[Bacula-users] Fwd: storage daemon resets connections....
(by accident, i have originally sent this email from the wrong account; i want to apologize beforehand, if it gets through 2 times) hi all. i added a new host to my bacula backup setup, but unfortunately the backup fails, because the storage daemon resets the connection, after some time (that is: after >20min have elapsed and >4GB have been written) unfortunately i don't know _why_ the connection is reset. the 2 messages i get are "Error reading data header from FD. ERR=No data available" and "Packet size too big". a quick google for the 1st error revealed zero results. however the "packet size too big" error can be found in the bacula FAQ: http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Bacula_Freque_Asked_Questi.html#SECTION003733 however, the described problem-sources do not seem to apply to my setup: - no other application is using the port (else i wouldn't be able to establish _any_ connection, would i?) - i am not using a w32 client, but bacula 2.0.2-1 on debian/linux furthermore: i haven't (yet) found anything indicating an error in the logs of the involved hosts (e.g. no disk failures,...) my setup: - file-daemon: debian/sarge with bacula-2.0.2-1 CPU: AMD XP1900+ memory: 1GB the disk on this machine is NOT super fast - storage-daemon=director: debian/etch with bacula-2.0.2-1 CPU: 4*Intel Xeon 2.0GHz memory: 1GB - storage-backend: Quantum SuperLoader3 equipped with 15 DLT-S4 tapes - connection: 100MBit i noticed that in the sd-configuration, the "Spool Directory" pointed to a non-existant directory. another host in the same bacula setup does a weekly differential backup with >60GB (this is the size of the backup, not of the data to be backuped) and does not have any problems) any ideas what could be the source of my problem? any way to fix it? mfgasd.r IOhannes PS: this is an excerpt of the error-report: 01-Oct 10:02 backup-sd: Ready to append to end of Volume "AAB129S4" at file=7. 01-Oct 10:26 backup-sd: zope.2007-10-01_09.58.21 Fatal error: append.c:158 Error reading data header from FD. ERR=No data available 01-Oct 10:26 backup-sd: Job write elapsed time = 00:24:05, Transfer rate = 3.201 M bytes/second 01-Oct 10:26 backup-sd: zope.2007-10-01_09.58.21 Fatal error: bnet.c:241 Packet size too big from "client:192.168.7.5:36643. Terminating connection. 01-Oct 10:26 zope-fd: zope.2007-10-01_09.58.21 Fatal error: backup.c:860 Network send error to SD. ERR=Die Verbindung wurde vom Kommunikationspartner zurückgesetzt 01-Oct 10:26 backup-dir: zope.2007-10-01_09.58.21 Error: Bacula 2.0.2 (28Jan07): 01-Oct-2007 10:26:32 JobId: 318 Job:zope.2007-10-01_09.58.21 Backup Level: Full (upgraded from Incremental) Client: "zope-fd" 2.0.2 (28Jan07) i386-pc-linux-gnu,debian,3.1 FileSet:"FullLinux" 2007-05-04 10:07:19 Pool: "FullPool" (From Job FullPool override) Storage:"SuperLoader" (From Job resource) Scheduled time: 01-Oct-2007 09:58:18 Start time: 01-Oct-2007 09:58:24 End time: 01-Oct-2007 10:26:32 Elapsed time: 28 mins 8 secs Priority: 10 FD Files Written: 74,886 SD Files Written: 74,886 FD Bytes Written: 4,616,552,688 (4.616 GB) SD Bytes Written: 4,625,674,952 (4.625 GB) Rate: 2734.9 KB/s Software Compression: None VSS:no Encryption: no Volume name(s): AAB129S4 Volume Session Id: 33 Volume Session Time:1190215557 Last Volume Bytes: 11,307,405,312 (11.30 GB) Non-fatal FD errors:0 SD Errors: 0 FD termination status: Error SD termination status: Error Termination:*** Backup Error *** -- IEM - network operation center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] howt to split the bacula-dir.conf
hi
Michal Medvecký wrote:
> luyigui loholhlki napsal(a):
>> hi
>> i want to split the bacula-dir.conf file to different files (one file
>> by client)
>> is that realizable if yes : how??
>> thanks in advance
>>
>>
> @ stands for include
>
> example:
>
> @/etc/bacula/hosts/test.host
>
i have a similar problem (so i hijack this thread)...
i have a general FileSet resource which i use for all my clients.
however, i want to adjust some client specific excludes on a per-host basis.
currently i do something like
# List of files to be backed up
FileSet {
Name = "FullFileSet"
Include {
Options {
fstype=ext2,jfs,ntfs,reiserfs,xfs
onefs=no
signature = MD5
wilddir="*/tmp"
exclude = yes
}
File = /
}
Exclude {
File = "\\
this works ok, the "File" directive is fed by the file on the
client-machine.
however, i would prefer to have all these files on the director host,
and include them based on the job running.
something like:
File = "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: storage daemon resets connections....
