Re: [Bacula-users] Client restore self service

[Radosław Korzeniewski]

Hello,

2014-11-14 21:10 GMT+01:00 :

> Just trying to find information whether there is any possibility to
> restore files by the users themselves without admin rights.
> Is it ready to integrate it with Kerberos/AD authentication - for
> admin/user logon?
>
> 1. Webacula: has a native ACL support that allows the restore
> self-service, but no native AD/LDAP integration. Maybe it can be
> accomplished with Apache + AD.
>
>
Reportula (www.reportula.org) has an AD/LDAP integration buildin.

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Re: [Bacula-users] Restoring files on a different system

[Nils Jungebluth]

Hi again,

so I just tried that one again. But the result is the same.
I renamed the LTO-2 drive to simply "Tapedrive" and startet the restore job.
This is the output from bacula:

24-Nov 11:44 backup-dir JobId 36005: Start Restore Job 
RestoreFiles.2014-11-24_11.44.24_03
24-Nov 11:44 backup-dir JobId 36005: Using Device "Tapedrive" to read.
24-Nov 11:44 backup-sd JobId 36005: Ready to read from volume "AAJ00109" on 
tape device "Tapedrive" (/dev/nst0).
24-Nov 11:44 backup-sd JobId 36005: Forward spacing Volume "AAJ00109" to 
file:block 27:0.
24-Nov 11:44 backup-sd JobId 36005: End of Volume at file 0 on device 
"Tapedrive" (/dev/nst0), Volume "AAJ00109"
24-Nov 11:44 backup-sd JobId 36005: End of all volumes.
24-Nov 11:44 backup-sd JobId 36005: Elapsed time=00:00:22, Transfer rate=0  
Bytes/second
24-Nov 11:44 backup-dir JobId 36005: Bacula backup-dir 7.0.5 (28Jul14):
  Build OS:   x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu debian 7.2
  JobId:  36005
  Job:RestoreFiles.2014-11-24_11.44.24_03
  Restore Client: telljadb2-fd
  Start time: 24-Nov-2014 11:44:26
  End time:   24-Nov-2014 11:44:52
  Files Expected: 1,633
  Files Restored: 0
  Bytes Restored: 0
  Rate:   0.0 KB/s
  FD Errors:  0
  FD termination status:  OK
  SD termination status:  OK
  Termination:Restore OK -- warning file count mismatch

24-Nov 11:44 backup-dir JobId 36005: Begin pruning Jobs older than 12 months .
24-Nov 11:44 backup-dir JobId 36005: No Jobs found to prune.
24-Nov 11:44 backup-dir JobId 36005: Begin pruning Files.
24-Nov 11:44 backup-dir JobId 36005: No Files found to prune.
24-Nov 11:44 backup-dir JobId 36005: End auto prune.

I really don't get why it's not working properly.


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Von: Ana Emília M. Arruda
Gesendet: Montag, 17. November 2014 17:58
An: Nils Jungebluth
Betreff: Re: [Bacula-users] Restoring files on a different system

Hi Nils,

Sorry for the first line. I did a mistake with languages... So sorry.

Best regards,
Ana

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Ana Emília M. Arruda 
mailto:emiliaarr...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Nils,

When you define a new device en el bacula-sd.conf, en el database

When you define a new device in the bacula-sd.conf, it is created a new device 
in the database, with its StorageId, Name and AutoChanger flag.

This way, what you did is that you have two entries for the same "LTO-2" name 
devices but with two different StorageId. There is no need for 'update Storage 
set AutoChanger=0 where Name="LTO-2";'.

I would suggest you that you put another name for the new stand alone tape 
drive, LTO2-tape, for example, in your bacula-sd.conf and in the storage 
definition in bacula-dir.conf. And when doing the restore, use this new device 
normally. It should work.

Best regards,
Ana

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Nils Jungebluth 
mailto:nils.jungebl...@tellja.de>> wrote:
Hi Ana,

No I have 2 seperate setups. The first one is in our datacenter and is attached 
to the Tape Library. And in case that one burns down I have to restore those 
tapes.
Therefor I have a second setup with a different Tapedrive in our office. The 
drive here in our office is just a single slot drive and not an autochanger 
library.
So I have 2 completely environments.

The suggested solution from the documentation in case of an emergency is copy 
the configfiles, database, bootstraps etc. to the new machine, then alter the 
config/database to accomodate for different storage devices
and then restore your files.

