantum Dlt 4000 going with bacula. I've included my
definitions below and the job that i'm running. I'm not getting very good
performance with the spool, the drive starts and stops quite frequently, it
is on an Adaptec Ultrawide 2940 scsi controller. I was wondering the optimal
size of a tape data spool?
Thanks.
Dave.
# Definition of Quantum DLT4000 Tape Drive
Device {
Name = Quantum DLT4000
Description = Quantum DLT4000 Tape Drive for FreeBSD
Media Type = DLT
Archive Device = /dev/sa0
LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled Media
Random Access = Yes;
AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
RemovableMedia = no;
AlwaysOpen = no;
Offline On Unmount = no
Hardware End of Medium = no
BSF at EOM = yes
Backward Space Record = yes
Fast Forward Space File = no
TWO EOF = yes
# for data spooling
Maximum Spool Size = 1024
Maximum Job Spool Size = 1024
Spool Directory = /backup/bacula-spool
}
Job {
Name = isos-Tape
Type = Backup
Client = zeus-fd
FileSet = Iso Files
Storage = Quantum DLT4000
Messages = Standard
Pool = Default
Write Bootstrap = /var/db/bacula/tap.bsr
Priority = 10
SpoolData = yes
}
Storage {
Name = Quantum DLT4000
Address = bacula.example.com # N.B. Use a fully qualified name
here
SDPort = 9103
Password = # password for Storage daemon
Device = Quantum DLT4000 # must be same as in the storage daemon
Media Type = DLT # must be same as MediaType in
Storage daemon
}
Pool {
Name = Default
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle
Volumes
Recycle Oldest Volume = yes
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
LabelFormat = TAPE-
Volume Retention = 1 year
Storage = Quantum DLT4000
}
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