[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] bextract an encrypted file.
Michel Meyers wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Emery Guevremont wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm in the middle of trying to bextract a file that's encrypted on a >> volume. Here's the command I ran: >> > [...] > >> I've got the pem file of the client copied on this machine, but I don't >> know how I'm supposed to get bextract to use it. Is it even possible to >> restore encrypted data with bextract? If not, what our my options if I >> don't have access to the catalog? >> > > - From the manual (http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Data_Encryption.html): > > The implementation does not encrypt file metadata such as file path > names, permissions, and ownership. Extended attributes are also > currently not encrypted. However, Mac OS X resource forks are encrypted. > > - --- > Maybe you can use bscan to populate a 'dummy catalog' and then recover > your real catalog backup using that? > I know I can use bscan, but I was hoping I can save a step and just use bextract. I thought I had seen on this list that bextract supports encrypted files, but I could be wrong. > Greetings, >Michel > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > > iD8DBQFGYDI02Vs+MkscAyURAjoOAJ9pwrxxBrgtyiDW5rtBdMQP0pyTMwCeJnzb > 3nsHhcG6UmmN5oA6vmBxxes= > =wFeA > -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 > - 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] bextract an encrypted file.
Hello, I'm in the middle of trying to bextract a file that's encrypted on a volume. Here's the command I ran: bextract -V 24 -b /var/bacula/backup-dir.restore.4.bsr -v /dev/nst0 /tmp and here's the error message I got: bextract: match.c:249 add_fname_to_include prefix=0 gzip=0 fname=/ bextract: butil.c:283 Using device: "/dev/nst0" for reading. 31-May 15:51 bextract: Invalid slot=0 defined, cannot autoload Volume. 31-May 15:51 bextract: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command. 31-May 15:51 bextract: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot 1. 31-May 15:51 bextract: Ready to read from volume "24" on device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0). 31-May 15:51 bextract: Forward spacing Volume "24" to file:block 97:0. bextract: -rw-r- 1 root bacula 965 2007-05-31 15:33:56 /tmp/etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf 31-May 15:52 bextract: bextract Error: Unknown stream=20 ignored. This shouldn't happen! 31-May 15:52 bextract: bextract Error: Unknown stream=20 ignored. This shouldn't happen! 1 files restored. I've got the pem file of the client copied on this machine, but I don't know how I'm supposed to get bextract to use it. Is it even possible to restore encrypted data with bextract? If not, what our my options if I don't have access to the catalog? Thank you. - 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] bextract an encrypted file.
Michel Meyers wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Emery Guevremont wrote: Hello, I'm in the middle of trying to bextract a file that's encrypted on a volume. Here's the command I ran: [...] I've got the pem file of the client copied on this machine, but I don't know how I'm supposed to get bextract to use it. Is it even possible to restore encrypted data with bextract? If not, what our my options if I don't have access to the catalog? - From the manual (http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Data_Encryption.html): The implementation does not encrypt file metadata such as file path names, permissions, and ownership. Extended attributes are also currently not encrypted. However, Mac OS X resource forks are encrypted. - --- Maybe you can use bscan to populate a 'dummy catalog' and then recover your real catalog backup using that? I know I can use bscan, but I was hoping I can save a step and just use bextract. I thought I had seen on this list that bextract supports encrypted files, but I could be wrong. Greetings, Michel -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFGYDI02Vs+MkscAyURAjoOAJ9pwrxxBrgtyiDW5rtBdMQP0pyTMwCeJnzb 3nsHhcG6UmmN5oA6vmBxxes= =wFeA -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 begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 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] bextract an encrypted file.
Hello, I'm in the middle of trying to bextract a file that's encrypted on a volume. Here's the command I ran: bextract -V 24 -b /var/bacula/backup-dir.restore.4.bsr -v /dev/nst0 /tmp and here's the error message I got: bextract: match.c:249 add_fname_to_include prefix=0 gzip=0 fname=/ bextract: butil.c:283 Using device: "/dev/nst0" for reading. 31-May 15:51 bextract: Invalid slot=0 defined, cannot autoload Volume. 31-May 15:51 bextract: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command. 31-May 15:51 bextract: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot 1. 31-May 15:51 bextract: Ready to read from volume "24" on device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0). 31-May 15:51 bextract: Forward spacing Volume "24" to file:block 97:0. bextract: -rw-r- 1 root bacula 965 2007-05-31 15:33:56 /tmp/etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf 31-May 15:52 bextract: bextract Error: Unknown stream=20 ignored. This shouldn't happen! 31-May 15:52 bextract: bextract Error: Unknown stream=20 ignored. This shouldn't happen! 1 files restored. I've got the pem file of the client copied on this machine, but I don't know how I'm supposed to get bextract to use it. Is it even possible to restore encrypted data with bextract? If not, what our my options if I don't have access to the catalog? Thank you. begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 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] exchange backup
I have a batch file that bacula executes before which uses the ntbackup utility to dump my registry and exchange information (including mailbox). Afterwards, bacula backs up the dumps. If you launch the ntbackup utlity, you'll there's something special added to allows you to dump the exchange info without stopping the exchange service. Francisco Garcia Perez wrote: Hello, I want know if I can do a MS Exchange backup with bacula and what is the procedure to make this. Thank you - 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 begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 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] Problem: New tape is seen as read-only by bacula.
This isn't a problem for me anymore, just something I wanted to document on this mailing for others to see. Back in november 2006, our company upgraded our Quantum AutoLoader to the new Quantum SuperLoader 2 which uses SDLT-600 tapes. Ever since we got this new unit, 25% of the newly purchased SDLT-600 tapes refused to work with bacula. I tried replacing the AutoLoader 3 times, but the problem persisted. Usually I was able to label all my new tapes, but when it came time for bacula to actually write something to them, it refused, saying the tape was in read-only, or that it didn't contain any label (even though I had labelled the tape). So after a while of just fooling around with the btape utility, I was able to fix the "read-only" tapes. In order to get these tapes working, I used the btape utility and I ran the rawfill command. It was the only command that would work, bfill, test, fill, label, all wouldn't because they complained the tape was in read-only (even though it wasn't). With the rawfill command, I could see that shortly after starting the command, rawfill would write to the tape, but 5 seconds into the process, it seemed to freeze. And then all of the sudden, maybe after a couple of minutes, the rawfill would continue. It seemed as if something at the beginning of the tape was physically/mechanically blocking the writing process and then all of the sudden, the tape continued. After successfully running the rawfill command for about 5-10 minutes, I would cancel it, and at that point I was able to run the test and label commands successfully. After running a rawfill, then a test and finally the label command, I was able to restart using these "read-only" tapes to actually save some backups onto it. begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 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] Problems labelling and writing to tape.
Alan Brown wrote: On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Emery Guevremont wrote: 13-Apr 13:54 btape: btape Fatal error: Attempt to write on read-only Volume. Isn't the above clear? I understand that's what bacula is saying, except the tape isn't set in read-only. You will have the same effect if the userid accessing the tape drive is only able to get read-access. Check ownership and permissions. I know this isn't causing the problem, because not all the tapes are causing this. IMHO I really think the problem is with the tape drive itself. Except at this point there's no certain way for me to prove this. I was just hoping that someone might enlighten me on some other ways to debug this, since everyone here has got some experience with all sorts of hardware. Anyway, thanks for the help guys. - 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 begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 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] Problems labelling and writing to tape.
