[Bacula-users] Archive/Restoration Query
Hi all, I'm probably doing something a little unusual, alongside using bacula for the usual backups I'm also performing long term data archives into a designated archive pool. From time to time I will receive a request restore a subset of the data stored in the long term archive. The long term archives will be retained for seven (7) years. At this stage the autochanger has capacity for backups and a copy of archive tapes, so the tapes can be assumed to be 'In' the changer. This will not always be the case, but it is for now. When a restoration request is received, it will identify a date range to be restored from archive, i.e. January 06 - March 07. I am unable to find any details on how to: 1. Query bacula to identify the volumes required to facilitate the above restore. 2. Actually specify the date range to be covered in the restore (i.e. restore all files in the archive fileset, between January 06 and March 07). While I can probably craft some SQL for point 1 - any hints or suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers Jason. -- The era of procrastination, of half measures of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to an end. In it's place we are entering a period of consequences. - Winston Churchill a href=http://www.climatecrisis.net/downloads/ecards/preview-glacier1.htmlAn Inconvenient Truth/a - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] dvd-handler and the dvd+rw-tools patch
Hello, Concerning your email below. Please send your email to the bacula-devel list with your patch in diff -u format as an attachment. We see your email, but your patch is not available to the developers when sent to the bacula-users list. Thanks, Kern Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:16:00 -0400 From: Alexandre Bourget [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] dvd-handler and the dvd+rw-tools patch To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I've reworked dvd-handler, and it now works without any patch. It uses dvd+rw-mediainfo to grab information about the space left on a DVD device. As someone already pointed, there is no error handling when there is *no* media in the drive. See the modified dvd-handler attached (from version 2.0.2). It might need some testing, but it works here. thanks for the software, Alexandre Bourget - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] some issues with wxconsole
Hello, There are several unfortunate issues with wxconsole. 1. We have tested and built it against wxWidgets 2.6.x (if I remember right), and some users seem to be building it against wxWidgets 2.8, which is almost sure to fail since their API has surprise changes on each major version :-( 2. There is and has been no Bacula developer to work on wxconsole for several years now. I have patched a few problems, but my patching is not a good solution. 3. We are developing a replacement (bat) that we can support, which already has far more functionality than wxconsole. 4. So, bottom line, wxconsole is deprecated and thus scheduled to go away in a future release (probably 2.4.0). Regards, Kern == Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:55:10 +1000 From: Chuckles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] some issues with wxconsole To: Mike Lauwaert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Mike Lauwaert wrote: Craig White craig at tobyhouse.com writes: bacula 2.03 (on RHELv5) wxconsole is nice - thanks - went into restore tab and chose a folder for a test restore. Went through, picked the folder and clicked the 'Restore...' button and the wxconsole locked up with a message at the bottom that says 'Failed to retrieve jobid' It did indeed restore though but wxconsole is essentially locked up and I can't do anything in restore tab at all and in console tab, messages are still written but it isn't possible to click into the command line. Obviously I could click the wxconsole closed and re-open it. Standard error written to terminal states... (wxconsole:5370): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_remove: assertion `GTK_IS_TOOLBAR (container) || widget-parent == GTK_WIDGET (container)' failed promptparser-getChoices()=157175896 I am experiencing the same thing. Strangely this worked the first time I tested it. I also get the OK button remains inactive after applying changed to the default restore configuration. Starting to think wx-console on windows isn't very reliable and bconsole is the way to go. Mike I get constant lockups with wx-console on various commands (probably every one that i've used at some stage). Can't seem to find a pattern to it. I access the same director with gnome and text consoles with no problems at all I too am starting to think wx-console isn't reliable at the moment - - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. 2. Has anyone tried the Bacula client on Vista, and if so, what are the results? (I believe that the tray monitor will not work, but there may be other issues). 3. Are any of you Windows C++ programmers who would like to do a little programming? 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. 5. I would like to start collecting a list of the major problems you are having running the Windows servers. I currently know about: - Lack of documentation in the manual (I will fix this after 2.2.0 is released) - Restore of encrypted files produces signature errors (I hope to fix this before release of 2.2.0, but am not sure as it requires changing the signature algorithm -- some major restructuring rather than a simple bug fix). 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. I was pleased to see that Bacula was moved to the standard location. I previously would install it there myself if I had the choice. The names are long, but I'm a big proponent of having things go where they belong. In my mind, the only other piece of software I'm aware of that installs right at C:\ (Oracle) has not business doing it either. 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. I would be able to, but cannot currently -- I do not run Windows at home and I am currently out on medical leave. - -- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer III |$| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGckDSmb+gadEcsb4RArCLAJ0VoT8EfpAI9V6ZpCnPt7jDoRTw9QCgoCfz NWFxh7W4sI/Hhj5UFhRpA/A= =IkTB -END PGP SIGNATURE- begin:vcard fn:Ryan Novosielski n:Novosielski;Ryan org:UMDNJ;IST/AST adr;dom:MSB C630;;185 South Orange Avenue;Newark;NJ;07103 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Systems Programmer III tel;work:(973) 972-0922 tel;fax:(973) 972-7412 tel;pager:(866) 20-UMDNJ x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] exabyte autochanger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Maria McKinley wrote: On 6/14/07, tomasz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maria McKinley wrote: tomasz wrote: Maria McKinley wrote: Broderick Wood wrote: I see in another post you say that MTX is working properly from the command line. This makes me believe that LUN support is enabled. You should be getting communication problems with MTX if it wasn't. :-) BTW What Operating System and version are you running? I am running Debian, Linux version 2.4.27-3-386. In another post, I had explained how I got the permissions fixed (at least I think, they aren't the same as they use to be, but they are what someone else had reccommeded), but bacula was hanging. It did quit hanging, and turns out I had forgotten to restart the storage daemon. But there still seems to be a problem, as this is what I get now: *update slots Using default Catalog name=MyCatalog DB=bacula Automatically selected Storage: Exabyte Connecting to Storage daemon Exabyte at dinah:9103 ... 3306 Issuing autochanger slots command. Device Exabyte has 0 slots. No slots in changer to scan. Could this still be a permission problem? Here are my permissions now: crw-rw 1 root tape 9, 0 2005-02-25 22:38 /dev/st0 crw--- 1 root root 21, 0 2005-02-25 22:38 /dev/sg0 I assumed /dev/sg0 should have the same permissions as /dev/st0, so I added this to my script: KERNEL==sg*, GROUP=tape, MODE=0660 but this didn't change the permissions for /dev/sg0. Is this likely to be the problem the changer didn't see any slots, and any idea why didn't changing the permissions work like it did for /dev/st0? thanks again, maria have been bacula running earlier as root? and right now is running as bacula user? check starting script cos if so as simple test change devices owner to bacula like chown bacula:bacula /dev/st0 chown bacula:bacula /dev/sg0 and check if it works from bconsole cos as i pointed it earlier when u run mtx in console u are doing it as root - dont u? not bacula when u r doing it from bconsole u r doing it as bacula group bacula - i guess thats how it is running. correct me if i am wrong Ok, that did it. Changing them both to be owned by bacula fixed it. Now I just have figure out how to make sure they stay that way. Thanks a bunch! i think u wont do it try the same as u done with 'st0' and 'chgrp' for 'sg0' to 'tape' then add perm for group then stick bacula user into 'tape' group -- bEsT rEgArDs| Confidence is what you have before you tomasz dereszynski | understand the problem. -- Woody Allen TD840-RIPE | Thanks Tomasz, but I can't get the script to change the group for /dev/sg0 for some reason. Here is my script: KERNEL==st*, GROUP=tape, MODE=0660 KERNEL==nst*, GROUP=tape, MODE=0660 KERNEL==sg*, GROUP=tape, MODE=0660 When I run it, the group and permissions for st* and nst* change, but not sg*. Sticking bacula in group tape makes sense to me, but what does it mean add perm for group? He just means what you have above, that the group has write permission (660 does that just fine, 600 would not). IMO, this is the right way to do it too. I seem to remember you finding two things that worked with udev. Personally, I think the other one (st-whatever) is a lot more closely related to tape functions than hdparm. Perhaps reloading that one instead will help? - -- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer III |$| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGckFumb+gadEcsb4RAgzQAKDQbbMa9ikhC7WtdRvI713BLHLPbQCghT8n 5TLHPfAVHbNfUxp8qudcn14= =QG1Q -END PGP SIGNATURE- begin:vcard fn:Ryan Novosielski n:Novosielski;Ryan org:UMDNJ;IST/AST adr;dom:MSB C630;;185 South Orange Avenue;Newark;NJ;07103 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Systems Programmer III tel;work:(973) 972-0922 tel;fax:(973) 972-7412 tel;pager:(866) 20-UMDNJ x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] DVD Backup handler - Wrong concept?
Hello List, when backing up to a dvd, bacula stored its file in the spool directory. If the DVD is full, does then the whole backup process stop and wait for a new media? Example: I am on holiday for 14 days. After 4 Days the DVD is full. Does then backula not back up at all until my DVD is writeable again? That would mean that i dont even have backups on my hard disk or spool directory? In my optionion bacula should carry on writing to the spool directory and catch it up once a new DVD is inserted. Did i understand the whole process wrong, or am i right? Any comments to this are desired. Cheers, Mario - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. I actually prefer having them in the standard locations. On our Windows servers we have data execution prevention policies which stop programs from executing if they aren't under C:\Program Files. 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. I would be willing to run regression scripts. We have a lot of Windows servers which we run Bacula on (the fd only). And I would like to help make sure Bacula continues to work on our systems. - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. I think as long as the user has the option to install where they want, it doesn't matter to much what the default is. 2. Has anyone tried the Bacula client on Vista, and if so, what are the results? (I believe that the tray monitor will not work, but there may be other issues). 3. Are any of you Windows C++ programmers who would like to do a little programming? I would like to, time is the biggest hurdle and my knowledge of bacula. My needs are only very simple so i've never delved deep into its functionality. Is there a windows buglist that can be chipped away at? 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. 5. I would like to start collecting a list of the major problems you are having running the Windows servers. I currently know about: - Lack of documentation in the manual (I will fix this after 2.2.0 is released) - Restore of encrypted files produces signature errors (I hope to fix this before release of 2.2.0, but am not sure as it requires changing the signature algorithm -- some major restructuring rather than a simple bug fix). Can the setup of the database be added to the install, especially if your just using sql lite 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. I definitely prefer the 'old' way of putting everything in c:\bacula and have kept my FD installations that way when the new installer came out. I don't care what M$ says, having the program in a directory that is not OS language specific, doesn't contain spaces and is self contained offers me certain advantages over their Program Files + Documents and Settings + Registry mess, namely: - - Language independant paths: I can use external scripts to update Bacula. No need to push an installer and somehow coerce the Windows box to run it so that it can resolve the pathnames 'locally': I can just give an RPC command to shut down the FD, map the drive, place the new files in the standard directory and have the FD service come up through RPC again.) - - No spaces in filenames: Obviously this avoids many issues with having to quote pathnames in config files etc etc. - - Everything in/under one directory: After running the uninstaller, ensuring that everything is gone is easily done by wiping said directory. Similarly, finding the configuration files for the program is much easier that way than having to wade through Documents and Settings\variable_username\(Local Settings\)Application Data. Apart from it's what M$ wants, I do not see any advantage to actually using their convention (unless people use roaming profiles, but I doubt Bacula is a candidate for that). At least the config files of a program should always stay with it. That's my, very biased, 2 Eurocents. ;) That said, as I'm only using the Win32 FD, the defaults in the installer doesn't really bother me. I simply unpack the files from it using 7-Zip and then build my own or manually install the FD. I don't think I can help with any of the other points, maybe the regression scripts if that is doable in a VM and doesn't require any hardware? Greetings, Michel -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFGckZ02Vs+MkscAyURAt5BAKDrGH+ZKSDyW4tPN9QWzLA9TrLaUQCgrMIu l/R79ofcV5yTOYZZwOD5M0E= =6L/d -END PGP SIGNATURE- - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
Le vendredi 15 juin 2007 à 09:24 +0200, Kern Sibbald a écrit : Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. This is a very good idea, for the reasons you explained (long names with spaces) 2. Has anyone tried the Bacula client on Vista, and if so, what are the results? (I believe that the tray monitor will not work, but there may be other issues). Sorry, never tried Vista 3. Are any of you Windows C++ programmers who would like to do a little programming? Sorry, but my programming skills are really too low. 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. I could give it a try. That would be done on a virtual windows on a virtual machine 5. I would like to start collecting a list of the major problems you are having running the Windows servers. I currently know about: - Lack of documentation in the manual (I will fix this after 2.2.0 is released) - Restore of encrypted files produces signature errors (I hope to fix this before release of 2.2.0, but am not sure as it requires changing the signature algorithm -- some major restructuring rather than a simple bug fix). 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] DVD Backup handler - Wrong concept?
