[Bacula-users] mariadb 10.5.15
After many years of using the Bacula 5.X series on a Slackware14.2 machine, I upgraded to Slackware Current with Mariadb 10.5.15 and Bacula 9.6.7. I cannot connect to the database. I ran scripts from the scripts directory to create the Bacula database and set permissions. Running bacula-dir -t I get: bacula-dir: dird.c:1273-0 Could not open Catalog "MyCatalog", database "bacula" . bacula-dir: dird.c:1279-0 mysql.c:269 Unable to connect to MySQL server. Database=bacula User=bacula MySQL connect failed either server not running or your authorization is incorre ct. 06-Mar 14:30 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION Please correct configuration file: bacula-dir.conf If I use mysql -U bacula, I cannot connect to the Bacula database. It seems to be a permission issue, but things were changed with version 10.4 of MariaDB. Can someone suggest a solution? Than you. Alan Polinsky ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] poor utilization of tape space
I have recently moved from an old version of Bacula FROM THE 5.X series to 9.6, along with my move from Slackware 14.2 to Slackware 15, along with a change to Mariadb 10.5. (I would first like to thank Phil Stracchino for his help in getting things configured properly.) I am backing up to LTO2 tapes which should have a minimum of about 200 gigs of storage. I seem to be getting requests to mount a new tape after about 80 gigs. Initially I thought that perhaps a tape had some sort of defect, but that was disproved when I put in a previously unused tape. Perhaps I have not configured some parameter properly. Can someone suggest what parameter I might be able to change or add to assure more complete tape utilization? (I should mention that the tape drive wrote complete tapes under the old release.) Thank you. ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] poor utilization of tape space
Josip: That is obviously the problem, but I'm not sure why it has occurred, or how to correct it. These are standard LTO2 tapes, that were previously used in a different setting. I used an mt command, mt -f /dev/nst0 weof to write an end of file mark at the begining so I could use bacula to re-label them. All of the tapes are marked with a maxvolbytes of 53,687,091,200. volbytes is set to 64512 in each of them. I guess something was changed significantly between the 5.X version of bacula and 9.6, but it also might be the upgrade of Slackware. I also don't recall the shoeshine parameter being enabled in the prior release. In my current setup, which I will probably have to re-create, my spool files grow quite large. Thank you for pointing my search to a satisfactory solution. Alan On 3/8/22 11:31, Josip Deanovic wrote: On 2022-03-08 15:23, Alan Polinsky wrote: I have recently moved from an old version of Bacula FROM THE 5.X series to 9.6, along with my move from Slackware 14.2 to Slackware 15, along with a change to Mariadb 10.5. (I would first like to thank Phil Stracchino for his help in getting things configured properly.) I am backing up to LTO2 tapes which should have a minimum of about 200 gigs of storage. I seem to be getting requests to mount a new tape after about 80 gigs. Initially I thought that perhaps a tape had some sort of defect, but that was disproved when I put in a previously unused tape. Perhaps I have not configured some parameter properly. Can someone suggest what parameter I might be able to change or add to assure more complete tape utilization? (I should mention that the tape drive wrote complete tapes under the old release.) Hi Alan I would suggest to use the bconsole command llist to check the current media parameters. Specifically, check for variables like maxvolbytes, maxvolfiles and maxvoljobs. Regards! ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] poor utilization of tape space
Josip: Your help was stellar. All is working properly. Damned how I missed that one. Alan On 3/8/22 15:12, Josip Deanovic wrote: On 2022-03-08 19:43, Alan Polinsky wrote: Josip: That is obviously the problem, but I'm not sure why it has occurred, or how to correct it. These are standard LTO2 tapes, that were previously used in a different setting. I used an mt command, mt -f /dev/nst0 weof to write an end of file mark at the begining so I could use bacula to re-label them. All of the tapes are marked with a maxvolbytes of 53,687,091,200. volbytes is set to 64512 in each of them. I guess something was changed significantly between the 5.X version of bacula and 9.6, but it also might be the upgrade of Slackware. I also don't recall the shoeshine parameter being enabled in the prior release. In my current setup, which I will probably have to re-create, my spool files grow quite large. Thank you for pointing my search to a satisfactory solution. Ok, now that we know the cause we can devise a solution. Check your Bacula configuration files for option Maximum Volume Bytes and remove if from pool resources used for tapes. Don't forget to reload or restart bacula-dir daemon. After that, use the update command from bconsole tool. In the prompt chose the option "Pool from resource". That option will instruct Bacula to apply current pool configuration to already created pools. After that, use the update command again and chose "Volume parameters". The next step will allow you to chose the option "Maximum Volume Bytes". After that you will be allowed to chose the pool and the volume name or ID. If the number of volumes you need to update is too big for manual fixing, check the bconsole documentation and help for its update command. It is possible to select all volumes in a specified pool. Regards! ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] turning on the alarm
the proper way to completely turn on the alarm in the country house is non intuitive. The rear door MUST BE CLOSED BEFORE YOU HIT THE ALARM AWAY BUTTON!. If it is open, the rear door sensor will be ignored. That means that if anyone were to open the rear door, the alarm would not be triggered. Dad ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Sorry