Kern Sibbald wrote: On Friday 13 April 2007 19:58, Emery Guevremont wrote: Hello everyone, I've got a problem that's been recurring with some of my tapes. I've got a Quantum SuperLoader 3 with several brand new SDLT-600 tapes. Sometimes when bacula tries to write to one of these tapes for the first time, it fails and the tape's status changes to error. This happens even when bacula succesfully labels a tape. So to investigate this even more, I would load up a problematic tape with btape. I ran the commands, readlabel and rectest successfully, but I always fail with the command wr and test commands. What I'm trying to find out is, what's causing this problem? The tapes? The tape drive? Bacula? And also what do those errors mean? Here's the output of some commands: --- *readlabel btape: btape.c:419 Volume label read correctly. Volume Label: Id: Bacula 1.0 immortal VerNo : 11 VolName : CF0063 PrevVolName : VolFile : 0 LabelType : VOL_LABEL LabelSize : 186 PoolName : Server MediaType : SDLT-600 PoolType : Backup HostName : bacula Date label written: 04-Apr-2007 14:29 --- *rectest ... btape: btape.c:654 Block 64472 i=64472 btape: btape.c:654 Block 64473 i=64473 btape: btape.c:654 Block 64474 i=64474 btape: btape.c:654 Block 64475 i=64475 btape: btape.c:654 Block 64476 i=64476 --- *status Bacula status: file=0 block=0 Device status: BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN file=0 block=0 btape: btape.c:1799 Device status: 645. ERR= --- *cap Configured device capabilities: EOF BSR BSF FSR FSF FASTFSF !BSFATEOM EOM REM !RACCESS AUTOMOUNT !LABEL !ANONVOLS ALWAYSOPEN MTIOCGET Device status: OPENED TAPE LABEL !MALLOC !APPEND !READ !EOT !WEOT !EOF !NEXTVOL !SHORT Device parameters: Device name: /dev/nst0 File=0 block=0 Min block=0 Max block=0 Status: Bacula status: file=0 block=0 Device status: BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN file=0 block=0 btape: btape.c:1799 Device status: 645. ERR= --- *wr 13-Apr 13:54 btape: btape Fatal error: Attempt to write on read-only Volume. Isn't the above clear? :-) I understand that's what bacula is saying, except the tape isn't set in read-only. And wouldn't bacula not be able to write a label on a read-only tape? btape: btape.c:1568 Error writing block to device. --- *test === Write, rewind, and re-read test === I'm going to write 1000 records and an EOF then write 1000 records and an EOF, then rewind, and re-read the data to verify that it is correct. This is an *essential* feature ... btape: btape.c:817 Error writing record to block. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ Bacula-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Problems labelling and writing to tape.
Hello everyone, I've got a problem that's been recurring with some of my tapes. I've got a Quantum SuperLoader 3 with several brand new SDLT-600 tapes. Sometimes when bacula tries to write to one of these tapes for the first time, it fails and the tape's status changes to error. This happens even when bacula succesfully labels a tape. So to investigate this even more, I would load up a problematic tape with btape. I ran the commands, readlabel and rectest successfully, but I always fail with the command wr and test commands. What I'm trying to find out is, what's causing this problem? The tapes? The tape drive? Bacula? And also what do those errors mean? Here's the output of some commands: --- *readlabel btape: btape.c:419 Volume label read correctly. Volume Label: Id: Bacula 1.0 immortal VerNo : 11 VolName : CF0063 PrevVolName : VolFile : 0 LabelType : VOL_LABEL LabelSize : 186 PoolName : Server MediaType : SDLT-600 PoolType : Backup HostName : bacula Date label written: 04-Apr-2007 14:29 --- *rectest ... btape: btape.c:654 Block 64472 i=64472 btape: btape.c:654 Block 64473 i=64473 btape: btape.c:654 Block 64474 i=64474 btape: btape.c:654 Block 64475 i=64475 btape: btape.c:654 Block 64476 i=64476 --- *status Bacula status: file=0 block=0 Device status: BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN file=0 block=0 btape: btape.c:1799 Device status: 645. ERR= --- *cap Configured device capabilities: EOF BSR BSF FSR FSF FASTFSF !BSFATEOM EOM REM !RACCESS AUTOMOUNT !LABEL !ANONVOLS ALWAYSOPEN MTIOCGET Device status: OPENED TAPE LABEL !MALLOC !APPEND !READ !EOT !WEOT !EOF !NEXTVOL !SHORT Device parameters: Device name: /dev/nst0 File=0 block=0 Min block=0 Max block=0 Status: Bacula status: file=0 block=0 Device status: BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN file=0 block=0 btape: btape.c:1799 Device status: 645. ERR= --- *wr 13-Apr 13:54 btape: btape Fatal error: Attempt to write on read-only Volume. btape: btape.c:1568 Error writing block to device. --- *test === Write, rewind, and re-read test === I'm going to write 1000 records and an EOF then write 1000 records and an EOF, then rewind, and re-read the data to verify that it is correct. This is an *essential* feature ... btape: btape.c:817 Error writing record to block. begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ Bacula-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Need help: Forcing bextract to not rewind the tape before scanning.
I'm trying to restore data from a tape and I'm getting this error message at file id 27: 21-Mar 16:51 bextract: ERROR TERMINATION at bextract.c:289 Record header file index 562664 not equal record index 0 Now I know there's a lot more data on this tape. I also used btape to fsf to file 28, and I was able to successfully read a single record. My question is, what does that error message mean and is there a way for me to fsf to say file 28 and force bextract to start scanning from file 28 instead of rewinding each time and start scanning from the beginning of the tape? Thank you. Here's the full output of the bextract I'm trying to do with the command: bextract -v -i ./inc.tmp SDLT-320 -V "38" /tmp/ bextract: butil.c:269 Using device: "SDLT-320" for reading. 21-Mar 16:31 bextract: Ready to read from volume "38" on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0). bextract: acquire.c:200 jcr->dcr=0x80ae8a8 21-Mar 16:32 bextract: End of file 1 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:32 bextract: End of file 2 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:33 bextract: End of file 3 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:33 bextract: End of file 4 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:34 bextract: End of file 5 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:34 bextract: End of file 6 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:35 bextract: End of file 7 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:36 bextract: End of file 8 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:36 bextract: End of file 9 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:37 bextract: End of file 10 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:37 bextract: End of file 11 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:38 bextract: End of file 12 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:38 bextract: End of file 13 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:39 bextract: End of file 14 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:40 bextract: End of file 15 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:41 bextract: End of file 16 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:42 bextract: End of file 17 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:43 bextract: End of file 18 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:44 bextract: End of file 19 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:45 bextract: End of file 20 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:46 bextract: End of file 21 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:46 bextract: End of file 22 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:47 bextract: End of file 23 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:48 bextract: End of file 24 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:48 bextract: End of file 25 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:49 bextract: End of file 26 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:50 bextract: End of file 27 on device "SDLT-320" (/dev/nst0), Volume "38" 21-Mar 16:51 bextract: ERROR TERMINATION at bextract.c:289 Record header file index 562664 not equal record index 0 begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] reusing tapes in Error-State
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 10:28:29PM +0100, Arno Lehmann wrote: On 3/3/2007 12:24 PM, Christoph Litauer wrote: a few of my autochanger tapes have VolStatus: Error. This is because the number of files in the catalogue didn't match the number of files on the tape. I don't know why this happend, is it a known bug of version 1.38.9? Not a known bug, I think. I'm also seeing this using Bacula 2.0.1 on RHEL-4 with a jukebox holding two LTO-3 drives. It's an intermittent problem that I haven't been able to reproduce reliably, so I haven't opened a bug report on it yet. Usually these errors happen in two situations: Let me add a third: when a job terminates with a "Fatal" error (those with a job status code of 'f'), rather than the more common "Error" error (those with a job status of 'E'). Here's my situation: I'm backing up both servers and laptops using the same hardware and software, but with different tape pools. The servers never encounter this failure condition; it happens to the laptops about once every week or two. After watching the situation for a while, it seems that the failure pattern is that these file mismatch errors always occur after a fatal client error, which in turn is caused when a job begins, writes some data to tape, and is then unable to continue because the client machine has been shut down or taken off the network. When the tape is not properly "finished" by Bacula, for example because of a catalog, SD or DIR crash, or when you restart your Bacula server while jobs are running. Also, when the tape fills and the final EOF can't be written to tape that might cause this state. The other possibility is an improper setting of the device parameters. These would be detected by btapes 'test' command most of the time. When you change these settings and continue to use tapes started with different settings I *guess* the file count mismatch could happen, too. Nevertheless: I need to reuse these errored tapes. Are they automatically reused after alle jobs are purged? Is an errored tape still used in recovers? How can I list all jobs on an errored tape? Most important things first: You can use the query command to list all jobs on any volume. These tapes are not automaticall reused (recycled), and as far as I know they are also not used for restores. For restores, they should be useable, I've encountered that problem a while ago. The trick is to use the mt and dd command, to copy over the info from the bad tape to another and skip the missing files. With the help from this mailling list, here's what I did: *** Got it! I did what you suggested. I took a blank tape and dd onto it the files I was interested in. Here's what I exactly did on the command line, then I'll explain: -- # Device /dev/nst0 -> Original Tape # Device /dev/nst2 -> Blank Tape mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind mt -f /dev/nst2 rewind dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=64512 of=/dev/nst2 # Copy of file 0 dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=64512 of=/dev/nst2 # Copy of file 1 dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=64512 of=/dev/nst2 # Copy of file 2 mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 208 dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=64512 of=/dev/nst2 # Copy of file 208 dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=64512 of=/dev/nst2 # Copy of file 209 dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=64512 of=/dev/nst2 # Copy of file 210 dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=64512 of=/dev/nst2 # Copy of file 211 dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=64512 of=/dev/nst2 # Copy of file 212 dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=64512 of=/dev/nst2 # Copy of file 213 mt -f /dev/nst2 rewind bls -v -V "GKN079" AutoLoader > /tmp/files -- I had to copy the first file (at least), but to make sure I copied the first 3, which contained the bacula label. Then using the mt command I positioned the tape to file 208 and using the dd command I copied files 208 through 213. I ran the bls command to view the contents, and everything was there. I also successfully restored the files I needed and their integrity checked out. BTW how did you know to use the "bs=64512" option with the dd command? Where did you get the 64512 size from? BTW thanks for the help Martin. ** If the error is only at the end of the tape data (which would be the most usual situation) you can simply update their status to used and they will be used for restores and recycling. If you're unsure, compare the output of bls with what the catalog tells you. In the job reports for these tapes, you should usually find when this error occured. Most of the time, I find that when a tape is freshly loaded and positioned to the end of data, Baculas sanity checking finds the problem and marks the tape to be erroneous. In these cases, I think it's safe to set the status to 'Used'. If you encounter these problems regularly, I'd assume your setup is somehow malfunctioning. If, like I do, you run lots of tests of beta versions, or have hardware-related problems, you'll find many of these errors but they won't mean anything unexpected :-) Arno Thanks a lot
Re: [Bacula-users] Device "AutoLoader" has 0 slots.