Hi Arno, Arno Lehmann schrieb: Hi, On 6/15/2007 9:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, when backing up to a dvd, bacula stored its file in the spool directory. If the DVD is full, does then the whole backup process stop and wait for a new media? Yes. Ohje. Example: I am on holiday for 14 days. After 4 Days the DVD is full. Does then backula not back up at all until my DVD is writeable again? That would mean that i dont even have backups on my hard disk or spool directory? Right. Ohhhno. In my optionion bacula should carry on writing to the spool directory and catch it up once a new DVD is inserted. That's not how Bacula does it... sounds more like amanda with its disk staging concept. Did i understand the whole process wrong, or am i right? Any comments to this are desired. Well, the solution would be to run backups to disk and later migrate to DVD. D2D2D :-) Thanks Arno :) - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
On Friday 15 June 2007 09:44, Chuckles wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. I think as long as the user has the option to install where they want, it doesn't matter to much what the default is. Perhaps the best is to provide a way of installing in a specific directory (if this does not already exist), which would simplify things for users such as myself, then keep a windows default installation that spreads the files out in the default locations as it currently does. I'll think about this a bit and take a look at the installer. 2. Has anyone tried the Bacula client on Vista, and if so, what are the results? (I believe that the tray monitor will not work, but there may be other issues). 3. Are any of you Windows C++ programmers who would like to do a little programming? I would like to, time is the biggest hurdle and my knowledge of bacula. My needs are only very simple so i've never delved deep into its functionality. Is there a windows buglist that can be chipped away at? As far as I know, the only Windows specific bug is bug #807, where an error message is printed for each restored file because the signature does not match. I believe this one requires a significant change in the signature comparison algorithm, which is something that I am starting to work on now. Other than that, what is critical is testing and noting the differences between the Linux/Unix systems and Win32 so that it can be added to the manual. Some users claim they have problems with wx-console on Win32, but neither myself nor other testers have been able to reproduce it. 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. 5. I would like to start collecting a list of the major problems you are having running the Windows servers. I currently know about: - Lack of documentation in the manual (I will fix this after 2.2.0 is released) - Restore of encrypted files produces signature errors (I hope to fix this before release of 2.2.0, but am not sure as it requires changing the signature algorithm -- some major restructuring rather than a simple bug fix). Can the setup of the database be added to the install, especially if your just using sql lite Yes, if I understand your question, this is already the case. The install installs SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL. In fact the regression scripts can run in the same database and at the same time, on the same machine as a production setup. Obviously, if your production setup is big and sensitive, you probably would want to run the regression scripts on another machine, just for the extra assurance. If this interests you, I would recommend reading the Regression chapter of the Developer's Guide, which is online on the web site. It tells you how to setup the regression scripts for Linux/Unix machines. For Win32, there is a win32 subdirectory in the regression directory, which *should* have everything a Windows guy needs to run them under Win32. What I would like to do is to have someone setup and run the scripts and report back. Then, I would like to try to unify the scripts so that there is only one copy of the actual script, and only the shell scripting around it would be different for Linux and Win32. It takes a bit of time to setup the regression scripts in the beginning -- I would say, max 4 to 8 hours for someone that doesn't know them (it will be longer on Win32), then it only takes a few minutes to fire them off. Obviously, this is not an *urgent* item, so the learning curve can be spread over some time. 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] mystery abaut Recycling
Diogo, can you please give some more information, like if you use a file or tape, what is your retention time, did you set to automatically recycling ... BR Ralf On 6/8/07, Diogo S Jorge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I perceived an interesting problem of the Bacula here in my server. I receive a message that it needs intervention of the user to recycle a volume to continue backup. As soon as I enter in the console, bacula carry through the routine of pruned and recycling. Somebody knows how to solve this problem? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/mystery-abaut-Recycling-tf3889865.html#a11026614 Sent from the Bacula - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Ralf Winkler Senior Consultant Mobile: +66 (0)8 9 927 6098 SafeComs Network Security Consulting Co., Ltd. 21/16 Premier Condominium, 4th Floor, Unit 401, Sukhumvit 24 road, Klongton, Klongtoey Bangkok 10500 Thailand P: +66 (0)2 259 6281-3 F: +66 (0)2 661 1271 Note that Bangkok is +7 hrs GMT - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] DVD Backup handler - Wrong concept?
Hi, On 6/15/2007 9:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, when backing up to a dvd, bacula stored its file in the spool directory. If the DVD is full, does then the whole backup process stop and wait for a new media? Yes. Example: I am on holiday for 14 days. After 4 Days the DVD is full. Does then backula not back up at all until my DVD is writeable again? That would mean that i dont even have backups on my hard disk or spool directory? Right. In my optionion bacula should carry on writing to the spool directory and catch it up once a new DVD is inserted. That's not how Bacula does it... sounds more like amanda with its disk staging concept. Did i understand the whole process wrong, or am i right? Any comments to this are desired. Well, the solution would be to run backups to disk and later migrate to DVD. D2D2D :-) Cheers, Mario Arno -- IT-Service Lehmann[EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] problem with incremental jobs
Craig,
one question, did you change the fileset after the full backup on friday?
Everytime the fileset is changed, bacula will make a full backup at the next
time.
BR
Ralf
On 6/12/07, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have Friday's set to Full and Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday set to
Incremental. I started last Thursday and it did a full backup because it
said that the 'No prior suitable Full backup found in catalog' - that
made sense. That backup completed.
Then Friday did a Full backup and that completed successfully.
Now Monday's backup should have been an incremental but indeed it did
another Full backup as you can see from the first 2 lines of the log...
11-Jun 20:00 SRV1: No prior Full backup Job record found.
11-Jun 20:00 SRV1: No prior or suitable Full backup found in catalog.
Doing FULL backup.
11-Jun 20:00 SRV1: Start Backup JobId 21,
Job=NightlySave.2007-06-11_20.00.00
which makes no sense to me...
appropriate parts of bacula-dir.conf
Job {
Name = NightlySave
Type = Backup
Client = SRV1
FileSet = Full Set
Schedule = WeeklyCycle
Storage = DDS-4
Messages = Standard
Pool = Default
Write Bootstrap = /var/bacula/NightlySave.bsr
Max Start Delay = 22h
}
Schedule {
Name = WeeklyCycle
Run = Level=Incremental Pool=MondayPool Monday at 8:00pm
Run = Level=Incremental Pool=TuesdayPool Tuesday at 8:00pm
Run = Level=Incremental Pool=WednesdayPool Wednesday at 8:00pm
Run = Level=Incremental Pool=ThursdayPool Thursday at 8:00pm
Run = Level=Full Pool=WeeklyPool Friday at 1:00pm
}
Shouldn't it have run an 'incremental' backup last night?
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Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
On Friday 15 June 2007 10:48, Jerome Massano wrote: Le vendredi 15 juin 2007 à 09:24 +0200, Kern Sibbald a écrit : Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. This is a very good idea, for the reasons you explained (long names with spaces) Thanks. That frosts me too. 2. Has anyone tried the Bacula client on Vista, and if so, what are the results? (I believe that the tray monitor will not work, but there may be other issues). Sorry, never tried Vista 3. Are any of you Windows C++ programmers who would like to do a little programming? Sorry, but my programming skills are really too low. 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. I could give it a try. That would be done on a virtual windows on a virtual machine Yes, that is fine I think. Please see my previous email on this for how to proceed. In addition, if you or any of the other users who have offered their help would like to continue and have problems or feedback, I would *strongly* recommend to subscribe to the bacula-beta mailing list, where all questions and information about regression testing should be sent. It is OK to copy the bacula-devel list as well, but not really appropriate to copy the bacula-users list for reporting or questions on regression testing. Best regards, Kern 5. I would like to start collecting a list of the major problems you are having running the Windows servers. I currently know about: - Lack of documentation in the manual (I will fix this after 2.2.0 is released) - Restore of encrypted files produces signature errors (I hope to fix this before release of 2.2.0, but am not sure as it requires changing the signature algorithm -- some major restructuring rather than a simple bug fix). 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
On Friday 15 June 2007 09:57, Michel Meyers wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. I definitely prefer the 'old' way of putting everything in c:\bacula and have kept my FD installations that way when the new installer came out. I don't care what M$ says, having the program in a directory that is not OS language specific, doesn't contain spaces and is self contained offers me certain advantages over their Program Files + Documents and Settings + Registry mess, namely: - Language independant paths: I can use external scripts to update Bacula. No need to push an installer and somehow coerce the Windows box to run it so that it can resolve the pathnames 'locally': I can just give an RPC command to shut down the FD, map the drive, place the new files in the standard directory and have the FD service come up through RPC again.) - No spaces in filenames: Obviously this avoids many issues with having to quote pathnames in config files etc etc. - Everything in/under one directory: After running the uninstaller, ensuring that everything is gone is easily done by wiping said directory. Similarly, finding the configuration files for the program is much easier that way than having to wade through Documents and Settings\variable_username\(Local Settings\)Application Data. Yes, in the beginning when this new Windows standard layout was proposed, I thought it was a reasonable idea, but for the reasons that you mentioned above, it is very complicated. Even worse, for languages where there is an accented character in one of these system names, the user must manually edit the conf files to make Bacula work because (apparently) the environment variable that defines the directory path is encoded in UTF-16, while Bacula requires UTF-8 in the conf files :-( Apart from it's what M$ wants, I do not see any advantage to actually using their convention (unless people use roaming profiles, but I doubt Bacula is a candidate for that). At least the config files of a program should always stay with it. That's my, very biased, 2 Eurocents. ;) That said, as I'm only using the Win32 FD, the defaults in the installer doesn't really bother me. I simply unpack the files from it using 7-Zip and then build my own or manually install the FD. I don't think I can help with any of the other points, maybe the regression scripts if that is doable in a VM and doesn't require any hardware? Yes, I believe that it will run in a VM. It should be interesting to try anyway, and the scripts can be run in disk only mode without the need for a tape drive. Even though it is better to run the tape tests, it would be a big step forward if even the disk based regression tests were run. If you have the time, I can see several projects: 1. Examine the install script, and modify it to allow the user to choose between a single directory and the standard Windows setup that is currently used. This shouldn't be *too* difficult, because one can pull the old code from the SVN that wrote it all to one directory. 2. Possibly enhance the install script to allow the user to select advanced install or something and then to specify the path to all the various parts that are currently configurable (i.e. scripts, binaries, working directory, ...) 3. Try running the regression scripts. Ideally several people would do this together. In the long run, I would like the regression scripts to be run at a number of different places. For example, one regression tester could concentrate on SQLite, and PostgreSQL, another tape tests, AMD, i386, WinXP, Win2003 server, Vista ... This is not a area where running regression tests is lost effort due to duplication of effort. In any case, any help you can give, and any input on the process would be appreciated as I would like to see the Win32 testing effort brought up to the same levels as the Linux/Solaris/FreeBSD. Even though, I personally prefer Linux environments, Win32 is important, and I would like to see it properly supported by the Bacula project. Regards, Kern Greetings, Michel - 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
Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Cook Book
Alexandre Bunn schrieb: I pretend test the Bacula Software and I would like a tip of Cook Book to configure bacula for a backup using a Hard Disk. What about http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Automated_Disk_Backup.html ? fs - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] mystery abaut Recycling
Ok more informations:
- Use file
- Bacula 2.0.3
Pool {
Name = tools_pool_I
Pool Type = Backup
Maximum Volume Jobs = 7
Label Format = TOOLS_INCR-
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 10 days
Maximum Volumes = 2
}
Schedule {
Name = sched_tools
Run = Incremental Pool=tools_pool_I mon-sun at 01:07
}
Ralf Winkler wrote:
Diogo, can you please give some more information,
like if you use a file or tape, what is your retention time,
did you set to automatically recycling ...