Folks: Unintentionally I included a email to the group, when I only meant it to go to my sons. Sorry. Alan Polinsky ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] simplifying backups
For several years I have used two tape drives (an LTO2 and LTO3) and two Bacula instances backing up my Lan. As expected, the LTO2 drive finally failed. As a test, I moved all backups to the LTO3 with some success. I was wondering if I could unload the entire catalog from the LTO2 environment, load it into the LTO3, and just abandon the failed LTO2 one. Additionally, would I have to make any modifications to configurations so that the remaining LTO3 drive could read and write LTO2 tapes? I am on Bacula 9.6.7 using Slackware. Thank you. Alan Polinsky ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] simplifying backups (2)
Sergio responded but my reply was backed by his server. I wrote: Sergio: Thank you for your prompt reply. Pragmatically speaking that probably makes the most sense. I had thought about it but decided to pose the question to see what other people thought. Alan ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] moving from mysql (mariadb) to postgresql
I am a retired programmer, with a small Lan at home; two Nas's, three Linux and one Windows client, and an old LTO3 tape drive. The smaller Nas gets backed up on a nightly basis, while the larger one, being used mostly as an archive, is backed up only as needed. I've been using bacula 9,6.7 with Mariadb as the database. Everything works perfectly. In order to push my learning, I'm thinking of migrating from Maria to Postgresql. My normal backup set has 31 tapes in the catalog; about an additional 15 are used for selected backups. Is there a relatively simple way to move from Maridb to Postgresql? I realize there may be a problem with the difference in column definition. Is there anything else I should consider? Thank you. Alan Polinsky ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] moving from mysql (mariadb) to postgresql
Thank you everyone for your suggestions and links. Conversion has started, so far with no problems Alan On 4/5/24 06:59, Wanderlei Huttel wrote: Hello Take a look in this link https://github.com/wanderleihuttel/bacula-utils/tree/master/convert_mysql_to_postgresql Em qui., 4 de abr. de 2024 21:40, Gary R. Schmidt escreveu: On 05/04/2024 07:32, Alan Polinsky wrote: > I am a retired programmer, with a small Lan at home; two Nas's, three > Linux and one Windows client, and an old LTO3 tape drive. The smaller > Nas gets backed up on a nightly basis, while the larger one, being used > mostly as an archive, is backed up only as needed. I've been using > bacula 9,6.7 with Mariadb as the database. Everything works perfectly. > In order to push my learning, I'm thinking of migrating from Maria to > Postgresql. My normal backup set has 31 tapes in the catalog; about an > additional 15 are used for selected backups. Is there a relatively > simple way to move from Maridb to Postgresql? I realize there may be a > problem with the difference in column definition. Is there anything else > I should consider? > > Basically, set up the PostgreSQL database with the Bacula tables, mysqldump the existing data, and then write scripts to massage the SQL until the PostgreSQL system accepts it. That's what I did, you can grab my scripts from <https://www.mcleod-schmidt.id.au/~grs/Bacula_to_PostgreSQL/> and try them, but I did it back in 2018, so they're out of date, and I have no recollection of what order I did things in! ;-) Cheers, Gary B-) ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] advice about tape drives
I have used Bacula for many years, since version 5. In the past, I have mentioned my two Nas's along with various Windows and Linux machines get backed up on a nightly basis to tape. Currently that tape drive is an LTO3 based drive. Some of the older backups are on LTO2 tapes. My tape drive is starting to show its age, and within a period of time it will have to be replaced. (Since I am a retired programmer on a fixed income, cost, as always becomes an issue.) I need to understand the backward capabilities of more recent drives. How high could I go with LTO based machines while still maintaining the ability to read (and hopefully write) those old LTO2 tapes? Thank you everyone for your help. Alan ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Tape drive repair recommendations?
I, for one, have had great luck with Midwest Technical Services. You might give them a try (if they are still in business!) This is the contact I have for them: ka...@mwtss.com It has been a bit of time since I have used them, but they were excellent and responsive. Alan On 8/1/24 22:17, B. Smith wrote: Good point! USA, specifically the DC/MD/VA area. I'm willing to ship it somewhere if necessary... I can't seem to find any place local. On Thu, Aug 1, 2024, 9:47 PM Gary R. Schmidt wrote: On 02/08/2024 04:14, B. Smith wrote: > I know this isn't directly Bacula related, but there aren't too many > resources on the internet that I know of for tape drive enthusiasts. > I have an HPE 1/8 G2 Autoloader with an HPE LTO-8 30750 drive. Recently, > when attempting to load tapes, it would keep reading for a very long > time (probably to the end of the tape). The support ticket generated by > the RMI stated "may be having problems finding servo code after loading > a cartridge." After upgrading the firmware to P381 (I don't have the > very latest as it is behind a paywall), the autoloader now reports "HE: > drive broken: needs repair Code: F3 01" and the drive status is > "Exception F3 50 - Error." > > Does anyone have any recommendations for a tape drive repair company? > Country?? State/Canton/Shire?? City??? Not much use pointing you at someone in Canberra. :-) Cheers, Gary B-) ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