I got around the problem by starting the bacula-sd process as root. Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, I don't recall if this was discussed on the mailing list any further - which I'd suggest - but if this is not a simple permissions problem it might be time to take a really close look at what mtx-changer does, and why it doesn't recognize the number of slots. Simply check what it does with mtx, and see what mtx outputs in such a situation. Arno On 11/20/2006 11:03 PM, Emery Guevremont wrote: Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, On 11/20/2006 8:13 PM, Emery Guevremont wrote: I have a problem and I need your help. Last week I upgraded our quantum superloader to a superloader 3. For the first few days everything worked well. But since this weekend, bacula can't seem to properly control the autoloader. Here's the error I get when I try to update the AutoLoader's slots: Connecting to Storage daemon AutoLoader at bacula:9103 ... 3306 Issuing autochanger "slots" command. Device "AutoLoader" has 0 slots. Ah. Permssions probably. I suppose that your autoloader has a new device node now which can't be accessed by the SD. Assuming the SD is not running as root, ... No slots in changer to scan. Yet I can do this command: ./mtx-changer /dev/sg3 slots AutoLoader 0 and get 16 as the number of slots. This is what I get after doing this command: ./mtx-changer /dev/sg3 list AutoLoader 0 2:0001 3:0002 4:0003 5:0004 6:0005 7:0006 8:0007 9:0008 10:0009 11:0010 12:0011 13:0012 14:0013 15:0014 16:0015 1: ... but you are logged in as root. What happens when you log in as the Bacula user and issue 'mtx-changer /dev/sg3 slots'? I did it as the user bacula and root, and got the same result for both. ls -la gives crw-rw 1 root disk 21, 1 Nov 20 07:02 /dev/sg1 and id bacula gives uid=100(bacula) gid=6(disk) groups=6(disk),102(bacula) Something else is causing my permissions problem. Arno So at first, it looks like the mtx-changer properly gets the output but not bacula through the bconsole shell. I also get these errors in my log when the unit is trying to perform backups: 19-Nov 21:11 bacula-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command. 19-Nov 21:11 bacula-sd: 3991 Bad autochanger "loaded drive 0" command: ERR=Permission denied. 19-Nov 21:11 bacula-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command. 19-Nov 21:11 bacula-sd: 3991 Bad autochanger "loaded drive 0" command: ERR=Permission denied. 19-Nov 21:11 bacula-sd: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 1, drive 0" command. 19-Nov 21:11 bacula-sd: Server1-sys.2006-11-19_20.05.24 Fatal error: 3992 Bad autochanger "load slot 1, drive 0": ERR=Permission denied. What's going on? How can I fix this? - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Need help to restore with bextract.
I need to restore a directory from a tape using bextract. The hard part is that I need to extract the directory's content from a specific date. Is it possible? How would you suggest I do this if I don't access to the catalog? begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Advantages with spooling.
Timo Neuvonen wrote: I was wondering if someone could give a quick run down of the advantages/disadvantages of spooling the data to disk before writing it to tape, and the advantages/disadvantages of NOT spooling. At least, spooling should guarantee that your tape drive is able to run at full speed continuosly. If for some reason your system isn't able to supply data to the tape drive at fast enough rate, the drive keeps stopping-repositioning-writing-stopping again, which then takes extra time and causes extra wear to the drive and the tape. How sure are you that it continuously writes to tape. On my setup I put a max spooling size of 10 Gigs, and everytime it reaches the 10 gigs, the spooling seems to stop. Bacula seems to empty the spool by writing it to tape. Once the spool has been emptied, the backup process (the transfering over the network the data) continues again until the spool reaches once again 10G. In my case I'm not sure I have the best setup possible for speed. Also, if you need to manually change tapes during the backup, the data can be spooled nonstop, resulting in more consistent set of files (no time gap due to waiting for the tape change, that could take for hours sometimes) On the negative side of spooling, you'll need a disk volume big enough where to spool, and a slightly more complicated configuration. -- TiN - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Advantages with spooling.
I was wondering if someone could give a quick run down of the advantages/disadvantages of spooling the data to disk before writing it to tape, and the advantages/disadvantages of NOT spooling. i.e. which is faster, which is more reliable... begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Impossible Huge Backup
Or worst, maybe you have some "mount bind" which could cause bacula to recursively backup to infinity. Joshua J. Kugler wrote: On Wednesday 19 July 2006 00:22, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: Hello, I have another strange problem. I have a machine running the client fd, the sd and dir are running on another server machine. Last week I got bacula errors, because the LTO tape was run out of space. I checked all the machines, and the sum of the hard disk spaces to be backed up was not higher than 180Gb. Then I looked at the bacula reports, and I found one machine showing 160Gb of SD Bytes Written. I checked again that machine (a Solaris 8 sparc): two disks for a physical total of 60Gb. Then I dumped out with bconsole the list of files backed up (list files jobid=xxx) on a text file, and I verified there was no replication of files. Last but not least, the following days I noticed that the reports was showing a growing size: after 4 days the SD Bytes Written is about 240Gb!!! How can I check what's happening?! First thing that came to mind: does this client have other systems mounted via NFS or SMB under their home directory (or other directories)? You might be backing up directories exported from other servers. j begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] RESOLVED: my tapes are being automatically relabeled with wrong label.
So I finally found what was causing all the problems. It was the drive
that had gone bad. Once I replaced the whole unit, including the
autoloader, Bacula was able to continue to perform backups without
having the tapes being relabeled.
So thx everyone for your help. It was much appreciated.
Kern Sibbald wrote:
On Thursday 22 June 2006 20:04, Emery Guevremont wrote:
Well I finished running dbcheck in fix mode. It deleted a bunch of
fileids, but the problem is still there. But here's what I've been doing
to test it out.
Using btape, I use the label command to put the same label as what the
barcode reads. After I restart bacula-sd, and I run a job to use one of
the tapes (33). I noticed in the debugging info, that bacula will
label the pre-label of the tape, and it preforms the backup with no
problem.
Now if I restart bacula-dir and bacula-sd and run another backup to use
the other tape (22). Bacula again labels the prelabeled tape and
performs the backup with no problem.
Where the problem occurs is when I start 2 jobs, where each job use a
seperate tape(because the tape are in different pools and the jobs use
different pools of tape). Let's say the first job uses tape 22. The
first job will always complete properly, but as soon as the second job,
which uses tape 33 starts, I get this message:
22-Jun 13:49 backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
22-Jun 13:49 backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot
1. 22-Jun 13:49 backup-sd: Backup-sys.2006-06-22_13.45.47 Warning: Director
wanted Volume "33" for device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst2).
Current Volume "22" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "22" status is Append, not in Pool.
Yes, and what happens after that. That is a normal "Warning" message if
Bacula finds the wrong tape mounted.
So this means Bacula relabeled the tape 33 to 22 without even
logging about it.
I see no evidence whatsoever that Bacula relabeled any tape. If that is your
conclusion, then all I can say is "good luck in your debugging" because I
doubt you will get very far if you continue to make such assumptions.
What is much more likely is that either you or Bacula is confused about what
Volume is in what drive (could be a configuration issue or perhaps a bug).
Whats going on!!! How could I debug this?
Arno Lehmann wrote:
Hi,
On 6/21/2006 8:19 PM, Emery Guevremont wrote:
...