BR
Ralf
On 6/8/07, Diogo S Jorge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I perceived an interesting problem of the Bacula here in my server.
I receive a message that it needs intervention of the user to recycle a
volume to continue backup. As soon as I enter in the console, bacula
carry
through the routine of pruned and recycling.
Somebody knows how to solve this problem?
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Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. Previously when bacula defaulted to \bacula I changed that to go to \Program Files\bacula as I really hate when programs do not follow the default and clutter up the root folder. 2. Has anyone tried the Bacula client on Vista, and if so, what are the results? (I believe that the tray monitor will not work, but there may be other issues). I do not have vista in my department or at home. 3. Are any of you Windows C++ programmers who would like to do a little programming? Yes, I am a very experienced windows programmer who could do some windows programming but I am usually short on time. 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. All my bacula servers are on linux but I could run some regression tests as long as it does not require a tape drive in windows. John - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] mystery abaut Recycling
Diogo,
thank you, after a first view i would say there is a misconfiguration
between the Volume Retention and the Maximum Volumes.
You have 2 Volumes, but the Retention time is 10 days.
Together wih the Maximum Volume Jobs = 7 you get a problem.
If you have enough space, set the Maximum Volumes to 3.
Otherwise you have to change the Retention time.
BR
Ralf
On 6/15/07, Diogo S Jorge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok more informations:
- Use file
- Bacula 2.0.3
Pool {
Name = tools_pool_I
Pool Type = Backup
Maximum Volume Jobs = 7
Label Format = TOOLS_INCR-
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 10 days
Maximum Volumes = 2
}
Schedule {
Name = sched_tools
Run = Incremental Pool=tools_pool_I mon-sun at 01:07
}
Ralf Winkler wrote:
Diogo, can you please give some more information,
like if you use a file or tape, what is your retention time,
did you set to automatically recycling ...
BR
Ralf
On 6/8/07, Diogo S Jorge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I perceived an interesting problem of the Bacula here in my server.
I receive a message that it needs intervention of the user to recycle a
volume to continue backup. As soon as I enter in the console, bacula
carry
through the routine of pruned and recycling.
Somebody knows how to solve this problem?
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Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Questions for Bacula Windowsusers ...
1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. Please don't change this. I talked to the Windows guys here (who are fairly reasonable sorts) and they expect packages that go into their environment to comply with the manufacturer's recommended packaging and location strategy. Putting things in the root directory (aka the old way) messes up their management plans and the way they do builds, and makes them grumpy. Grumpy Windows admins is bad, particularly if you want companies to pick up Bacula into the mainstream. Keep in mind that for those whose only experience is with Windows, this is the way things are supposed to work. They don't know any better, and things that make them think are difficult, and thus bad. Personally, I want it in SYS1.PARMLIB, but the LKED and IEBLIBR steps just don't want to happen for me...8-) -- db - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Win32 encryption problems
Hello, I am now working on bug #807, where decrypting files gets signature digest errors on each file restored. As far as I can tell, these are *false* error messages, most likely due to the fact that Microsoft BackupWrite() does not restore exactly the same bits as BackupRead() gave. Anyway, in looking at the encryption code in detail, which I have not totally finished, I come to realize that there are some important problems that need fixing. 1. The code is rather inefficient from several stand points -- see items below. 2. It does a number of malloc() and free()s for each file backed up which is something that Bacula does not normally do. Over time, I will fix this. 3. In computing the signature digest, during a restore, it first writes the file to disk, then re-reads the whole file computing the digest that it compares to the original. This is very inefficient, and I am planning to change it in version 2.2.0 to compute the signature digest as it reads the data from the SD, and thus to skip reading the file after it is written. Upside -- *much* more efficient; the current signature errors will be eliminated. Downside -- it is probably better to compute the signature from the actual file written in case something goes wrong in writing it. However, this doesn't work. 4. The current signature digest algorithm (as far as I can tell) is not saved on the Volume. The signature digest algorithm is compiled into the code, and it is a different algorithm depending on whether or not you have only SHA1 or you have SHA2 algorithms available. This is *very* bad. It means that if you rebuild your Bacula FD, it may not be able to compute a signature digest for a restore in the same way it did for the backup. 5. While computing the signature digest for a restore as noted above, the code is also computing a digest, which is used for the Bacula file hash code -- i.e. the old MD5 or SHA1. This means that two digests are during the restore, which is unnecessary (as mentioned in the author's comments in the files). 6. There are a good number of places where the error code returned is simply ignored. 7. The code for the most part causes any OpenSSL errors to be lost. This is now fixed in version 2.1.14 I'm proposing the following: Item 2. Eliminate the unnecessary malloc() calls over time (some gone in version 2.1.14 Item 3. Do the signature digest as the data is received from the SD eliminating the need to re-read the file. I hope to do this before version 2.2.0 is released. Items 4-5. Compute only a single digest and use it for the signature record as well as the hash code that goes into the catalog. I doubt this can be done for version 2.2.0 without delaying it another month, because this is not so simple (new streams for the Volume) and unfortunately, not 100% upward transparent -- you will need to modify your Dir conf file to have the same level of signature protection as today. Item 6. Fix over time. Item 7. Already fixed. If anyone has any comments or objections, particularly on item 3, now is the time to speak up. 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Questions for Bacula Windowsusers ...
On Friday 15 June 2007 13:54, David Boyes wrote: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. Please don't change this. I talked to the Windows guys here (who are fairly reasonable sorts) and they expect packages that go into their environment to comply with the manufacturer's recommended packaging and location strategy. Putting things in the root directory (aka the old way) messes up their management plans and the way they do builds, and makes them grumpy. Grumpy Windows admins is bad, particularly if you want companies to pick up Bacula into the mainstream. OK, it is not going away, but there will probably be some additional options or a different default. Keep in mind that for those whose only experience is with Windows, this is the way things are supposed to work. They don't know any better, and things that make them think are difficult, and thus bad. Personally, I want it in SYS1.PARMLIB, but the LKED and IEBLIBR steps just don't want to happen for me...8-) -- db - 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-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
On Friday 15 June 2007 13:20, John Drescher wrote: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. Previously when bacula defaulted to \bacula I changed that to go to \Program Files\bacula as I really hate when programs do not follow the default and clutter up the root folder. 2. Has anyone tried the Bacula client on Vista, and if so, what are the results? (I believe that the tray monitor will not work, but there may be other issues). I do not have vista in my department or at home. 3. Are any of you Windows C++ programmers who would like to do a little programming? Yes, I am a very experienced windows programmer who could do some windows programming but I am usually short on time. Well, I have a nice little project, if you can find a bit of time. It is to separate the Win32 tray monitor code from the Bacula FD into a separate executable. This is necessary to support Vista since Vista does not permit services to interact with the desktop. As a part of this project, if it interests you, I'd like to add a bit more functionality, for example the ability to have multiple tray monitors, or one that can monitor multiple machines, and also to add a bit more functionality, such as implementing a button that initiates a backup, and finally an installation option (or perhaps a command line options) that removes the ability for the user to terminate the service (unless he/she has Administrator privilege). Most of the code already exists, it is just a matter of removing it from the FD and making it a stand alone program. In the process, I would like to re-write it so that the copyright is held only by the Bacula project (i.e. FSFE ...). If this interests you, please see me off list to get this started. Well, you can start by reading the beginning of the Developer's guide (online) about the FSFE and the FLA and copyright assignment (transfer). 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. All my bacula servers are on linux but I could run some regression tests as long as it does not require a tape drive in windows. It is nice having a tape drive because it provides additional testing, but the vast bulk of the tests are disk based.If you are interested in this, please read my previous emails about the regression testing ... - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Win32 encryption problems
Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, I am now working on bug #807, where decrypting files gets signature digest errors on each file restored. As far as I can tell, these are *false* error messages, most likely due to the fact that Microsoft BackupWrite() does not restore exactly the same bits as BackupRead() gave. Anyway, in looking at the encryption code in detail, which I have not totally finished, I come to realize that there are some important problems that need fixing. 1. The code is rather inefficient from several stand points -- see items below. 2. It does a number of malloc() and free()s for each file backed up which is something that Bacula does not normally do. Over time, I will fix this. 3. In computing the signature digest, during a restore, it first writes the file to disk, then re-reads the whole file computing the digest that it compares to the original. This is very inefficient, and I am planning to change it in version 2.2.0 to compute the signature digest as it reads the data from the SD, and thus to skip reading the file after it is written. Upside -- *much* more efficient; the current signature errors will be eliminated. Downside -- it is probably better to compute the signature from the actual file written in case something goes wrong in writing it. However, this doesn't work. I don't think there is a downside. If something goes wrong with writing the file, then the file is corrupt and it might as well get a digest error on restore as a checksum error, or worse, no error at all. 4. The current signature digest algorithm (as far as I can tell) is not saved on the Volume. The signature digest algorithm is compiled into the code, and it is a different algorithm depending on whether or not you have only SHA1 or you have SHA2 algorithms available. This is *very* bad. It means that if you rebuild your Bacula FD, it may not be able to compute a signature digest for a restore in the same way it did for the backup. 5. While computing the signature digest for a restore as noted above, the code is also computing a digest, which is used for the Bacula file hash code -- i.e. the old MD5 or SHA1. This means that two digests are during the restore, which is unnecessary (as mentioned in the author's comments in the files). 6. There are a good number of places where the error code returned is simply ignored. 7. The code for the most part causes any OpenSSL errors to be lost. This is now fixed in version 2.1.14 I'm proposing the following: Item 2. Eliminate the unnecessary malloc() calls over time (some gone in version 2.1.14 Item 3. Do the signature digest as the data is received from the SD eliminating the need to re-read the file. I hope to do this before version 2.2.0 is released. Items 4-5. Compute only a single digest and use it for the signature record as well as the hash code that goes into the catalog. I doubt this can be done for version 2.2.0 without delaying it another month, because this is not so simple (new streams for the Volume) and unfortunately, not 100% upward transparent -- you will need to modify your Dir conf file to have the same level of signature protection as today. Item 6. Fix over time. Item 7. Already fixed. If anyone has any comments or objections, particularly on item 3, now is the time to speak up. 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] mystery abaut Recycling
Hum...