In the database I altered the autochanger value for the Storage device, because 
it wouldn't  do so when only altered in the bacula-sd.conf
'update Storage set AutoChanger=0 where Name="LTO-2";'


Here I changed the Storagedevice from Libraryautochanger to single slot drive:
-
Storage { # definition of myself
  Name = backup-sd
  SDPort = 9103  # Director's port
  WorkingDirectory = "/usr/local/var/bacula/working"
  Pid Directory = "/var/run"
  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
}

Director {
  Name = backup-dir
  Password = "bc_sd!A11"
}

Director {
  Name = backup-mon
  Password = "nRkJFVTjyoOiRa0TR5Mq11hyxLyamiZ3aOiH/g5fLpRq"
  Monitor = yes
}

## Old config Part

#Autochanger {
#  Name = LTO-2
#  Device = LTO-2-Drive
#  Changer Device = /dev/sg2
#  Changer Command = "/usr/local/etc/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
#}


#Device {
#  Name = LTO-2-

Re: [Bacula-users] Failed on backup volume 2 suddenly

[Cejka Rudolf]

Keith T wrote (2014/11/21):
> BTW, any advise/references of tuning "DB dir inserting" faster? Thanks
> in advance!

MySQL: MyISAM & delay_key_write = ALL

and either do not do unexpected power offs (not so hard today), or when
the disaster happens, run "repair table ..." for all tables in bacula
dabatase (easy thing).

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[Bacula-users] Retention periods & full backup

[Dániel L .]

Hello Bacula Users,

I have a problem.
I hope someone can point me to the right direction.


My schedules are the following:
Run = Full 1st fri at 23:05
Run = Differential 2nd-5th fri at 23:05
Run = Incremental sun-thu at 23:05


I would like keep backups for 1 month.
See my retention periods below:
file retention = 1 months
job retention = 1 months

The problem is, when the 1 month passes,
bacula deletes the Full backups,
so the subsequent Incrementel an Differentials backup become useless.

Is it possible?
What am i doing wrong?

Thank You, for taking time to answer,
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Re: [Bacula-users] summarizing messages into a single mail

[Radosław Korzeniewski]

Hello,

2014-11-10 16:00 GMT+01:00 Florian :

> Hello, everyone.
>
> I was wondering, if there is a way to avoid receiving one email for each
> completed bacula job and instead receive a single mail with all messages.
>
> Also, if this is possible, would you recommend it or should I instead
> try something like Web-Bacula to do some reporting?
>
> I am currently receiving mails for 6 jobs per day. Rising to 8 soon.
>
>
I have about hundred from only one system :) so 8 is not a big deal. :)

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Re: [Bacula-users] Retention periods & full backup

[Ana Emília M . Arruda]

Hello Daniel,

One solution for this is to retain your full backups for 2 months if you
want to keep your differential and incremental backups valid during all the
second month until the second full is done.

Best regards,
Ana

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Dániel L. 
wrote:

> Hello Bacula Users,
>
> I have a problem.
> I hope someone can point me to the right direction.
>
>
> My schedules are the following:
> Run = Full 1st fri at 23:05
> Run = Differential 2nd-5th fri at 23:05
> Run = Incremental sun-thu at 23:05
>
>
> I would like keep backups for 1 month.
> See my retention periods below:
> file retention = 1 months
> job retention = 1 months
>
> The problem is, when the 1 month passes,
> bacula deletes the Full backups,
> so the subsequent Incrementel an Differentials backup become useless.
>
> Is it possible?
> What am i doing wrong?
>
> Thank You, for taking time to answer,
> Daniel
>
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Re: [Bacula-users] Retention periods & full backup

[Annette Jaekel]

Hello,
Backups "1 month back" is a time frame, not a time point. The time frame moves 
over the days of the month, regardless of full, differential, incremental 
backups running. Your backup definition has to taken into account this time 
frame. So in my opinion you need at least 2 full backup volumes and if I'm not 
wrong 5 differential volumes and something like 34 incremental volume files. 
And the volume retention should be something like

2 months for full backup pool
39 days for differential backup pool
38 days for incremental backup pool

We work with this settings successfully for some years to have backups "1 month 
back". (And we don't use a file retention time).
Regards, 
Annette


Am 24.11.2014 um 16:59 schrieb Dániel L.:

> Hello Bacula Users,
> 
> I have a problem.
> I hope someone can point me to the right direction.
> 
> 
> My schedules are the following:
> Run = Full 1st fri at 23:05
> Run = Differential 2nd-5th fri at 23:05
> Run = Incremental sun-thu at 23:05
> 
> 
> I would like keep backups for 1 month.
> See my retention periods below:
> file retention = 1 months
> job retention = 1 months
> 
> The problem is, when the 1 month passes,
> bacula deletes the Full backups,
> so the subsequent Incrementel an Differentials backup become useless.
> 
> Is it possible?
> What am i doing wrong?
> 
> Thank You, for taking time to answer,
> Daniel
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[Bacula-users] How to make bacula handle sparse files correctly

[Polcari, Joe (Contractor)]

I added an instance of docker to one of my systems. This added a sparse file of 
10 GB with a "real" size of 100 GB.
This should have only added 10GB to my full backup but it added 100GB.
Is there any way to tell bacula to handle sparse files correctly?
If so, why isn't this the default? Shouldn't it be?

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[Bacula-users] How Bacula Chooses a tape in the pool to write to

[Michael Schwager]

Hello,
I noticed that Bacula seems to be writing to tapes in a way that I don't
understand. If there are two tapes in an autochanger and they are in the
same pool, bacula writes to them both. I would expect it to fill a tape and
then start on the next one.