Ya I updated my config for bacula-sd.conf, but it didn't change
anything.
BTW, I'm running dbcheck in fix mode, and it's fixing a lot of things,
but I still don't see how that's gonna fix my problem.
Here's the new bacula-sd.conf:
Autochanger {
Name = "AutoLoader"
Device = Drive-1
Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Changer Device = /dev/sg1
}
Device {
Name = Drive-1
Drive Index = 0
Media Type = SDLT-320
Archive Device = /dev/nst2# Normal archive device
Autochanger = yes
Autoselect = yes
LabelMedia = no;
AutomaticMount = yes;
AlwaysOpen = yes;
Spool Directory = /vservers/tmp
Maximum Spool Size = 100
# Mount Anonymous Volumes = no;
}
I don't have any other ideas now but to try and run a very simple test
setup and create lots of debug output. Unfortunately, I never tried
automatic volume labeling with a tape drive, so I have no idea how that
should behave.
I'd suggest to start with two small sets of tapes and, with a clean
catalog and empty tapes start with 'update slots' and 'label barcodes'.
Perhaps this allows someone to see what's going wrong in your setup.
Arno
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Re: [Bacula-users] Problem: my tapes are being automatically relabeled with wrong label.
Well I finished running dbcheck in fix mode. It deleted a bunch of
fileids, but the problem is still there. But here's what I've been doing
to test it out.
Using btape, I use the label command to put the same label as what the
barcode reads. After I restart bacula-sd, and I run a job to use one of
the tapes (33). I noticed in the debugging info, that bacula will
label the pre-label of the tape, and it preforms the backup with no problem.
Now if I restart bacula-dir and bacula-sd and run another backup to use
the other tape (22). Bacula again labels the prelabeled tape and
performs the backup with no problem.
Where the problem occurs is when I start 2 jobs, where each job use a
seperate tape(because the tape are in different pools and the jobs use
different pools of tape). Let's say the first job uses tape 22. The
first job will always complete properly, but as soon as the second job,
which uses tape 33 starts, I get this message:
22-Jun 13:49 backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
22-Jun 13:49 backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 1.
22-Jun 13:49 backup-sd: Backup-sys.2006-06-22_13.45.47 Warning: Director
wanted Volume "33" for device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst2).
Current Volume "22" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "22" status is Append, not in Pool.
So this means Bacula relabeled the tape 33 to 22 without even
logging about it. Whats going on!!! How could I debug this?
Arno Lehmann wrote:
Hi,
On 6/21/2006 8:19 PM, Emery Guevremont wrote:
...
Ya I updated my config for bacula-sd.conf, but it didn't change anything.
BTW, I'm running dbcheck in fix mode, and it's fixing a lot of things,
but I still don't see how that's gonna fix my problem.
Here's the new bacula-sd.conf:
Autochanger {
Name = "AutoLoader"
Device = Drive-1
Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Changer Device = /dev/sg1
}
Device {
Name = Drive-1
Drive Index = 0
Media Type = SDLT-320
Archive Device = /dev/nst2# Normal archive device
Autochanger = yes
Autoselect = yes
LabelMedia = no;
AutomaticMount = yes;
AlwaysOpen = yes;
Spool Directory = /vservers/tmp
Maximum Spool Size = 100
# Mount Anonymous Volumes = no;
}
I don't have any other ideas now but to try and run a very simple test
setup and create lots of debug output. Unfortunately, I never tried
automatic volume labeling with a tape drive, so I have no idea how that
should behave.
I'd suggest to start with two small sets of tapes and, with a clean
catalog and empty tapes start with 'update slots' and 'label barcodes'.
Perhaps this allows someone to see what's going wrong in your setup.
Arno
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Re: [Bacula-users] Problem: my tapes are being automatically relabeled with wrong label.
Bill Moran wrote:
In response to Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi,
On 6/20/2006 7:51 PM, Bill Moran wrote:
In response to Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I just upgraded to bacula 1.38.10 and the same problem keeps on
happening. Please and can someone help me out.
... Here's the config for my bacula-sd.conf file.
Device {
Name = "AutoLoader"
Media Type = SDLT-320
Archive Device = /dev/nst2# Normal archive device
Changer Device = /dev/sg1 # Generic SCSI device name
Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Autochanger = yes
LabelMedia = no;
AutomaticMount = yes;
AlwaysOpen = yes;
Spool Directory = /vservers/tmp
Maximum Spool Size = 100
}
You're running 1.38.something but it seems as though you use your old
configuration... try implementing the autochanger section in
bacula-sd.conf, comment out the changer related stuff in the actual
device sections, and see if that fixes your problem.
I don't see anything wrong with that.
Hmm. Perhaps I did :-)
Yes, you did. I didn't even notice that.
Ya I updated my config for bacula-sd.conf, but it didn't change anything.
BTW, I'm running dbcheck in fix mode, and it's fixing a lot of things,
but I still don't see how that's gonna fix my problem.
Here's the new bacula-sd.conf:
Autochanger {
Name = "AutoLoader"
Device = Drive-1
Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Changer Device = /dev/sg1
}
Device {
Name = Drive-1
Drive Index = 0
Media Type = SDLT-320
Archive Device = /dev/nst2# Normal archive device
Autochanger = yes
Autoselect = yes
LabelMedia = no;
AutomaticMount = yes;
AlwaysOpen = yes;
Spool Directory = /vservers/tmp
Maximum Spool Size = 100
# Mount Anonymous Volumes = no;
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Re: [Bacula-users] Problem: my tapes are being automatically relabeled with wrong label.
Bill Moran wrote:
In response to Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I just upgraded to bacula 1.38.10 and the same problem keeps on
happening. Please and can someone help me out.
Have you run dbcheck? That's my new solution to everything.
dbcheck found nothing unusual.
Have you tried downgrading to 1.3.whateverusedtowork to see if the
problem goes away?
Well I upgraded, hoping it won't automagically solve the problem but it
didn't.
Emery Guevremont wrote:
This started about a month ago.
I have a backup unit with an autoloader that carries 8 tapes, in 2
seperate pools. There's also a barcode reader that reads the labels on
my tape.
My problem is that, everytime the tape changer changes tapes, bacula,
for some reason, decides to relabel the newly loaded tape with the label
of the previously loaded tape. This causes a problem, because everything
gets corrupted and the labels the barcode reader reads don't match
anymore with the label written on the tape. And obviously no backups get
done. Here's the config for my bacula-sd.conf file.
Device {
Name = "AutoLoader"
Media Type = SDLT-320
Archive Device = /dev/nst2# Normal archive device
Changer Device = /dev/sg1 # Generic SCSI device name
Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Autochanger = yes
LabelMedia = no;
AutomaticMount = yes;
AlwaysOpen = yes;
Spool Directory = /vservers/tmp
Maximum Spool Size = 100
}
I don't see anything wrong with that.
me neither.
I'm running version 1.34.6 and have been using the same tapes and
autochanger since october of 2004. I haven't changed anything in my
config files for months, but for some strange reason this started
happening. Oh and this is the error message I get afterwards:
Not much help here. If this automagic relabling is happening as you
describe, the log output that you attached is all symptoms occurring
after the problem. Can you get log data of the actual mis-labeling?
If not, that's going to be your first chore, to catch Bacula in the
act and get logs of it doing this mis-labeling.
I haven't found anything about the relabeling in the log files. So well
else can I do to debug this situation.
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Re: [Bacula-users] Problem: my tapes are being automatically relabeled with wrong label.
I just upgraded to bacula 1.38.10 and the same problem keeps on
happening. Please and can someone help me out.
Emery Guevremont wrote:
This started about a month ago.
I have a backup unit with an autoloader that carries 8 tapes, in 2
seperate pools. There's also a barcode reader that reads the labels on
my tape.
My problem is that, everytime the tape changer changes tapes, bacula,
for some reason, decides to relabel the newly loaded tape with the label
of the previously loaded tape. This causes a problem, because everything
gets corrupted and the labels the barcode reader reads don't match
anymore with the label written on the tape. And obviously no backups get
done. Here's the config for my bacula-sd.conf file.
Device {
Name = "AutoLoader"
Media Type = SDLT-320
Archive Device = /dev/nst2# Normal archive device
Changer Device = /dev/sg1 # Generic SCSI device name
Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Autochanger = yes
LabelMedia = no;
AutomaticMount = yes;
AlwaysOpen = yes;
Spool Directory = /vservers/tmp
Maximum Spool Size = 100
}
I'm running version 1.34.6 and have been using the same tapes and
autochanger since october of 2004. I haven't changed anything in my
config files for months, but for some strange reason this started
happening. Oh and this is the error message I get afterwards:
backup-dir: Start Backup JobId 32414, Job=server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15
mailmaitre-fd: Since time adjusted by 6 seconds.
backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 2.
backup-sd: 3303 Issuing autochanger "unload slot 2, drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 5, drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3305 Autochanger "load slot 5, drive 0", status is OK.
backup-sd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Warning: Director wanted
Volume "05".