Thanks for the reply
Change the Retention time? Why? Change to more or less?
Thanks again!
Ralf Winkler wrote:
Diogo,
thank you, after a first view i would say there is a misconfiguration
between the Volume Retention and the Maximum Volumes.
You have 2 Volumes, but the Retention time is 10 days.
Together wih the Maximum Volume Jobs = 7 you get a problem.
If you have enough space, set the Maximum Volumes to 3.
Otherwise you have to change the Retention time.
BR
Ralf
On 6/15/07, Diogo S Jorge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok more informations:
- Use file
- Bacula 2.0.3
Pool {
Name = tools_pool_I
Pool Type = Backup
Maximum Volume Jobs = 7
Label Format = TOOLS_INCR-
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 10 days
Maximum Volumes = 2
}
Schedule {
Name = sched_tools
Run = Incremental Pool=tools_pool_I mon-sun at 01:07
}
Ralf Winkler wrote:
Diogo, can you please give some more information,
like if you use a file or tape, what is your retention time,
did you set to automatically recycling ...
BR
Ralf
On 6/8/07, Diogo S Jorge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I perceived an interesting problem of the Bacula here in my server.
I receive a message that it needs intervention of the user to recycle
a
volume to continue backup. As soon as I enter in the console, bacula
carry
through the routine of pruned and recycling.
Somebody knows how to solve this problem?
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Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Win32 encryption problems
On Friday 15 June 2007 15:00, Josh Fisher wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, I am now working on bug #807, where decrypting files gets signature digest errors on each file restored. As far as I can tell, these are *false* error messages, most likely due to the fact that Microsoft BackupWrite() does not restore exactly the same bits as BackupRead() gave. Anyway, in looking at the encryption code in detail, which I have not totally finished, I come to realize that there are some important problems that need fixing. 1. The code is rather inefficient from several stand points -- see items below. 2. It does a number of malloc() and free()s for each file backed up which is something that Bacula does not normally do. Over time, I will fix this. 3. In computing the signature digest, during a restore, it first writes the file to disk, then re-reads the whole file computing the digest that it compares to the original. This is very inefficient, and I am planning to change it in version 2.2.0 to compute the signature digest as it reads the data from the SD, and thus to skip reading the file after it is written. Upside -- *much* more efficient; the current signature errors will be eliminated. Downside -- it is probably better to compute the signature from the actual file written in case something goes wrong in writing it. However, this doesn't work. I don't think there is a downside. If something goes wrong with writing the file, then the file is corrupt and it might as well get a digest error on restore as a checksum error, or worse, no error at all. Yes, good point. Thanks. Kern 4. The current signature digest algorithm (as far as I can tell) is not saved on the Volume. The signature digest algorithm is compiled into the code, and it is a different algorithm depending on whether or not you have only SHA1 or you have SHA2 algorithms available. This is *very* bad. It means that if you rebuild your Bacula FD, it may not be able to compute a signature digest for a restore in the same way it did for the backup. 5. While computing the signature digest for a restore as noted above, the code is also computing a digest, which is used for the Bacula file hash code -- i.e. the old MD5 or SHA1. This means that two digests are during the restore, which is unnecessary (as mentioned in the author's comments in the files). 6. There are a good number of places where the error code returned is simply ignored. 7. The code for the most part causes any OpenSSL errors to be lost. This is now fixed in version 2.1.14 I'm proposing the following: Item 2. Eliminate the unnecessary malloc() calls over time (some gone in version 2.1.14 Item 3. Do the signature digest as the data is received from the SD eliminating the need to re-read the file. I hope to do this before version 2.2.0 is released. Items 4-5. Compute only a single digest and use it for the signature record as well as the hash code that goes into the catalog. I doubt this can be done for version 2.2.0 without delaying it another month, because this is not so simple (new streams for the Volume) and unfortunately, not 100% upward transparent -- you will need to modify your Dir conf file to have the same level of signature protection as today. Item 6. Fix over time. Item 7. Already fixed. If anyone has any comments or objections, particularly on item 3, now is the time to speak up. 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - 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-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel - 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
Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Win32 encryption problems
Small request: can we start to clip the extra text in responses? It's getting very difficult to find the actual content in these discussions... Downside -- it is probably better to compute the signature from the actual file written in case something goes wrong in writing it. However, this doesn't work. I don't think there is a downside. If something goes wrong with writing the file, then the file is corrupt and it might as well get a digest error on restore as a checksum error, or worse, no error at all. - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
Well, I have a nice little project, if you can find a bit of time. It is to separate the Win32 tray monitor code from the Bacula FD into a separate executable. This is necessary to support Vista since Vista does not permit services to interact with the desktop. As a part of this project, if it interests you, I'd like to add a bit more functionality, for example the ability to have multiple tray monitors, or one that can monitor multiple machines, and also to add a bit more functionality, such as implementing a button that initiates a backup, and finally an installation option (or perhaps a command line options) that removes the ability for the user to terminate the service (unless he/she has Administrator privilege). Most of the code already exists, it is just a matter of removing it from the FD and making it a stand alone program. In the process, I would like to re-write it so that the copyright is held only by the Bacula project (i.e. FSFE ...). If this interests you, please see me off list to get this started. Well, you can start by reading the beginning of the Developer's guide (online) about the FSFE and the FLA and copyright assignment (transfer). I will try to check the developer guide this weekend (several factors may prevent this). Before committing to this task I need to see how much effort it will be to get the build environment up and running at home under my main box at home which runs 64 bit gentoo linux. I have never used mingw so I will have to learn that. As for the programming task, I have done similar taskbar applications in the past so this part should not be too difficult. John - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Backup of databases and Exchange
Kern Sibbald wrote: I don't foresee the Bacula project undertaking these kinds of projects because the Bacula project is about Bacula not about MySQL, PostgreSQL, Exchange, Oracle, DB2, ... Bacula is about Bacula? I thought Bacula was about backup? Like it or not, but admins have to take backup of files AND systems. If Bacula fails to acknowledge this, then it can't provide a complete backup solution and that would be a shame. Yes you can script a solution to some database systems, but it would be nice to have a supported solution that was part of Bacula. Scripting a database backup still doesn't help exchange and other systems. The possibility to create an exchange module it here, but am I the only own that sees the need for it? Doesn't people want an alternative to systems like Symantec backup exec as a central complete backup system? Best regards db - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] volume retention period not working?
snip Hi Arno, Yes it is absolutely necessary that bacula uses the tape that is in the drive, That is what the customer wants. They want to switch the tapes every day themselves but when they forget they still want a new backup to be made. I noticed that that's not exactly the bacula logic, but it should be possible I think. Chantal /snip I still haven't solved this problem. The old tape has to be automatically overwritten when the user forgets to change it. The retention period seems to work now, but the following happened: - the backup on the used tape did not take place, message was the same: Volume DefaultVolume-0014 status is Used, but should be Append, Purged or Recycle - I canceled the job and started one manually, still nothing - then I manually mounted the tape and the backup started So the recycling works but the tape has to be unmounted and remounted, is there anyway to do this automatically? Chantal - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Backup of databases and Exchange
Kern Sibbald wrote: I believe I already explained to you how I plan to get solutions that are part of Bacula, and in explicitly acknowledging this issue, I cannot undstand why you say If Bacula fails to acknowledge this At the moment, there are *many* more critical features that Bacula lacks than what you are asking for when one looks at the voting results from the Bacula users themselves. Oh my bad, I thought you meant that you had to pay for backup of commercial systems. Best regards db - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Project for strong incremental backup assurance
On 15:35, Andre Noll wrote:
- Reviewing my hash table code (particularly the hash function)
src/lib/htable.h src/lib/htable.c
Will do.
First some general remarks:
- check the return value of malloc()
- keys are restricted to strings. it would be easy to extend this
to arbitrary data by adding a size field.
- IMHO %p is prefered for printing pointer variables.
--- htable.h
struct hlink {
void *next;/* next hash item */
why not struct hlink *next?
char *key; /* key this item */
uint32_t hash; /* hash for this key */
};
class htable : public SMARTALLOC {
hlink **table; /* hash table */
int loffset; /* link offset in item */
see below.
uint32_t num_items;/* current number of items */
uint32_t max_items;/* maximum items before growing */
see below.
uint32_t buckets; /* size of hash table */
uint32_t hash; /* temp storage */
uint32_t index;/* temp storage */
uint32_t mask; /* remainder mask */
uint32_t rshift; /* amount to shift down */
hlink *walkptr;/* table walk pointer */
This is only used in first() and next(). IMHO the code would be
more readable if this were local to these two methods and
mext() would take a pointer to the predecessor.
uint32_t walk_index; /* table walk index */
same here.
void hash_index(char *key);/* produce hash key,index */
void grow_table(); /* grow the table */
public:
htable(void *item, void *link, int tsize = 31);
~htable() { destroy(); }
void init(void *item, void *link, int tsize = 31);
bool insert(char *key, void *item);
void *lookup(char *key);
void *first(); /* get first item in table */
void *next(); /* get next item in table */
void destroy();
void stats(); /* print stats about the table */
uint32_t size(); /* return size of table */
};
htable.c
/*
* Create hash of key, stored in hash then
* create and return the pseudo random bucket index
*/
void htable::hash_index(char *key)
{
hash = 0;
for (char *p=key; *p; p++) {
hash += (hash 3) + (uint32_t)*p;
}
This ist just shifting and multiplication with the bytes in key. I
would expect this hash to have quite some unneccessary collisions
when used on strings, though I'm by no means an expert in this area.
/* Multiply by large prime number, take top bits, mask for remainder */
index = ((hash * 1103515249) rshift) mask;
Dmsg2(100, Leave hash_index hash=0x%x index=%d\n, hash, index);
return;
The return statement is unneccesary.
void htable::init(void *item, void *link, int tsize)
{
int pwr;
tsize = 2;
for (pwr=0; tsize; pwr++) {
tsize = 1;
}
loffset = (char *)link - (char *)item;
This is a constant, known at compile time, so make it a preprocessor
define using offsetof.
mask = ~((~0)pwr); /* 3 bits = table size = 8 */
rshift = 30 - pwr; /* start using bits 28, 29, 30 */
num_items = 0; /* number of entries in table */
buckets = 1pwr; /* hash table size -- power of two */
max_items = buckets * 4; /* allow average 4 entries per chain */
As max_items is always four times the number of buckets, we could
get rid of max_items. More importantly, I think it is not optimal
to store that many keys in the table because that means we'll have
in average four hits per bucket. I'd rather choose max_items _smaller_
than the number of buckets. For instance the git code which uses hash
tables extensively, grows its table whenever it is filled 66%.
table = (hlink **)malloc(buckets * sizeof(hlink *));
unneccessary cast.
memset(table, 0, buckets * sizeof(hlink *));
how about calloc() instead of malloc + memset?
/*
* Take each hash link and walk down the chain of items
* that hash there counting them (i.e. the hits),
* then report that number.
Open addressing might be better than chaining to deal with
hash collisions. In particular if items are never (or rarely)
removed from the table.
* Obiously, the more hits in a chain, the more time
* it takes to reference them. Empty chains are not so
* hot either -- as it means unused or wasted space.