For example, we have:

Pool: Tape
+-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+
| MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes| VolFiles |
VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten
|
+-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+
|  16 | EPW680L3   | Full  |   1 | 682,622,760,960 |  198
|   31,536,000 |   0 |0 | 0 | LTO-3 | 2014-11-15
11:45:33 |
|  17 | EPW681L3   | Append|   1 |  75,587,355,648 |   22
|   31,536,000 |   0 |7 | 1 | LTO-3 | 2014-11-18
09:40:27 |
|  23 | EPW682L3   | Append|   1 | 194,428,523,520 |   56
|   31,536,000 |   0 |6 | 1 | LTO-3 | 2014-11-23
00:03:19 |
+-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+

If the tape could hold up to 680 G or so, why has it written 75G to one
Appendable tape, and 194G to the other?

Thanks.


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Re: [Bacula-users] How Bacula Chooses a tape in the pool to write to

[heitor]

I noticed that Bacula seems to be writing to tapes in a way that I don't 
understand. If there are two tapes in an autochanger and they are in the same 
pool, bacula writes to them both. I would expect it to fill a tape and then 
start on the next one. 

Hey Mr. Michael: do you have the directive Prefer Mounted Volumes = no? This 
seems to provoke this behavior, and actually is not very recommended at this 
time to use it. 

Regards, 
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- Mensagem original -

De: "Michael Schwager"  
Para: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net 
Enviadas: Segunda-feira, 24 de novembro de 2014 17:27:00 
Assunto: [Bacula-users] How Bacula Chooses a tape in the pool to write to 

Hello, 
I noticed that Bacula seems to be writing to tapes in a way that I don't 
understand. If there are two tapes in an autochanger and they are in the same 
pool, bacula writes to them both. I would expect it to fill a tape and then 
start on the next one. 

For example, we have: 

Pool: Tape 
+-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+
 
| MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | 
VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten | 
+-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+
 
| 16 | EPW680L3 | Full | 1 | 682,622,760,960 | 198 | 31,536,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
LTO-3 | 2014-11-15 11:45:33 | 
| 17 | EPW681L3 | Append | 1 | 75,587,355,648 | 22 | 31,536,000 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 
LTO-3 | 2014-11-18 09:40:27 | 
| 23 | EPW682L3 | Append | 1 | 194,428,523,520 | 56 | 31,536,000 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 
LTO-3 | 2014-11-23 00:03:19 | 
+-++---+-+-+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+
 

If the tape could hold up to 680 G or so, why has it written 75G to one 
Appendable tape, and 194G to the other? 

Thanks. 

- Mike Schwager 
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Re: [Bacula-users] How to make bacula handle sparse files correctly

[Bill Arlofski]

On 11/24/2014 12:14 PM, Polcari, Joe (Contractor) wrote:
> I added an instance of docker to one of my systems. This added a sparse file 
> of 10 GB with a "real" size of 100 GB.
> This should have only added 10GB to my full backup but it added 100GB.
> Is there any way to tell bacula to handle sparse files correctly?

Hi Joe,

There is an option for the Include stanza of a Fileset:

sparse = yes

Which works correctly with sparse files. We had to add this option to one of
our filesets when a newer version of of our mail server changed one of its db
files to  sparse file.

> If so, why isn't this the default? Shouldn't it be?

Not sure. Unless the code that deals with sparse files adds additional
overhead when it is typically not required.

With our setup, I have _one_ file that is sparse so it is excluded using the
wild = option in the bigger Include stanza of a Fileset, then Included
specifically in a File =  option in the second Include stanza which has the
sparse = yes option.


Maybe someone else can comment re: default being sparse = no

Hope this helps.

Bill


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Re: [Bacula-users] How to make bacula handle sparse files correctly

[Polcari, Joe (Contractor)]

Excellent, thanks!


Sent from my android device.

-Original Message-
From: Bill Arlofski 
To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] How to make bacula handle sparse files correctly

On 11/24/2014 12:14 PM, Polcari, Joe (Contractor) wrote:
> I added an instance of docker to one of my systems. This added a sparse file 
> of 10 GB with a "real" size of 100 GB.
> This should have only added 10GB to my full backup but it added 100GB.
> Is there any way to tell bacula to handle sparse files correctly?

Hi Joe,

There is an option for the Include stanza of a Fileset:

sparse = yes

Which works correctly with sparse files. We had to add this option to one of
our filesets when a newer version of of our mail server changed one of its db
files to  sparse file.

> If so, why isn't this the default? Shouldn't it be?

Not sure. Unless the code that deals with sparse files adds additional
overhead when it is typically not required.

With our setup, I have _one_ file that is sparse so it is excluded using the
wild = option in the bigger Include stanza of a Fileset, then Included
specifically in a File =  option in the second Include stanza which has the
sparse = yes option.


Maybe someone else can comment re: default being sparse = no

Hope this helps.

Bill


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