Current Volume "33" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "33" status is Append, not in Pool.
backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 5.
backup-sd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Warning: Director wanted
Volume "05".
Current Volume "33" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "33" status is Append, not in Pool.
backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 5.
backup-sd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Warning: Director wanted
Volume "05".
Current Volume "33" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "33" status is Append, not in Pool.
backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 5.
backup-sd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Warning: Director wanted
Volume "05".
Current Volume "33" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "33" status is Append, not in Pool.
backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 5.
mailmaitre-fd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Fatal error: job.c:1515
Bad response to Append Data command. Wanted 3000 OK data
, got 3903 Error append data
backup-sd: server-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Warning: Director wanted
Volume "05".
Current Volume "33" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "33" status is Append, not in Pool.
backup-sd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Fatal error: Too many errors
trying to mount device /dev/nst2.
backup-dir: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Error: Bacula 1.34.6
(28Jul04): 19-Jun-2006 10:39
JobId: 32414
Job:server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15
Backup Level: Incremental, since=2006-05-19 03:13:27
Client: server1-fd
FileSet:"Data" 2006-04-01 04:05:29
Start time: 19-Jun-2006 10:37
End time: 19-Jun-2006 10:39
FD Files Written: 0
SD Files Written: 0
FD Bytes Written: 0
SD Bytes Written: 0
Rate: 0.0 KB/s
Software Compression: None
Volume name(s):
Volume Session Id: 2
Volume Session Time:1150727403
Last Volume Bytes: 1
Non-fatal FD errors:0
SD Errors: 0
FD termination status: Error
SD termination status: Error
Termination:*** Backup Error ***
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[Bacula-users] My tapes are being automatically relabeled with wrong label.
This started about a month ago.
I have a backup unit with an autoloader that carries 8 tapes, in 2
seperate pools. There's also a barcode reader that reads the labels on
my tape.
My problem is that, everytime the tape changer changes tapes, bacula,
for some reason, decides to relabel the newly loaded tape with the label
of the previously loaded tape. This causes a problem, because everything
gets corrupted and the labels the barcode reader reads don't match
anymore with the label written on the tape. And obviously no backups get
done. Here's the config for my bacula-sd.conf file.
Device {
Name = "AutoLoader"
Media Type = SDLT-320
Archive Device = /dev/nst2# Normal archive device
Changer Device = /dev/sg1 # Generic SCSI device name
Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Autochanger = yes
LabelMedia = no;
AutomaticMount = yes;
AlwaysOpen = yes;
Spool Directory = /vservers/tmp
Maximum Spool Size = 100
}
I'm running version 1.34.6 and have been using the same tapes and
autochanger since october of 2004. I haven't changed anything in my
config files for months, but for some strange reason this started
happening. Oh and this is the error message I get afterwards:
backup-dir: Start Backup JobId 32414, Job=server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15
mailmaitre-fd: Since time adjusted by 6 seconds.
backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 2.
backup-sd: 3303 Issuing autochanger "unload slot 2, drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 5, drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3305 Autochanger "load slot 5, drive 0", status is OK.
backup-sd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Warning: Director wanted
Volume "05".
Current Volume "33" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "33" status is Append, not in Pool.
backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 5.
backup-sd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Warning: Director wanted
Volume "05".
Current Volume "33" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "33" status is Append, not in Pool.
backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 5.
backup-sd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Warning: Director wanted
Volume "05".
Current Volume "33" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "33" status is Append, not in Pool.
backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 5.
backup-sd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Warning: Director wanted
Volume "05".
Current Volume "33" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "33" status is Append, not in Pool.
backup-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
backup-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 5.
mailmaitre-fd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Fatal error: job.c:1515
Bad response to Append Data command. Wanted 3000 OK data
, got 3903 Error append data
backup-sd: server-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Warning: Director wanted
Volume "05".
Current Volume "33" not acceptable because:
1998 Volume "33" status is Append, not in Pool.
backup-sd: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Fatal error: Too many errors
trying to mount device /dev/nst2.
backup-dir: server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15 Error: Bacula 1.34.6
(28Jul04): 19-Jun-2006 10:39
JobId: 32414
Job:server1-data.2006-06-19_10.37.15
Backup Level: Incremental, since=2006-05-19 03:13:27
Client: server1-fd
FileSet:"Data" 2006-04-01 04:05:29
Start time: 19-Jun-2006 10:37
End time: 19-Jun-2006 10:39
FD Files Written: 0
SD Files Written: 0
FD Bytes Written: 0
SD Bytes Written: 0
Rate: 0.0 KB/s
Software Compression: None
Volume name(s):
Volume Session Id: 2
Volume Session Time:1150727403
Last Volume Bytes: 1
Non-fatal FD errors:0
SD Errors: 0
FD termination status: Error
SD termination status: Error
Termination:*** Backup Error ***
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Re: [Bacula-users] HELP - where are my jobs? - FIXED
Martin Simmons wrote: On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:40:02 -0400, Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Martin Simmons wrote: On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:27:45 -0400, Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Martin Simmons wrote: On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:30:07 -0400, Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Martin Simmons wrote: On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:43:30 -0400, Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: I have a weird problem. I'm trying to restore some files from a tape backup taken a few months ago. The problem is that the files aren't on the tape. If I use the query command in bconsole to find out which tape has the files, it says the files are on tape GKN079. If I check the "last date written" field for tape GKN079 it says Dec. 23rd 2005. I can also confirm the files I'm trying to restored when backed up on dec. 18 and dec. 20. Now when I use the bls command to list the different jobs contained on the tape, it stops at a job done on dec. 15. This is the last entry from my bls command: JobId : 9417 VerNum: 11 PoolName : BDDump PoolType : Backup JobName : VMDBDmaitre-BDDump ClientName: vmdbdmaitre-fd Job (unique name) : VMDBDmaitre-BDDump.2005-12-14_20.05.11 FileSet : BDDump-fs JobType : B JobLevel : I JobFiles : 531 JobBytes : 5,129,941,915 StartBlock: 0 EndBlock : 4,463 StartFile : 55 EndFile : 54 JobErrors : 0 JobStatus : T Date written : 15-Dec-2005 08:15 bls: Got EOF at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of Volume at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of all volumes. End of physical tape. What I'm wondering is where are the jobs that were done between dec. 15, 2005 and dec. 23, 2005? I've also used the bls command to list the files on tape and the last file on tape dates back to dec. 15. Here's how bls end after listing my files: End Session Record: VolSessionId=153 VolSessionTime=1134158972 JobId=9417 DataLen=209 bls: Got EOF at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of Volume at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of all volumes. Unknown Record: VolSessionId=0 VolSessionTime=0 JobId=0 DataLen=0 4417 files found. What does unknown record mean? Whether I look at the logs or on bconsole, no errors ever happened with the backups between dec. 15 and dec. 23. Everything indicates my backups should be on tape GKN079, but I don't see it on the tape. Is the tape dying? BTW I also tried reading the tape on a different drive, and I got the same result. I suggest you post the output of running select * from jobmedia where mediaid=xx; from the bconsole sql command, where xx is the mediaid of GKN079. Also, what is the jobid of the job you are trying to restore? __Martin The jobid of the job in question is 9580. I've attached a file that contains the output from the sql query. The problem starts from jobid 9435. Every jobs after 8435 aren't available. One thing I noticed is that there's no start or end file number 61, it skips from 60 to 62. Could this be causing the problem? Yes, possibly. I can think of three reasons why 61 could be missing now: - There was an error during that job. - There is a bug in bacula that writes junk. - It has been pruned. It is interesting that to see other gaps too, e.g. 39. From the numbering, it looks like 39 might be from job 9410. Did that job run? Yes this job ran with the termination status OK, but there was nothing to backup so it's normal there was nothing on the tape for job 9410. OK, perhaps it didn't record this in the database, though your dd output does show a single 64512 byte block at that position on the tape. Was the tape in the drive continuously for all of these jobs? If not, maybe the discontinuities occur at the point where the tape was reinserted? I'm using an Autoloader, and the tape is always in the drive. If so, how do I force bextract to skip fileid 61? Given the "Unknown Record" error, it might not be mpossible. It could be interesting to play with mt and dd to see what happens at various points on the tape. Each "file" should be readable using dd and the size should be slightly larger than reported in the job output. E.g. (parameters may need adjusting): mt rewind mt fsf 38 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 38 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 39 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 40 mt rewind mt fsf 60 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 60 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 61 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 62 __Martin Size of file 38 is 894523392 Size of file 39 is 64512 Size
Re: [Bacula-users] HELP - where are my jobs?