*/
#define MAX_COUNT 20
Unless I'm mistaken, the code will fail badly if there are more than
MAX_COUNT keys that hash to the same value.
void htable::stats()
{
int hits[MAX_COUNT];
int max = 0;
int i, j;
hlink *p;
printf(\n\nNumItems=%d\nTotal buckets=%d\n, num_items,
[Bacula-users] Bacula and my MYSQL backup
Dear All, I am running bacula version 2.0.2 on Linux Redhat enterprise 4. The server is running moodle application. Basically a web application with MYSQL database. I want to make sure that the back up of MYSQL is done even when the database is being accessed. Meaning when users are modifying the database, and the backup is running at the same time, I just want to make sure about the result, and how bacula will handle this. As I read it takes a shadow or snapshot, backs it up and then delete the image, I just want a confirmation message, that the database will not be skipped during the back up. Best regards, Mostafa Itani System Administrator American University of Beirut College Hall B2 P.O. Box 11-0236 Beirut, Lebanon Tel: +961 1 35 - Ext: 3518 Cell: +961 3 811972 Web: www.aub.edu.lb - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Project for strong incremental backup assurance
On 14:45, Kern Sibbald wrote:
- keys are restricted to strings. it would be easy to extend this
to arbitrary data by adding a size field.
Yes, good idea, though I don't immediately see a need to handle anything
other
than strings within Bacula.
Well, one could hash the _contents_ of the files as well to detect renames.
hlink *walkptr;/* table walk pointer */
This is only used in first() and next(). IMHO the code would be
more readable if this were local to these two methods and
mext() would take a pointer to the predecessor.
I think what you are suggesting is possible, and I will take a look at it.
However, it leads to several problems:
1. walkptr and walk_index are then no longer treated the same, and IMO that
will make it harder to read the code. I.e. there are 2 pieces of information
that would have to be returned and then passed into next().
Yes, that's right, so a struct containing these two pieces of
information would do the trick. Additional benefit is that this would
make the code thread safe.
2. There will be additional code necessary to adjust the pointer on entry,
which I currently avoid by keeping walkptr in the class.
I don't quite follow. Which adjustments you are seeing here? BTW:
The next() method only works as expected if there are no inserts in
between. I think this isn't an obvious fact and should be documented.
While thinking a bit more on it, it would probably be a good thing
to replace first() and next() by a new function for_each_key() that
takes a pointer to a function to be called for each entry of the hash
table. That way, nothing of the internal details needs being exposed
and walk_ptr/walk_index could still be local.
3. It complicates the user code in that it must pass the old pointer to the
next() routine and if it is symmetric also walk_index.
That's a of course true. And it raises the question what to do if the
user passes outdated information to next().
This ist just shifting and multiplication with the bytes in key. I
would expect this hash to have quite some unneccessary collisions
when used on strings, though I'm by no means an expert in this area.
If I am not mistaken, this is a *very* common technique.
Yes it is, the question is whether this simple hashing method performs
better than a more sophisticated function (which burns more CPU cycles
for computing the hash but might save time afterwards because the
keys are better distributed). We'll definitely need some tests with
real world data here.
This is a constant, known at compile time, so make it a preprocessor
define using offsetof.
Uh, what is This is a constant? I don't see any constant. loffset depends
on how one calls the routines. Rather than using a C++ template, which
duplicates the code for each different structure that contains a hash link,
Bacula computes the offset of the link in the structure, and thus with the
same source code can handle any number of different user structures that have
hash links. I have done the same for alist (allocated list) and dlist
(doubly linked lists). The downside of this technique is that the higher
level code must cast because it passes void pointers to the structures.
It is a bit of a tricky point, so I'm not sure the above is clear.
Thanks for the explanation, I think I understand now, please correct me
if I'm wrong. The user is expected to define a structure containing
at least two members: A pointer to an hlink structure and a pointer
to the data to be hashed.
And yes, you're right, loffset is not a constant if the htable code
aims to work with arbitrary such structures. But for _each_ such
structure it's a constant, so I think one could get rid of the casts
by using some preprocessor magic and offsetof().
For example, if the user struct is
struct my_struct {
struct my_item *item;
struct hlink *link;
...
};
struct my_struct *my_array = malloc(42 * sizeof(*my_array));
the user would call
HASH_INIT(my_struct, link, item, 42);
where HASH_INIT would be
#define HASH_INIT(type, link_member, item_member, size) \
hash_init(offsetof(type, link_member) - offsetof(type,
item_member), size)
and hash_init could be simplified to
void htable::init(int offset, int tsize)
{
...
loffset = offset
...
}
No casts and type safe.
More importantly, I think it is not optimal
to store that many keys in the table because that means we'll have
in average four hits per bucket. I'd rather choose max_items _smaller_
than the number of buckets. For instance the git code which uses hash
tables extensively, grows its table whenever it is filled 66%.
I'd like to see some tests on this. I'm not convinced that the % full is a
good criterion because you could then have one bucket
[Bacula-users] Backup-to-tape in a lights-out environment?
I've been evaluating Bacula to use for backing up a Linux+Samba fileserver and a few other Linux application servers to tape. Right now, some Windows servers in the same machine-room are backed up as daily full backups on a weekly rotation, using BackupExec. Someone goes in once a day during business hours, puts away last night's tape, and inserts the tape for the current day; the backup runs some time during the night. It seems like we could force this to happen with backup pools, one pool for each weekday night. However, I'm not sure how that would interact with holidays and with the second set of tapes that are kept off-site. Is there a way to tell Bacula to use whatever tape is in the drive, no matter what? -- David Lee Lambert Software Developer, Precision Motor Transport Group, LLC work phone 517-349-3011 x223 cell phone 586-873-8813 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Console messages
I would like to know if there is a way to have the messages all be logged, but not sent to the console unless the console is active -- I don't plan to be looking at the console much once a system is up and running, but having hundreds of messages scroll past when you log in is at least annoying. ~Kyle Marsh On 6/14/07, Arno Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On 6/14/2007 3:07 PM, le dahut wrote: Must the console messages (bconsole = messages) be flushed regularly or is there a configuration option telling not to store the messages or can it stay as it is ? As fa as I know the console messages are buffered on disk. You don't have to flush them (unless you want to display them, of course...) and there is no configuration setting regarding them. Arno K. - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann[EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Has this list been having problems sending mail?
I seem to be getting mail from the list that in no way seems consistent. This morning I received email from June 9, and this seems to be the norm lately. Has there been problems with the list recently sending emails? Thanks Steve - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Backup of databases and Exchange
Marc Cousin wrote: It's funny you take Exchange as an example, as the only supported way of backing up Exchange is, I think, NT Backup... And I'd say I trust MS on this one, as most Exchange backup agents (symantec included) we've tested suck big time. As it is, we backup exchange on disk with ntbackup, then through the network with bacula. We do the same with Oracle (RMAN, then bacula). You know what ? We already did the same before with our proprietary software, as there were dedicated agents, but none of the worked as well (reliably) as ntbackup or RMAN... no one knows the internals of these softwares as well as their editors. Ah ok, I see. Thank you for your reply :-) Best regards db - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] FAQ-ish question - Tough situation, I think it's impossible w/ bacula...
3) Each day a non-bacula-educated user will manually change tapes and takes the new tape off-site. I have an ADMIN job that unmounts the drive, updates the slots then remounts the drive before any jobs on that SD run. 4) If operator forgets to switch tapes, over-write whatever tape from the specified pool that's loaded in the tape changer. Due to other jobs that run before/after it each day, it won't be the tape that's loaded in the tape drive. The problem here is after manually switching tapes in the autochanger someone must run the update slots command from bacula before any jobs are run. This can be as simple as clicking on a button that feeds the command into bconsole. John - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula and my MYSQL backup
Mostafa Itani wrote: Dear All, I am running bacula version “2.0.2” on Linux Redhat enterprise 4. The server is running moodle application. Basically a web application with MYSQL database. I want to make sure that the back up of MYSQL is done even when the database is being accessed. Meaning when users are modifying the database, and the backup is running at the same time, I just want to make sure about the result, and how bacula will handle this. As I read it takes a shadow or snapshot, backs it up and then delete the image, I just want a confirmation message, that the database will not be skipped during the back up. Bacula by itself doesn't have anything special for backing up MySQL (or any other databases) - it just reads the files it's pointed at. Typically you want to do something like this: 1) Ensure the database is in a consistent state (no partial transactions committed), if necessary by stopping the applications. 2) Create an extract of the database, such as via mysqldump. 3) Restart the application. 4) Let Bacula back up the extract. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Has this list been having problems sending mail?
On 2007.06.15. 18:15, Russell Howe wrote: ... It could also be the original poster gets fed up waiting for me to find time to run through the queue, and so subscribes and then reposts. Then when I go through the queue, I release the original message and you get a dup. Sorry about that - I'm struggling to find the time to even go through the queue (nor can I even find the time to maintain my bacula install!) with delays approaching 4 and more days, would it make sense to disallow non-subscribed posting ? ... -- Rich - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Has this list been having problems sending mail?
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Steve Campbell wrote: I seem to be getting mail from the list that in no way seems consistent. This morning I received email from June 9, and this seems to be the norm lately. Has there been problems with the list recently sending emails? Its been that way for at least six months. I think it is caused by a mailing list moderator approving messages. I am not sure, but I think maybe the approval mechanism causes duplicate emails also -- in the case where the original sender carbon-copied two bacula lists, but was only subscribed to one. One gets delivered. One gets moderated. When approved, it gets sent to both (one gets repeated). At least that is what it appears to have been doing to me. Jeremy C. Reed - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:56:32 -0700, you wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. I actually prefer having them in the standard locations. On our Windows servers we have data execution prevention policies which stop programs from executing if they aren't under C:\Program Files. I'd agree with this statement for many clients I work with. 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. I would be willing to run regression scripts. We have a lot of Windows servers which we run Bacula on (the fd only). And I would like to help make sure Bacula continues to work on our systems. Same situation here, I'd be happy to test out that portion. The SD and DIR run off linux here. Servers are 2003 with all up to date patches, and workstations are XP-SP2 again fully updated normally. -- ===[George R. Kasica]===+1 262 677 0766 President +1 206 374 6482 FAX Netwrx Consulting Inc. Jackson, WI USA http://www.netwrx1.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #12862186 - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] RunAfterJob
Hello List, i would like to do something with each created volume. By using the RunAfterJob command and the %v variable it turned out, that %v contains only the last volume. For example: After a Full Job created 12 Volumes, each 250MB big, the command here: RunAfterJob = md5sum %v Results in md5sum %v volume0012. Is there something like RunAfterVolume? Cheers, Mario - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula and my MYSQL backup
On 2007.06.12. 11:27, Mostafa Itani wrote: Dear All, I am running bacula version “2.0.2” on Linux Redhat enterprise 4. The server is running moodle application. Basically a web application with MYSQL database. I want to make sure that the back up of MYSQL is done even when the database is being accessed. Meaning when users are modifying the database, and the backup is running at the same time, I just want to make sure about the result, and how bacula will handle this. As I read it takes a shadow or snapshot, backs it up and then delete the image, I just want a confirmation message, that the database will not be skipped during the back up. there are several ways to accomplish this. 1. if all (or most) of your tables are innodb, the best probably is to use mysqldump and dump databases in a single transaction. a) you can dump the data to files, which later get backed up by bacula; b) you can take db backup through a pipe 2. you can also place your db on lvm, and backup script can lock all tables for writing, take a volume snapshot, unlock tables and then back up the snapshot. could be less reliable for complex systems. Best regards, Mostafa Itani System Administrator American University of Beirut College Hall B2 P.O. Box 11-0236 Beirut, Lebanon Tel: +961 1 35 - Ext: 3518 Cell: +961 3 811972 Web: www.aub.edu.lb http://www.aub.edu.lb -- Rich - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] User access restrictions to backup data implemented jet?
Where can I find whether restricted client acces to backup data is implemented? Thanks! - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Has this list been having problems sending mail?
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:15:53 +0100, Russell Howe said: Jeremy C. Reed wrote, sometime around 15/06/07 15:59: On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Steve Campbell wrote: I seem to be getting mail from the list that in no way seems consistent. This morning I received email from June 9, and this seems to be the norm lately. Has there been problems with the list recently sending emails? Its been that way for at least six months. I think it is caused by a mailing list moderator approving messages. *wave* I am not sure, but I think maybe the approval mechanism causes duplicate emails also -- in the case where the original sender carbon-copied two bacula lists, but was only subscribed to one. One gets delivered. One gets moderated. When approved, it gets sent to both (one gets repeated). At least that is what it appears to have been doing to me. It could also be the original poster gets fed up waiting for me to find time to run through the queue, and so subscribes and then reposts. Then when I go through the queue, I release the original message and you get a dup. Sorry about that - I'm struggling to find the time to even go through the queue (nor can I even find the time to maintain my bacula install!) Don't be disheartened -- I think you are doing a great job at filtering the spam! BTW, the lists *were* down for 3 days from June 9. SF had problems. __Martin - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Win32 encryption problems
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:18:48 +0200, Kern Sibbald said: Hello, I am now working on bug #807, where decrypting files gets signature digest errors on each file restored. As far as I can tell, these are *false* error messages, most likely due to the fact that Microsoft BackupWrite() does not restore exactly the same bits as BackupRead() gave. Anyway, in looking at the encryption code in detail, which I have not totally finished, I come to realize that there are some important problems that need fixing. ... 3. In computing the signature digest, during a restore, it first writes the file to disk, then re-reads the whole file computing the digest that it compares to the original. This is very inefficient, and I am planning to change it in version 2.2.0 to compute the signature digest as it reads the data from the SD, and thus to skip reading the file after it is written. Upside -- *much* more efficient; the current signature errors will be eliminated. Downside -- it is probably better to compute the signature from the actual file written in case something goes wrong in writing it. However, this doesn't work. I would be wary about changing this without knowing exactly which bits are different between BackupWrite and BackupRead. It really depends on the purpose of the signature -- some users might expect it to be a check that the restored filesystem is the same as saved one. __Martin - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
I've got a problem with current installation of bacula for Win32. Configuration files are in all users directory. So, they are viewable from each user even if they are limited. I think this is a problem to solve. Le vendredi 15 juin 2007 à 10:22 -0500, George R.Kasica a écrit : On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:56:32 -0700, you wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. I actually prefer having them in the standard locations. On our Windows servers we have data execution prevention policies which stop programs from executing if they aren't under C:\Program Files. I'd agree with this statement for many clients I work with. 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. I would be willing to run regression scripts. We have a lot of Windows servers which we run Bacula on (the fd only). And I would like to help make sure Bacula continues to work on our systems. Same situation here, I'd be happy to test out that portion. The SD and DIR run off linux here. Servers are 2003 with all up to date patches, and workstations are XP-SP2 again fully updated normally. - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
Hi Kern, Personal preference, i would prefer c:\bacula for the reasons you indicated, the long path names and spaces, but i also have noticed that prohibit programs from not working outside program files. What i would suggest is a compromise, make the installation location customizable to either location with a pair of radio buttons, the end user selects which installation location is prefered based on personal preference and environmental consideration. Hth Dave. - Original Message - From: George R.Kasica [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ... On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:56:32 -0700, you wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. I actually prefer having them in the standard locations. On our Windows servers we have data execution prevention policies which stop programs from executing if they aren't under C:\Program Files. I'd agree with this statement for many clients I work with. 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. I would be willing to run regression scripts. We have a lot of Windows servers which we run Bacula on (the fd only). And I would like to help make sure Bacula continues to work on our systems. Same situation here, I'd be happy to test out that portion. The SD and DIR run off linux here. Servers are 2003 with all up to date patches, and workstations are XP-SP2 again fully updated normally. -- ===[George R. Kasica]===+1 262 677 0766 President +1 206 374 6482 FAX Netwrx Consulting Inc. Jackson, WI USA http://www.netwrx1.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #12862186 - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] some issues with wxconsole
On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 09:10 +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, There are several unfortunate issues with wxconsole. 1. We have tested and built it against wxWidgets 2.6.x (if I remember right), and some users seem to be building it against wxWidgets 2.8, which is almost sure to fail since their API has surprise changes on each major version :-( 2. There is and has been no Bacula developer to work on wxconsole for several years now. I have patched a few problems, but my patching is not a good solution. 3. We are developing a replacement (bat) that we can support, which already has far more functionality than wxconsole. 4. So, bottom line, wxconsole is deprecated and thus scheduled to go away in a future release (probably 2.4.0). # rpm -qa|grep wx wxGTK-2.6.3-1.el5.rf bacula-wxconsole-2.0.3-1 wxGTK-devel-2.6.3-1.el5.rf Sounds good and thanks for the update. I probably wouldn't care much about wxconsole at all except that it is the only methodology I have found that gives me any kind of click through to navigate the backup tree for restore -- Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:35:18 +0200, Jean-Sebastien Hederer said: I've got a problem with current installation of bacula for Win32. Configuration files are in all users directory. So, they are viewable from each user even if they are limited. I think this is a problem to solve. Interesting problem, but c:\bacula is not much better unless you change the permissions :-( __Martin Le vendredi 15 juin 2007 à 10:22 -0500, George R.Kasica a écrit : On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:56:32 -0700, you wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. I actually prefer having them in the standard locations. On our Windows servers we have data execution prevention policies which stop programs from executing if they aren't under C:\Program Files. I'd agree with this statement for many clients I work with. 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. I would be willing to run regression scripts. We have a lot of Windows servers which we run Bacula on (the fd only). And I would like to help make sure Bacula continues to work on our systems. Same situation here, I'd be happy to test out that portion. The SD and DIR run off linux here. Servers are 2003 with all up to date patches, and workstations are XP-SP2 again fully updated normally. - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] smartctl
Linux (RHELv5 if that matters) *** from command line as root, this works fine... # sh -c 'smartctl -H -d scsi -l error /dev/nst0' smartctl version 5.36 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ TapeAlert: OK Error counter log: Errors Corrected by Total Correction GigabytesTotal ECC rereads/errors algorithm processeduncorrected fast | delayed rewrites corrected invocations [10^9 bytes] errors read: 00 0 0 0 2.003 0 write: 00 224 224 0162.565 5 *** but within bacula-sd.conf *** 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: smartctl version 5.36 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Standard Inquiry (36 bytes) failed [Operation not permitted] 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Retrying with a 64 byte Standard Inquiry 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Standard Inquiry (64 bytes) failed [Operation not permitted] 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Request Sense failed, [Operation not permitted] 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Error Counter logging not supported 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: 3997 Bad alert command: sh -c 'smartctl -H -T permissive -T permissive -T permissive -d scsi -l error /dev/nst0': ERR=Child exited with code 6. (the multiple -T permissive commands were suggested) *** is there something I can do to make this command work or do I have to comment it out of conf file? -- Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Has this list been having problems sending mail?
Not a problem, actually. I had just switched to Thunderbird. I just wasn't sure if that was the problem or not. Thanks for the reply and honesty. Steve Russell Howe wrote: Jeremy C. Reed wrote, sometime around 15/06/07 15:59: On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Steve Campbell wrote: I seem to be getting mail from the list that in no way seems consistent. This morning I received email from June 9, and this seems to be the norm lately. Has there been problems with the list recently sending emails? Its been that way for at least six months. I think it is caused by a mailing list moderator approving messages. *wave* I am not sure, but I think maybe the approval mechanism causes duplicate emails also -- in the case where the original sender carbon-copied two bacula lists, but was only subscribed to one. One gets delivered. One gets moderated. When approved, it gets sent to both (one gets repeated). At least that is what it appears to have been doing to me. It could also be the original poster gets fed up waiting for me to find time to run through the queue, and so subscribes and then reposts. Then when I go through the queue, I release the original message and you get a dup. Sorry about that - I'm struggling to find the time to even go through the queue (nor can I even find the time to maintain my bacula install!) To anyone reading this who isn't subscribed, may I recommend subscribing and setting your subscription to nomail. That way, your posts won't get held waiting for me to click Accept - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] FAQ-ish question - Tough situation, I think it's impossible w/ bacula...
Whoops, I sent my reply to John's initial reply to the devel list! Sorry about that! On Friday 15 June 2007 11:42:16 am you wrote: Sorry. Is it possible to have a job that runs before the user removes the tapes to mark all tapes in the changer to status Full? You can probably do this with a query by adding an update query to the query.sql file and have bconsole execute that query. I am thinking this way the tapes need not even be loaded. Just that this must happen before you do the update slots command in your admin job. Not sure what angle you're coming at my problem from. To mark all tapes as Full is certainly possible, I suppose, however I don't think it would address my issue nor would it be feasible considering the rest of my installation. See, in the autochanger I have tapes for four other pools besides the one that I'm having the problem I described earlier. Two pools each for two different jobs/filesets. One pool has recyclable volumes with 90 day retention and the other is for archived monthly backups. Not to mention the scratch pool... I can't mark all tapes in the changer as full, it would hose my other pools/backups that are currently working fine. Even if I marked just all of the tapes from the FlaksProblemPool as Full, I'm not sure what that would accomplish for me. Already the tapes that are written to by the job are marked as Used because of the Maximum Volume Jobs directive I included in the pool definition. -- -- Flak Magnet (Tim) www.flakmagnet.com - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Backup Oracle on remote HP-UX
In the Tips and Suggestion section there is a section where you can run a script on a remote machine using ssh. The following, in part, is the instructions. The authentication is done automatically using a private key. First you have to generate a keypair. I've done this by: ssh-keygen -b 4096 -t dsa -f Bacula_key This statement may take a little time to run. It creates a public/private key pair with no passphrase. You could save the keys in /etc/bacula. Now you have two new files : Bacula_key which contains the private key and Bacula_key.pub which contains the public key. Now you have to append the Bacula_key.pub file to the file authorized_keys in the \root\.ssh directory of the remote machine. Then you have to add (or uncomment) the line AuthorizedKeysFile %h/.ssh/authorized_keys to the sshd_config file on the remote machine. Where the %h stands for the home-directory of the user (root in this case). Assuming that your sshd is already running on the remote machine, you can now enter the following on the machine where Bacula runs: ssh -i Bacula_key -l root ls -la (THIS SHOULD BE ssh -i Bacula_key -l root 192.168.1.1 ls -la) This should execute the ls -la command on the remote machine. Now you could add lines like the following to your Director's conf file: ... Run Before Job = ssh -i /etc/bacula/Bacula_key 192.168.1.1 \ (the quote should be after the = sign) /etc/init.d/database stop Run After Job = ssh -i /etc/bacula/Bacula_key 192.168.1.1 \(the quote should be after the = sign) /etc/init.d/database start ... Now the problem that I have is when I try to run my script to stop the oracle database, for some reason it logs me out of the remote machine and then runs the script. Here is what I have in my Job directive for a client, RunBeforeJob = ssh -i /home/oracle/Bacula_key -l oracle 159.71.39.55 \ /home/oracle/oracle_stop.sh log_oracle The log results are, BeforeJob: run command ssh -i /home/oracle/Bacula_key -l oracle 159.71.39.55 /home/oracle/oracle_stop.sh log_oracle 15-Jun 09:50 nmc-sdca-mon1-dir: BeforeJob: Error 6 initializing SQL*Plus 15-Jun 09:50 nmc-sdca-mon1-dir: BeforeJob: Message file sp1lang.msb not found 15-Jun 09:50 nmc-sdca-mon1-dir: BeforeJob: SP2-0750: You may need to set ORACLE_HOME to your Oracle software directory When I did some debugging, it seems to log me out of the remote machine before running the script on the remote machine. I am wondering why? Does anyone have any ideas? What I want to do is to stop the Oracle database on a remote HP-UX machine and then run a full backup and then restart the Oracle database. TIA Mike -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Backup-Oracle-on-remote-HP-UX-tf3929270.html#a11144084 Sent from the Bacula - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Backup Oracle on remote HP-UX
Mike Vasquez wrote: What I want to do is to stop the Oracle database on a remote HP-UX machine and then run a full backup and then restart the Oracle database. While it's not strictly an answer to your question, you might want to at least consider using a different backup methodology for Oracle that doesn't require the pre and post scripts: http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=application_specific_backups#oracle_10g_release_2 -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Backup Oracle on remote HP-UX
I was able to get the script to work. The script on the remote server listed ORACLE_HOME but did not export it. Once I fixed that, the script was able to run. L. As to this methodology, this is what my boss wants and I am fairly new to hp-ux. I am going to do a full test on the devel machine Saturday. I will take a look at the UR Mike Frank Sweetser-2 wrote: Mike Vasquez wrote: What I want to do is to stop the Oracle database on a remote HP-UX machine and then run a full backup and then restart the Oracle database. While it's not strictly an answer to your question, you might want to at least consider using a different backup methodology for Oracle that doesn't require the pre and post scripts: http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=application_specific_backups#oracle_10g_release_2 -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Backup-Oracle-on-remote-HP-UX-tf3929270.html#a11144414 Sent from the Bacula - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] FAQ-ish question - Tough situation, I think it's impossible w/ bacula...