Martin Simmons wrote: On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:27:45 -0400, Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Martin Simmons wrote: On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:30:07 -0400, Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Martin Simmons wrote: On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:43:30 -0400, Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: I have a weird problem. I'm trying to restore some files from a tape backup taken a few months ago. The problem is that the files aren't on the tape. If I use the query command in bconsole to find out which tape has the files, it says the files are on tape GKN079. If I check the "last date written" field for tape GKN079 it says Dec. 23rd 2005. I can also confirm the files I'm trying to restored when backed up on dec. 18 and dec. 20. Now when I use the bls command to list the different jobs contained on the tape, it stops at a job done on dec. 15. This is the last entry from my bls command: JobId : 9417 VerNum: 11 PoolName : BDDump PoolType : Backup JobName : VMDBDmaitre-BDDump ClientName: vmdbdmaitre-fd Job (unique name) : VMDBDmaitre-BDDump.2005-12-14_20.05.11 FileSet : BDDump-fs JobType : B JobLevel : I JobFiles : 531 JobBytes : 5,129,941,915 StartBlock: 0 EndBlock : 4,463 StartFile : 55 EndFile : 54 JobErrors : 0 JobStatus : T Date written : 15-Dec-2005 08:15 bls: Got EOF at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of Volume at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of all volumes. End of physical tape. What I'm wondering is where are the jobs that were done between dec. 15, 2005 and dec. 23, 2005? I've also used the bls command to list the files on tape and the last file on tape dates back to dec. 15. Here's how bls end after listing my files: End Session Record: VolSessionId=153 VolSessionTime=1134158972 JobId=9417 DataLen=209 bls: Got EOF at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of Volume at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of all volumes. Unknown Record: VolSessionId=0 VolSessionTime=0 JobId=0 DataLen=0 4417 files found. What does unknown record mean? Whether I look at the logs or on bconsole, no errors ever happened with the backups between dec. 15 and dec. 23. Everything indicates my backups should be on tape GKN079, but I don't see it on the tape. Is the tape dying? BTW I also tried reading the tape on a different drive, and I got the same result. I suggest you post the output of running select * from jobmedia where mediaid=xx; from the bconsole sql command, where xx is the mediaid of GKN079. Also, what is the jobid of the job you are trying to restore? __Martin The jobid of the job in question is 9580. I've attached a file that contains the output from the sql query. The problem starts from jobid 9435. Every jobs after 8435 aren't available. One thing I noticed is that there's no start or end file number 61, it skips from 60 to 62. Could this be causing the problem? Yes, possibly. I can think of three reasons why 61 could be missing now: - There was an error during that job. - There is a bug in bacula that writes junk. - It has been pruned. It is interesting that to see other gaps too, e.g. 39. From the numbering, it looks like 39 might be from job 9410. Did that job run? Yes this job ran with the termination status OK, but there was nothing to backup so it's normal there was nothing on the tape for job 9410. OK, perhaps it didn't record this in the database, though your dd output does show a single 64512 byte block at that position on the tape. Was the tape in the drive continuously for all of these jobs? If not, maybe the discontinuities occur at the point where the tape was reinserted? I'm using an Autoloader, and the tape is always in the drive. If so, how do I force bextract to skip fileid 61? Given the "Unknown Record" error, it might not be mpossible. It could be interesting to play with mt and dd to see what happens at various points on the tape. Each "file" should be readable using dd and the size should be slightly larger than reported in the job output. E.g. (parameters may need adjusting): mt rewind mt fsf 38 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 38 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 39 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 40 mt rewind mt fsf 60 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 60 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 61 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 62 __Martin Size of file 38 is 894523392 Size of file 39 is 64512 Size of file 40 is 105348096 Size of file 60 is 423005184 Size of file 61 is 0 Size of file 62 is 350
Re: [Bacula-users] HELP - where are my jobs?
Martin Simmons wrote: On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:30:07 -0400, Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Martin Simmons wrote: On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:43:30 -0400, Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: I have a weird problem. I'm trying to restore some files from a tape backup taken a few months ago. The problem is that the files aren't on the tape. If I use the query command in bconsole to find out which tape has the files, it says the files are on tape GKN079. If I check the "last date written" field for tape GKN079 it says Dec. 23rd 2005. I can also confirm the files I'm trying to restored when backed up on dec. 18 and dec. 20. Now when I use the bls command to list the different jobs contained on the tape, it stops at a job done on dec. 15. This is the last entry from my bls command: JobId : 9417 VerNum: 11 PoolName : BDDump PoolType : Backup JobName : VMDBDmaitre-BDDump ClientName: vmdbdmaitre-fd Job (unique name) : VMDBDmaitre-BDDump.2005-12-14_20.05.11 FileSet : BDDump-fs JobType : B JobLevel : I JobFiles : 531 JobBytes : 5,129,941,915 StartBlock: 0 EndBlock : 4,463 StartFile : 55 EndFile : 54 JobErrors : 0 JobStatus : T Date written : 15-Dec-2005 08:15 bls: Got EOF at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of Volume at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of all volumes. End of physical tape. What I'm wondering is where are the jobs that were done between dec. 15, 2005 and dec. 23, 2005? I've also used the bls command to list the files on tape and the last file on tape dates back to dec. 15. Here's how bls end after listing my files: End Session Record: VolSessionId=153 VolSessionTime=1134158972 JobId=9417 DataLen=209 bls: Got EOF at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of Volume at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of all volumes. Unknown Record: VolSessionId=0 VolSessionTime=0 JobId=0 DataLen=0 4417 files found. What does unknown record mean? Whether I look at the logs or on bconsole, no errors ever happened with the backups between dec. 15 and dec. 23. Everything indicates my backups should be on tape GKN079, but I don't see it on the tape. Is the tape dying? BTW I also tried reading the tape on a different drive, and I got the same result. I suggest you post the output of running select * from jobmedia where mediaid=xx; from the bconsole sql command, where xx is the mediaid of GKN079. Also, what is the jobid of the job you are trying to restore? __Martin The jobid of the job in question is 9580. I've attached a file that contains the output from the sql query. The problem starts from jobid 9435. Every jobs after 8435 aren't available. One thing I noticed is that there's no start or end file number 61, it skips from 60 to 62. Could this be causing the problem? Yes, possibly. I can think of three reasons why 61 could be missing now: - There was an error during that job. - There is a bug in bacula that writes junk. - It has been pruned. It is interesting that to see other gaps too, e.g. 39. From the numbering, it looks like 39 might be from job 9410. Did that job run? Yes this job ran with the termination status OK, but there was nothing to backup so it's normal there was nothing on the tape for job 9410. Was the tape in the drive continuously for all of these jobs? If not, maybe the discontinuities occur at the point where the tape was reinserted? I'm using an Autoloader, and the tape is always in the drive. If so, how do I force bextract to skip fileid 61? Given the "Unknown Record" error, it might not be mpossible. It could be interesting to play with mt and dd to see what happens at various points on the tape. Each "file" should be readable using dd and the size should be slightly larger than reported in the job output. E.g. (parameters may need adjusting): mt rewind mt fsf 38 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 38 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 39 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 40 mt rewind mt fsf 60 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 60 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 61 dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=64512 | wc -c # size of file 62 __Martin Size of file 38 is 894523392 Size of file 39 is 64512 Size of file 40 is 105348096 Size of file 60 is 423005184 Size of file 61 is 0 Size of file 62 is 350106624 So what can I do now? I also checked to see file 208 to 213, since these are the files for the job I'm trying to restore. Here are their sizes: 208 -> 922005504 209 -> 36000 210 -> 36000 211 -> 36000 212 -
Re: [Bacula-users] HELP - where are my jobs?