Even if I marked just all of the tapes from the FlaksProblemPool as Full, I'm not sure what that would accomplish for me. Already the tapes that are written to by the job are marked as Used because of the Maximum Volume Jobs directive I included in the pool definition. If they are marked as Full, Archive or Error then bacula will not try to use them. However, I am not sure why it is failing for being marked used. John - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Newbie question about full/inc on differents jobs/pools
Hi to all:
I'm trying to fit in this scenario:
One pool per day with one LTO-2 tape per day
From monday to Thuesday Incremental backup of 4 servers
Weekend ( Sunday ) Full Backup of each one
Every backup will be retained for 6 days and then reuse the daily trape
corresponding to each day.
I've followed
http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Backup_Strategies.html#SECTION00303
as guide example, but when I try to start bacula-dir, refuses with the error
message:
Starting Bacula Director services: 15-jun 19:48 bacula-dir: Fatal
error: pool directive in Job nclserver01-diario resource is
required, but not found.
15-jun 19:48 bacula-dir: Fatal error: pool directive in Job
nclserver02-diario resource is required, but not found.
15-jun 19:48 bacula-dir: Fatal error: pool directive in Job
nclserver03-diario resource is required, but not found.
15-jun 19:48 bacula-dir: Fatal error: pool directive in Job
nclserver04-diario resource is required, but not found.
15-jun 19:48 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION
Please correct configuration file: /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf
[FALLÓ]
I'm not able to see where is my error, any help will be appreciated, If
I'm not able to solve it, i will return to my previous config ( full
each day ) but I prefer to run with the new config to test how is going.
My bacula-dir.conf:
#
# Default Bacula Director Configuration file
#
# The only thing that MUST be changed is to add one or more
# file or directory names in the Include directive of the
# FileSet resource.
#
# For Bacula release 2.0.3 (06 March 2007) -- redhat
#
# You might also want to change the default email address
# from root to your address. See the mail and operator
# directives in the Messages resource.
#
Director {# define myself
Name = nclserver01-dir
DIRport = 9101# where we listen for UA
connections
QueryFile = /etc/bacula/query.sql
WorkingDirectory = /var/bacula
PidDirectory = /var/run
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
Password = (xxx) # Console password
Messages = Daemon
}
Job {
Name = nclserver01-diario
FileSet = Full Set nclserver01
Client = nclserver01-fd
Schedule = diario
Type = Backup
Messages = Standard
Storage = HPLTO-2
Priority = 10
Write Bootstrap = /var/bacula/nclserver01-diario.bsr
}
Job {
Name = nclserver02-diario
FileSet = Full Set nclserver02
Client = nclserver02-fd
Schedule = diario
Type = Backup
Messages = Standard
Storage = HPLTO-2
Priority = 10
Write Bootstrap = /var/bacula/nclserver02-diario.bsr
}
Job {
Name = nclserver03-diario
FileSet = Full Set nclserver03
Client = nclserver03-fd
Schedule = diario
Type = Backup
Messages = Standard
Storage = HPLTO-2
Priority = 10
Write Bootstrap = /var/bacula/nclserver03-diario.bsr
}
Job {
Name = nclserver04-diario
FileSet = Full Set nclserver04
Client = nclserver04-fd
Schedule = diario
Type = Backup
Messages = Standard
Storage = HPLTO-2
Priority = 10
Write Bootstrap = /var/bacula/nclserver04-diario.bsr
}
# List of files to be backed up
FileSet {
Name = Full Set nclserver02
Include {
File = /boot
File = /
File = /opt/nucliexperts/comu
File = /opt/nucliexperts/homes
Options {
signature = MD5
}
}
Exclude {
File = /proc
File = /tmp
File = /.journal
File = /.fsck
File = /media
File = /mnt
File = /sys
File = /opt/maquines_virtuals
File = /opt/maquines_virtuals_II
File = /opt/maquines_virtuals_III
File = /opt/backups_bacula
File = /usr/lib/oracle/xe
}
}
FileSet {
Name = Full Set nclserver03
Include {
File = /boot
File = /
File = /home
File = /usr
File = /var
File = /u01
Options {
signature = MD5
}
}
Exclude {
File = /proc
File = /tmp
File = /.journal
File = /.fsck
File = /media
File = /mnt
File =
Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Win32 encryption problems
On Jun 15, 2007, at 5:18 AM, Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, I am now working on bug #807, where decrypting files gets signature digest errors on each file restored. As far as I can tell, these are *false* error messages, most likely due to the fact that Microsoft BackupWrite() does not restore exactly the same bits as BackupRead() gave. Anyway, in looking at the encryption code in detail, which I have not totally finished, I come to realize that there are some important problems that need fixing. Thank you for spending the time on this code. 1. The code is rather inefficient from several stand points -- see items below. 2. It does a number of malloc() and free()s for each file backed up which is something that Bacula does not normally do. Over time, I will fix this. Given performance profiling, is this a demonstrable issue? Compared to the cost of the public-key operations, calling the OS' malloc() is a drop in the bucket, and even if the malloc() calls are somehow reduced/removed, OpenSSL is still going to make extensive dynamic allocations. Moreover, by encapsulating data structures (rather than trying to re- use buffers from one big loop), I was able to avoid significant implementation complexity. Ultimately my performance profiling has shown that the greatest gains would be made in adding support for HMAC validation as an alternative to per-file RSA signatures. 4. The current signature digest algorithm (as far as I can tell) is not saved on the Volume. The signature digest algorithm is compiled into the code, and it is a different algorithm depending on whether or not you have only SHA1 or you have SHA2 algorithms available. This is *very* bad. It means that if you rebuild your Bacula FD, it may not be able to compute a signature digest for a restore in the same way it did for the backup. This isn't the case -- both the signature and digest algorithm are stored in the SignatureData-SignerInfo record and used on restoration. At no point does any part of the code make any assumptions regarding the algorithms of on-disk data -- I was very careful with this. See crypto_sign_add_signer() 6. There are a good number of places where the error code returned is simply ignored. OpenSSL errors? -landonf PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about full/inc on differents jobs/pools
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:58:32 +0200, ballester [EMAIL PROTECTED] com said: Hi to all: I'm trying to fit in this scenario: One pool per day with one LTO-2 tape per day From monday to Thuesday Incremental backup of 4 servers Weekend ( Sunday ) Full Backup of each one Every backup will be retained for 6 days and then reuse the daily trape corresponding to each day. I've followed http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Backup_Strategies.html#SECTION00303 as guide example, but when I try to start bacula-dir, refuses with the error message: Starting Bacula Director services: 15-jun 19:48 bacula-dir: Fatal error: pool directive in Job nclserver01-diario resource is required, but not found. 15-jun 19:48 bacula-dir: Fatal error: pool directive in Job nclserver02-diario resource is required, but not found. 15-jun 19:48 bacula-dir: Fatal error: pool directive in Job nclserver03-diario resource is required, but not found. 15-jun 19:48 bacula-dir: Fatal error: pool directive in Job nclserver04-diario resource is required, but not found. 15-jun 19:48 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION Please correct configuration file: /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf I'm not able to see where is my error, any help will be appreciated, If I'm not able to solve it, i will return to my previous config ( full each day ) but I prefer to run with the new config to test how is going. The error is what the error message says -- you must have a pool directive in the job resource. The manual used Pool = Default. __Martin - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] migrate catalog from PostgreSQL to MySQL
On Thursday 14 June 2007 10:53:09 Marc Cousin wrote: There is nothing that will totally solve the performance problems you're facing... For now, bacula's code does many small operations, each in it's transaction, and postgresql isn't good at that... Removing indexes may help the insert speed, but don't have too much hopes One thing that I've seen with Postgresql in general is that a VACUUM ANALYZE can give a big perfomaceboost on writes/updates. This should be run before backupjobs begin. -- Svein-Erik Lund - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] From TFM: Restoring Files Can Be Slow
I just finished rereading the Restoring Files Can Be Slow section of the manual. In it, it mentions doing a restore will be about 3 times slower than a backup. Now I've got a situation where I have to remove sensitive data that was backed up on several tapes. The way I'm doing this is to bscan a tape so as to sync the content to a new catalog, then restore each Jobs in seperate restore jobs. Once every job has been restored, I search for the sensitive data, delete and then backup every seperate jobs in one single job. So basically I've got a /backup-restore folder that contains each seperate jobs in their own folder (ie. /backup-restore/01, /backup-restore/02, ... /backup-restore/98). I need to do this in order to prevent files with the same name to overwrite each other. Once I deleted the sensitive data, I backup the parent (/backup-restore) folder in a single job. The problem I'm having with this is that it took 5 days to only do the restore of each jobs. I had 98 jobs that bscan found and added to the catalog, all of which are about 100MB to 30GB in size. Here are the actual stats: |99 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 13:16:54 | R| F | 839 | 9,375,175,662 | T | | 100 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 13:21:59 | R| F |1,726 | 13,753,356,353 | T | | 101 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 13:34:53 | R| F |1,294 | 7,507,618,432 | T | | 102 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 13:48:45 | R| F | 69 | 2,698,552,655 | T | | 103 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 14:04:24 | R| F | 181 | 1,124,735,587 | T | | 104 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 14:19:41 | R| F | 185 | 6,962,747,990 | T | | 105 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 14:37:07 | R| F | 77 |163,609,625 | T | | 106 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 14:53:16 | R| F | 69 |254,471 | T | | 107 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 15:09:25 | R| F | 81 | 2,552,629 | T | | 108 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 15:25:30 | R| F | 27 | 56,330 | T | | 109 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 15:41:40 | R| F | 27 |386,932,859 | E | | 110 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 15:57:58 | R| F | 45 |400,472,872 | E | | 111 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 16:14:27 | R| F |2 | 0 | T | | 112 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 16:30:58 | R| F |1 | 0 | T | | 113 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 16:47:34 | R| F | 25 | 47,614 | T | | 114 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 17:04:11 | R| F | 120 | 1,456,639,525 | T | | 115 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 17:21:20 | R| F | 115 |924,184,944 | E | | 116 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 17:39:05 | R| F | 24 | 2,012,746,608 | T | | 117 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 17:57:56 | R| F | 22 | 5,516,879,617 | E | | 118 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 18:19:14 | R| F | 39 |156,034 | T | | 119 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 18:40:33 | R| F |2,088 | 29,390,128,004 | T | | 120 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 19:16:14 | R| F |1,740 | 28,320,759,453 | T | | 121 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 20:02:00 | R| F | 90 | 10,878,922,296 | T | | 122 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 20:48:38 | R| F | 170 | 2,252,300,718 | T | | 123 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 21:36:43 | R| F | 82 | 1,178,566,819 | T | | 124 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 22:24:34 | R| F | 634 | 17,735,540,399 | T | | 125 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-10 23:20:25 | R| F |1,188 | 13,807,451,886 | T | | 126 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-11 00:22:03 | R| F | 791 | 16,694,460,936 | T | | 127 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-11 01:31:54 | R| F | 60 | 2,634,776,786 | T | | 128 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-11 02:42:21 | R| F | 101 | 1,090,378,050 | T | | 129 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-11 03:52:46 | R| F | 57 | 1,124,468,166 | T | | 130 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-11 05:03:28 | R| F | 339 | 8,835,238,851 | T | | 131 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-11 06:17:57 | R| F | 856 | 4,534,089,836 | T | | 132 | RestoreFiles | 2007-06-11 07:34:35 | R| F | 462 | 4,147,681,004 | E | | 133 | RestoreFiles |
Re: [Bacula-users] RunAfterJob
Hi, On 6/15/2007 5:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, i would like to do something with each created volume. With or to the volumes? ;-) By using the RunAfterJob command and the %v variable it turned out, that %v contains only the last volume. Jup. For example: After a Full Job created 12 Volumes, each 250MB big, the command here: RunAfterJob = md5sum %v Results in md5sum %v volume0012. Is there something like RunAfterVolume? No, but you could pass the jobid to your script and extract the volumes it used from the catalog. I think. Arno Cheers, Mario - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann[EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] smartctl
On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 21:06 +0200, Andreas Helmcke wrote: Hello, Craig White wrote: Linux (RHELv5 if that matters) *** from command line as root, this works fine... # sh -c 'smartctl -H -d scsi -l error /dev/nst0' smartctl version 5.36 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ [...] output cut *** but within bacula-sd.conf *** 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: smartctl version 5.36 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Standard Inquiry (36 bytes) failed [Operation not permitted] 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Retrying with a 64 byte Standard Inquiry 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Standard Inquiry (64 bytes) failed [Operation not permitted] 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Request Sense failed, [Operation not permitted] 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: Alert: Error Counter logging not supported 14-Jun 20:16 SRV1: 3997 Bad alert command: sh -c 'smartctl -H -T permissive -T permissive -T permissive -d scsi -l error /dev/nst0': ERR=Child exited with code 6. (the multiple -T permissive commands were suggested) *** is there something I can do to make this command work or do I have to comment it out of conf file? Your error messages look a bit strange to me, but nonetheless I would suggest to try to use the scsi generic device for the command (most probably /dev/sg0, if you don't have more scsi-devices in your system), because the tape device normally is held locked by the storage daemon. apparently /dev/sg2 would work - I changed it but it's already in the middle of a backup so it doesn't make sense to restart the bacula-sd daemon Thanks -- Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Overland ArcVault12 btape issues
Hello List:
I have an Overland Storage ArcVault12 w/single LTO-2 drive that's
giving me issues when running btape fill.