Martin Simmons wrote: On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:43:30 -0400, Emery Guevremont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: I have a weird problem. I'm trying to restore some files from a tape backup taken a few months ago. The problem is that the files aren't on the tape. If I use the query command in bconsole to find out which tape has the files, it says the files are on tape GKN079. If I check the "last date written" field for tape GKN079 it says Dec. 23rd 2005. I can also confirm the files I'm trying to restored when backed up on dec. 18 and dec. 20. Now when I use the bls command to list the different jobs contained on the tape, it stops at a job done on dec. 15. This is the last entry from my bls command: JobId : 9417 VerNum: 11 PoolName : BDDump PoolType : Backup JobName : VMDBDmaitre-BDDump ClientName: vmdbdmaitre-fd Job (unique name) : VMDBDmaitre-BDDump.2005-12-14_20.05.11 FileSet : BDDump-fs JobType : B JobLevel : I JobFiles : 531 JobBytes : 5,129,941,915 StartBlock: 0 EndBlock : 4,463 StartFile : 55 EndFile : 54 JobErrors : 0 JobStatus : T Date written : 15-Dec-2005 08:15 bls: Got EOF at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of Volume at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of all volumes. End of physical tape. What I'm wondering is where are the jobs that were done between dec. 15, 2005 and dec. 23, 2005? I've also used the bls command to list the files on tape and the last file on tape dates back to dec. 15. Here's how bls end after listing my files: End Session Record: VolSessionId=153 VolSessionTime=1134158972 JobId=9417 DataLen=209 bls: Got EOF at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of Volume at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of all volumes. Unknown Record: VolSessionId=0 VolSessionTime=0 JobId=0 DataLen=0 4417 files found. What does unknown record mean? Whether I look at the logs or on bconsole, no errors ever happened with the backups between dec. 15 and dec. 23. Everything indicates my backups should be on tape GKN079, but I don't see it on the tape. Is the tape dying? BTW I also tried reading the tape on a different drive, and I got the same result. I suggest you post the output of running select * from jobmedia where mediaid=xx; from the bconsole sql command, where xx is the mediaid of GKN079. Also, what is the jobid of the job you are trying to restore? __Martin The jobid of the job in question is 9580. I've attached a file that contains the output from the sql query. The problem starts from jobid 9435. Every jobs after 8435 aren't available. One thing I noticed is that there's no start or end file number 61, it skips from 60 to 62. Could this be causing the problem? If so, how do I force bextract to skip fileid 61? Entering SQL query mode. Terminate each query with a semicolon. Terminate query mode with a blank line. Enter SQL query: ++---+-++---+---+-++--+--+ | JobMediaId | JobId | MediaId | FirstIndex | LastIndex | StartFile | EndFile | StartBlock | EndBlock | VolIndex | ++---+-++---+---+-++--+--+ | 37,580 | 9,411 | 84 | 1 | 538 |40 | 40 | 0 |1,632 | 22,444 | | 38,031 | 9,521 | 84 | 1 | 114 | 166 | 166 | 0 | 14,704 | 22,876 | | 38,202 | 9,548 | 84 | 1 | 274 | 184 | 184 | 0 | 822 | 23,043 | | 38,603 | 9,629 | 84 | 1 | 750 | 262 | 262 | 0 | 15,004 | 23,431 | | 38,440 | 9,598 | 84 | 1 |90 | 215 | 215 | 0 |8,702 | 23,274 | | 38,439 | 9,597 | 84 | 1 |84 | 214 | 214 | 0 |5,799 | 23,273 | | 37,458 | 9,382 | 84 | 1 | 169 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 552 | 22,326 | | 38,313 | 9,575 | 84 | 1 | 529 | 202 | 202 | 0 |2,176 | 23,150 | | 38,455 | 9,602 | 84 | 1 | 753 | 230 | 230 | 0 | 14,969 | 23,288 | | 37,454 | 9,378 | 84 | 7 | 298 | 0 | 0 | 1 |2,664 | 22,323 | | 37,455 | 9,379 | 84 | 1 |44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 253 | 22,324 | | 37,456 | 9,380 | 84 | 1 |43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 392 | 22,325 | | 37,459 | 9,382 | 84 |169 | 697 | 5 | 5
[Bacula-users] HELP - where are my jobs?
I have a weird problem. I'm trying to restore some files from a tape backup taken a few months ago. The problem is that the files aren't on the tape. If I use the query command in bconsole to find out which tape has the files, it says the files are on tape GKN079. If I check the "last date written" field for tape GKN079 it says Dec. 23rd 2005. I can also confirm the files I'm trying to restored when backed up on dec. 18 and dec. 20. Now when I use the bls command to list the different jobs contained on the tape, it stops at a job done on dec. 15. This is the last entry from my bls command: JobId : 9417 VerNum: 11 PoolName : BDDump PoolType : Backup JobName : VMDBDmaitre-BDDump ClientName: vmdbdmaitre-fd Job (unique name) : VMDBDmaitre-BDDump.2005-12-14_20.05.11 FileSet : BDDump-fs JobType : B JobLevel : I JobFiles : 531 JobBytes : 5,129,941,915 StartBlock: 0 EndBlock : 4,463 StartFile : 55 EndFile : 54 JobErrors : 0 JobStatus : T Date written : 15-Dec-2005 08:15 bls: Got EOF at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of Volume at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of all volumes. End of physical tape. What I'm wondering is where are the jobs that were done between dec. 15, 2005 and dec. 23, 2005? I've also used the bls command to list the files on tape and the last file on tape dates back to dec. 15. Here's how bls end after listing my files: End Session Record: VolSessionId=153 VolSessionTime=1134158972 JobId=9417 DataLen=209 bls: Got EOF at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of Volume at file 61 on device /dev/nst0, Volume "GKN079" bls: End of all volumes. Unknown Record: VolSessionId=0 VolSessionTime=0 JobId=0 DataLen=0 4417 files found. What does unknown record mean? Whether I look at the logs or on bconsole, no errors ever happened with the backups between dec. 15 and dec. 23. Everything indicates my backups should be on tape GKN079, but I don't see it on the tape. Is the tape dying? BTW I also tried reading the tape on a different drive, and I got the same result. begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 tel;cell:514-513-3416 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from a tape which lost its label.
How can I do that when I have to specify a Volume? Right now the tape has no labels. Phil Stracchino wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 10:05:05AM -0400, Emery Guevremont wrote: I have a tape that was used for some backups, which has lost its label. Now I'm trying to get a listing and restore the contents of this tape but not sure how to. Should I use btape to write a new label on the tape and then use bls and bextract to get a listing of the files and restore them? No. Do not write to the tape. Use bscan to determine what's on it. begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
[Bacula-users] Restore from a tape which lost its label.
I have a tape that was used for some backups, which has lost its label. Now I'm trying to get a listing and restore the contents of this tape but not sure how to. Should I use btape to write a new label on the tape and then use bls and bextract to get a listing of the files and restore them? Will using btape make the backup tape's content obsolete and unrecoverable? If none of these are possible, can I use the mt and restore utilities to do these things? BTW I'm using bacula 1.34.6, on linux with an AutoLoader equipped with a barcode reader. begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
[Bacula-users] Recreating file list with bls and bscan
I have a problem and I'm hoping you guys could help me out. I have to restore a full backup for a computer, and I'm getting a little confused as to how to restore my files. When I try to restore through the bconsole's restore command and using option 5 (Select the most recent backup for a client), I'm not getting all the files that were backed up. Here's the output: Select the Client (1-56): 45 Automatically selected FileSet: Workstation-fs ++---+--+-++---+--++ | JobId | Level | JobFiles | StartTime | VolumeName | StartFile | VolSessionId | VolSessionTime | ++---+--+-++---+--++ | 8,515 | F | 66,511 | 2005-04-10 12:12:00 | 29 | 399 | 110 | 1,112,973,247 | | 8,515 | F | 66,511 | 2005-04-10 12:12:00 | 29 | 398 | 110 | 1,112,973,247 | | 8,515 | F | 66,511 | 2005-04-10 12:12:00 | 29 | 396 | 110 | 1,112,973,247 | | 8,515 | F | 66,511 | 2005-04-10 12:12:00 | 29 | 395 | 110 | 1,112,973,247 | | 8,515 | F | 66,511 | 2005-04-10 12:12:00 | 29 | 397 | 110 | 1,112,973,247 | | 10,176 | D | 143 | 2005-05-08 08:29:23 | 31 | 272 | 584 | 1,114,720,270 | | 10,318 | I |4 | 2005-05-10 21:33:50 | 31 | 363 | 702 | 1,114,720,270 | | 10,375 | I | 10 | 2005-05-11 21:37:41 | 31 | 407 | 759 | 1,114,720,270 | | 10,432 | I |0 | 2005-05-12 21:32:27 | 31 | 450 | 816 | 1,114,720,270 | | 11,460 | I |4 | 2005-05-30 22:36:17 | 32 | 176 |1,844 | 1,114,720,270 | | 11,579 | I |3 | 2005-06-01 21:55:19 | 32 | 223 | 31 | 1,117,640,674 | | 11,636 | I | 14 | 2005-06-02 21:48:24 | 32 | 268 | 88 | 1,117,640,674 | | 11,694 | I |3 | 2005-06-03 21:51:26 | 32 | 305 | 146 | 1,117,640,674 | | 11,922 | I |1,732 | 2005-06-07 22:01:10 | 32 | 428 | 327 | 1,117,640,674 | | 11,979 | I |0 | 2005-06-08 21:26:43 | 32 | 468 | 384 | 1,117,640,674 | | 12,036 | I |1 | 2005-06-09 21:43:08 | 32 | 512 | 441 | 1,117,640,674 | ++---+--+-++---+--++ You have selected the following JobIds: 8515,10176,10318,10375,10432,11460,11579,11636,11694,11922,11979,12036 Building directory tree for JobId 8515 ... Building directory tree for JobId 10176 ... Building directory tree for JobId 10318 ... Building directory tree for JobId 10375 ... Building directory tree for JobId 10432 ... Building directory tree for JobId 11460 ... Building directory tree for JobId 11579 ... Building directory tree for JobId 11636 ... Building directory tree for JobId 11694 ... Building directory tree for JobId 11922 ... Building directory tree for JobId 11979 ... Building directory tree for JobId 12036 ... 12 Jobs inserted into the tree. Now the strange thing is that, when I mark all the files and folder for restore, only tapes 31 and 32 are needed. And when the restore completes a whole lot of files are still missing. I don't understand why jobid 8515 on tape 29 (which is last full backup) isn't included in the restore. I later executed this command in bconsole: list files jobid=8515 and got this: No results to list. +---+-+-+--+---+--+---+---+ | JobId | Name| StartTime | Type | Level | JobFiles | JobBytes | JobStatus | +---+-+-+--+---+--+---+---+ | 8,515 | Prog156 | 2005-04-10 12:12:00 | B| F | 66,511 | 3,939,909,248 | T | +---+-+-+--+---+--+---+---+ Surprisingly, no files are given, just a summary. Yet if I do the same command for jobid 8514 and 8516, I get a list of file. Why aren't there any files for jobid 8515. And how can I use bscan to update the catalog for jobid 8515 without having to scan the whole tape? I have a bootstrape file, how can I use this to either update the catalog or restore the files quickly? begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: [Bacula-users] RunBeforeJob RunAfterJob
I believe there's a similar option named, ClientRunBeforeJob and ClientRunAfterJob. It should be in the user manual. le dahut wrote: I want to stop some services before launching the backup, how can I make RunBeforeJob and RunafterJob run on the client (not on the director) ? --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: [Bacula-users] is there any hope?