The unit is presently at a remote site. I don't think it is related but
just to be complete, upon arrival and powering up the ArcVault12
exhibited an identity crisis and thought it was an ArcVault24 w/2
drives. Tweaking a setting in RMU remedied this but I wondered about
it because it knew it was an ArcVault12 when I shipped it. Techs on
other end say box did not exhibit signs of damage or abuse during
shipping. I ran through the RMU diagnostics and all tests succeeded.
The backup server the unit is connected to is a 1U Tyan B5151, running
FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5, GENERIC kernel, i386 bits. SCSI controller is a
LSI-20320 (U320, PCI-X), wh/uses the mpt driver on FBSD.
Bacula version is bacula-server-2.0.3 built from ports w/o any special
flags passed during make.
Relevant bacula-sd.conf config:
Autochanger {
Name = Autochanger
Device = Drive-1
Changer Command = /usr/local/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d
Changer Device = /dev/pass1
}
Device {
Name = Drive-1 #
Drive Index = 0
Media Type = LTO-2
Archive Device = /dev/nsa0
AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
AlwaysOpen = yes;
RemovableMedia = yes;
RandomAccess = no;
AutoChanger = yes
Alert Command = sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'
# btape test results advise tweaking thusly...
Hardware End of Medium = No
Fast Forward Space File = No
BSF at EOM = yes
Backward Space Record = No
}
Addition of above tweaks and btape test completes w/o complaint.
When doing a btape fill, however, the tape fills but then btape just
waits forever, as evidenced here:
btape: btape.c:2343 Last block at: 296:10031 this_dev_block_num=10032
btape: btape.c:2377 End of tape 297:0. VolumeCapacity=203,956,687,872.
Write rate = 19749.8 KB/s Done writing 0 records ...
Wrote state file last_block_num1=10031 last_block_num2=0
15:46:54 Done filling tape at 297:0. Now beginning re-read of tape ...
15-Jun 15:47 btape: 3301 Issuing autochanger loaded? drive 0 command.
15-Jun 15:47 btape: 3302 Autochanger loaded? drive 0, result is Slot
1. 15-Jun 15:47 btape: 3301 Issuing autochanger loaded? drive 0
command. 15-Jun 15:47 btape: 3302 Autochanger loaded? drive 0, result
is Slot 1. 15-Jun 15:48 btape: Ready to read from volume TestVolume1
on device Drive-1 (/dev/nsa0). Rewinding.
Reading the first 1 records from 0:0.
1 records read now at 1:5084
Reposition from 1:5084 to 296:10031
Any hints what might be causing this? I tested the ArcVault prior to
shipping with an old Adaptec 2940 SCSI Card and to the best of my
recollection things just worked.
I read in Bacula docs:
Figure out how to configure your SCSI driver to keep track of
the file position during the MTEOM request. This is the preferred
solution.
versus setting Hardware End of File = no and wonder if this might
perhaps be mpt scsi driver related? Anyone else using an ArcVault
w/FreeBSD can confirm a working configuration?
TIA :)
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Re: [Bacula-users] RunAfterJob
Hello Arno, Hello List, i found this in google: http://mailinglist-archive.com/bacula.user/2003-10/msg00407.html Mr. Kern added the %v option, but it seems it either got removed in bacula 2.0.3 or it changed. Then i finally found the substitution list: http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/DVD_Volumes.html But there again, i wont be able to get the Filename so that i can pass the to further scripts. Can anyone commet this? Thanks, Mario Arno Lehmann schrieb: Hi, On 6/15/2007 5:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, i would like to do something with each created volume. With or to the volumes? ;-) By using the RunAfterJob command and the %v variable it turned out, that %v contains only the last volume. Jup. For example: After a Full Job created 12 Volumes, each 250MB big, the command here: RunAfterJob = md5sum %v Results in md5sum %v volume0012. Is there something like RunAfterVolume? No, but you could pass the jobid to your script and extract the volumes it used from the catalog. I think. Arno Cheers, Mario - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Questions for Bacula Windows users ...
Yes, installation should create a specific user with admin rights and conf files should be given access only to Admin group. And wx-console should be accessible only with limited rights when user has limited rights. Is wx-console written in Python or in C++? i don't find sources for Win32 installer and wx-console. I have read there is a new project for replacing wx-console. Is there a need for developers? Jean-Sébastien Hederer - Gérant ASPerience Conseil, intégration, hébergement de systèmes informatiques spécialisé en solutions logiciel libre de gestion d'entreprise Mob.: 06 69 56 21 49 Tél.: 02 51 13 50 94 Fax.: 02 40 68 70 06 http://www.asperience.fr Martin Simmons a écrit le 15/06/2007 18:27 : On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:35:18 +0200, Jean-Sebastien Hederer said: I've got a problem with current installation of bacula for Win32. Configuration files are in all users directory. So, they are viewable from each user even if they are limited. I think this is a problem to solve. Interesting problem, but c:\bacula is not much better unless you change the permissions :-( __Martin Le vendredi 15 juin 2007 à 10:22 -0500, George R.Kasica a écrit : On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:56:32 -0700, you wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello, If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your responses to the following: 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula on Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula directory on the main disk. The current installation places files in the standard Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are sprayed all over the disk. I actually prefer having them in the standard locations. On our Windows servers we have data execution prevention policies which stop programs from executing if they aren't under C:\Program Files. I'd agree with this statement for many clients I work with. 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts? This requires a minimal knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience. I would be willing to run regression scripts. We have a lot of Windows servers which we run Bacula on (the fd only). And I would like to help make sure Bacula continues to work on our systems. Same situation here, I'd be happy to test out that portion. The SD and DIR run off linux here. Servers are 2003 with all up to date patches, and workstations are XP-SP2 again fully updated normally. - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] some issues with wxconsole
What is language for bat? do you need some help for programming? In my mind, what mostly lacks in wx-console is a restricted way for normal users without admin rights who can only view their own station (and perhaps their own files) and can only restore where file were but perhaps with a new name. Jean-Sébastien Hederer - Gérant ASPerience Conseil, intégration, hébergement de systèmes informatiques spécialisé en solutions logiciel libre de gestion d'entreprise Mob.: 06 69 56 21 49 Tél.: 02 51 13 50 94 Fax.: 02 40 68 70 06 http://www.asperience.fr Kern Sibbald a écrit le 15/06/2007 09:10 : Hello, There are several unfortunate issues with wxconsole. 1. We have tested and built it against wxWidgets 2.6.x (if I remember right), and some users seem to be building it against wxWidgets 2.8, which is almost sure to fail since their API has surprise changes on each major version :-( 2. There is and has been no Bacula developer to work on wxconsole for several years now. I have patched a few problems, but my patching is not a good solution. 3. We are developing a replacement (bat) that we can support, which already has far more functionality than wxconsole. 4. So, bottom line, wxconsole is deprecated and thus scheduled to go away in a future release (probably 2.4.0). Regards, Kern == Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:55:10 +1000 From: Chuckles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] some issues with wxconsole To: Mike Lauwaert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Mike Lauwaert wrote: Craig White craig at tobyhouse.com writes: bacula 2.03 (on RHELv5) wxconsole is nice - thanks - went into restore tab and chose a folder for a test restore. Went through, picked the folder and clicked the 'Restore...' button and the wxconsole locked up with a message at the bottom that says 'Failed to retrieve jobid' It did indeed restore though but wxconsole is essentially locked up and I can't do anything in restore tab at all and in console tab, messages are still written but it isn't possible to click into the command line. Obviously I could click the wxconsole closed and re-open it. Standard error written to terminal states... (wxconsole:5370): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_remove: assertion `GTK_IS_TOOLBAR (container) || widget-parent == GTK_WIDGET (container)' failed promptparser-getChoices()=157175896 I am experiencing the same thing. Strangely this worked the first time I tested it. I also get the OK button remains inactive after applying changed to the default restore configuration. Starting to think wx-console on windows isn't very reliable and bconsole is the way to go. Mike I get constant lockups with wx-console on various commands (probably every one that i've used at some stage). Can't seem to find a pattern to it. I access the same director with gnome and text consoles with no problems at all I too am starting to think wx-console isn't reliable at the moment - - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - 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 Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