A couple of things you can do. Retrieve the bootstrape file and use bextract to retrieve your files. I believe you can also retrieve your files without a bootstrape, but the process of scanning the tape is very long. Raymond Norton wrote: I set up bacula on a server to back up on to tape for a friend of mine. That server has crashed and taken all bacula info with it. Is there any way to retrieve what is on the tape without the original catalog and database files? Raymond --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info, new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: [Bacula-users] Initiating a backup from a windows client
Over here, we had someone program a web interface to view daily reports
of what was backed up. It's nothing great but it's a starting point.
Anyhow, I just started up a project on sourceforge and I'm waiting for
approval. So in a couple of days we should all be able to view and
download the code.
Rick Meyer wrote:
I say your shell stuff is worth working on.
I would like to be able to initiate this from a webpage on the Linux server
from a Windows client.
I would also like to be able to browse backed-up files from a webpage on the
Linux host (files are stored on disk - ie not tape) then select a job to
restore back to the windows client.
So if this is worth something to other out there I'll do the webpage
interface, if someone can figure out how to execute the proper console
@commands to restore the files to the windows client, or perhaps there is
another way.
Rick Meyer
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Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Initiating a backup from a windows client
Here is the script I use to kick of backups of not-always-there
machines. It's a little hacky, but does the job for me.
Some assumptions:
The client foo is the bacula file demon foo-fd
You want to run Differential backups of foo every day it is
actually available to be backed up.
You have a job which is sheduled never to run automatically which
when run by this script will do today's backup. For stupid shell
reasons it is important that the job name not contain spaces. In
the example below, FooJob.
The bacula console config on host bachost is
/usr/local/etc/bacula-bachost.conf
I have been thinking of extending this to be able to run a full backup
every month or similar, if anyone actually thinks this is interesting
enough to be worth working on I'll give it a go.
I run this every hour from root's crontab on the bacula director's
machine as follows.
bacula_backup_if_ready bachost foo-fd 1 FooJob
Meaning `talk to the bacula console on bachost and if foo has not been
backed up for at least 1 day, and it is up and available, back it up
by running FooJob.
I have only run this on FreeBSD, so there could be minor issues with
where things are related on other systems.
--- 8< --- 8< --- CUT HERE for bacula_backup_if_ready --- 8< --- 8< ---
#!/bin/sh
if [ $# -lt 3 ]
then
echo "Use: $0 HOST CLIENT DAYS" JOB1 JOB2...
exit 1
fi
# set -x
host=${1-`hostname`}
host=`expr "$host" : '^\([^.]*\).*'`
exec > /var/log/bacula_oportunistic-$host 2>&1
conf=/usr/local/etc/bacula-$host.conf
client="$2"
days="$3"
shift 3
client_host=`expr "$client" : '\(.*\)-fd'`
# Shell function which runs a command via the
# bacula console.
bacula_command()
{
t="$1"
c="$2"
shift 2
{ echo "$c"; for a in "$@" ; do echo "$a"; done; } |
/usr/local/sbin/console -c "$conf"&
bacula_pid=$!
(sleep $t; kill $bacula_pid 2>/dev/null >&2)&
wait $bacula_pid
}
# Check timestamp to see if we are due a backup.
[ -d /var/bacula_timestamps ] || mkdir /var/bacula_timestamps
timestamp=`find /var/bacula_timestamps -name $client -mtime -$days`
echo timestamp=$timestamp
if [ -z "$timestamp" ]
then
if /sbin/ping -c 1 $client_host && bacula_command 10 "status
client=$client"
then
for job in "$@"
do
if bacula_command 10 "run \"$job\"" "mod" "1" "4"
"yes"
then
echo -n > /var/bacula_timestamps/$client
fi
done
fi
fi
--- 8< --- 8< --- bacula_backup_if_ready end --- 8< --- 8< ---
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(O O)
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Re: [Bacula-users] bsmtp
Can you send us your Messages ressource from your bacula-dir file. On the line mailcommand, there's an option (-h) you can use to specify the hostname of you mail server. An alternate way of doing this, is by leaving your mailcommand with the host localhost and editing your submit.cf or sendmail.cf (depending on your distro) file so that it uses your exchange server's address to submit mail instead of the default localhost. Jeffrey N. Miller wrote: What is a hard and fast way to get this to work. No success. I'm trying to send to my mailhost which is an Exchange server. Any ideas. I have sendmail running on my Bacula box. begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
[Bacula-users] bconsole for windows.
Is there a way to compile bconsole for windows? Or even better, is there a bconsole binary for windows that can be downloaded? begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: [Bacula-users] Initiating a backup from a windows client
I'm using bacula 1.34.6 and I haven't seen any wx-console app for windows. Ludovic Strappazon wrote: Hi Emery, Did you think about using a restricted bconsole or wx-console on the client ? You can adjust the rights so that any user can only use the run command for his own laptop and has nothing else to do than typing "run" and "yes". http://bacula.org/rel-manual/Console_Resource.html Best regards, Ludovic Strappazon. Emery Guevremont wrote: I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or experience in setting up a script and/or batch file that a windows user could execute in order to start a backup of their laptop. The problem I'm faced with is that I have windows users with laptops, which are constantly connecting/disconnecting from the network and they need to backup sensitive data to our backup system. So far I was thinking of using putty to connect to the bacula director and execute a bash script which would start a backup by feeding commands to the bconsole. Any of you have advice or experience with doing something like this? My goal is to keep this as simple as possible for the user. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 07/04/2005 begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
[Bacula-users] Initiating a backup from a windows client
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or experience in setting up a script and/or batch file that a windows user could execute in order to start a backup of their laptop. The problem I'm faced with is that I have windows users with laptops, which are constantly connecting/disconnecting from the network and they need to backup sensitive data to our backup system. So far I was thinking of using putty to connect to the bacula director and execute a bash script which would start a backup by feeding commands to the bconsole. Any of you have advice or experience with doing something like this? My goal is to keep this as simple as possible for the user. begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Emery Gu=C3=A9vremont n;quoted-printable:Gu=C3=A9vremont;Emery org:Croesus Finansoft adr:;;2 Place laval, Suite 510;Laval;PQ;H7N 5N6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title;quoted-printable:Administrateur des syst=C3=A8mes tel;work:450-662-6101 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