IEM - network operating center (IOhannes m zmoelnig) wrote: > hi all. > > i added a new host to my bacula backup setup, but unfortunately the > backup fails, because the storage daemon resets the connection, after > some time (that is: after >20min have elapsed and >4GB have been written) > > unfortunately i don't know _why_ the connection is reset. the 2 messages > i get are "Error reading data header from FD. ERR=No data available" and > "Packet size too big". an upgrade to 2.2.4 seems to have fixed this. fmads.r IOhannes -- IEM - network operation center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] understanding "status" of serveral daemons.
hi. i am currently having trouble to understand why different daemons (fd, sd, dir) show different statuses. my "problem": why does a job that runs on all daemons (dir, sd, fd) do not show up in the "status" listings of these daemons? i haven't found much in-depth information in the docs, probably i was looking in the wrong places... my setup: 1 director 1 storage daemon several file daemons director and SD are running on the same machine; the SQL backend is postgresql-8.1 all machines have recently been upgraded from 2.0.2 to 2.2.4, and are running debian (mostly sarge) that's what i get when i do a "status dir ":: Terminated Jobs: JobId LevelFiles Bytes Status FinishedName 324 Incr 136.790 M OK 02-Oct-07 03:06 client1 325 Full298,323392.4 G OK 02-Oct-07 23:13 client2 326 Incr 4,118218.9 M OK 03-Oct-07 00:15 client3_0 327 Incr18626.89 M OK 03-Oct-07 03:05 client3_1 328 Incr301117.1 M OK 03-Oct-07 03:06 client4 329 Incr 399.478 M OK 03-Oct-07 03:06 client1 330 Incr 2,365134.6 M OK 04-Oct-07 00:11 client3_0 331 Incr 4731.37 M OK 04-Oct-07 03:05 client3_1 332 Incr17011.31 M OK 04-Oct-07 03:06 client4 333 Incr 3220.62 M OK 04-Oct-07 03:06 client1 that's what i get when i do a "status storage":: Terminated Jobs: JobId LevelFiles Bytes Status FinishedName === 309 Incr 3,159162.3 M OK 29-Sep-07 00:11 client3_0 310 Incr 3122.05 M OK 29-Sep-07 03:05 client3_1 311 Incr17763.22 M OK 29-Sep-07 03:06 client4 312 Diff160,89660.45 G OK 30-Sep-07 01:53 client3_0 313 Diff 2,924201.5 M OK 30-Sep-07 03:05 client3_1 314 Diff852127.4 M OK 30-Sep-07 03:06 client4 315 Incr86624.39 M OK 01-Oct-07 00:15 client3_0 316 Incr 3322.73 M OK 01-Oct-07 03:05 client3_1 317 Incr14362.49 M OK 01-Oct-07 03:05 client4 318 Full 74,8864.625 G Error01-Oct-07 10:26 client1 and that's what i get when i do a "status client=client1-fd":: Terminated Jobs: JobId LevelFiles Bytes Status FinishedName == 318 Full 74,8864.616 G Error01-Okt-07 10:26 client1 320 Full 79,02816.16 G OK 01-Okt-07 16:34 client1 324 Incr 136.790 M OK 02-Okt-07 03:06 client1 329 Incr 399.478 M OK 03-Okt-07 03:06 client1 333 Incr 3220.62 M OK 04-Okt-07 03:06 client1 334 Incr 2917.59 M OK 04-Okt-07 13:06 client1 340 Incr 95.811 M OK 05-Okt-07 03:07 client1 346 Incr 3224.97 M OK 06-Okt-07 03:07 client1 mfds. IOhannes m zmölnig -- IEM - network operation center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] understanding "status" of serveral daemons.
hi mysteriously the list of terminated jobs have been synched during the backup cycle last night. so i am happy again :-) Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > You're looking at the state of terminated jobs. If the daemon in > question didn't save its state information before shutdown or restart, > that information will not be updated. thanks for your answer. however i am not aware of any shutdown/restarts or crashes of the daemons. > Actually, I don't think this "terminated jobs" listing is useful > except in situations where you have more than one DIR, as more > detailed and *by definition* complete and correct information is > available in the catalog. i see. i was under the wrong impression that the "state" command would actually query the catalog and be therefore complete by definition too. mgs.dft IOhannes -- IEM - network operation center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] differential backups with xfs/x86-64?
(sorry if this comes thru as a dupe; i first sent this mail from an
unsubscribed account)
hi all,
i have a problem with bacula and incremental/differential backups
from an XFS filesystem.
to put it simple: bacula always creates full backups.
the long story:
we deployed bacula to backup our users' directory a while ago (that was
bacula-2.2.4 or so) and had good success so far (thanks, btw)
back then, the homedirectory on the fileserver (running debian/i386 with
bacula-fd) was a 2TB partition using ext3.
the backupserver (running debian/i386 with bacula-dir (postgresql) and
bacula-sd) stores all data on an DLT-S4 autochanger with a capacity of 12TB.
incremental backups of the user' homedirectories typically took less
than 30GB each day.
unfortunately our users filled up the homedirectory, so we decided to
upgrade the fileserver, and it now has a capacity of 20TB. since there
are no ext4 userland tools to handle such a capacity, we are now using
xfs as the filesystem. the fileserver is now also running an x86_64
system (still debian).
the new fileserver runs bacula-5.0.2 (as packaged for debian), so we had
to upgrade the backup-server from the originally used bacula-2.4.4 to
bacula-5.0.2; the upgrade had some problems (regarding the postgresql db
update), but it seems to have succeeded.
at least all the other servers that are being backed up, are doing fine.
these servers are running bacula-2.4.4 and bacula-2.2.8
unfortunately, the backup of the new fileserver makes problems:
there are 2 jobs for this server, one doing a system backup, and the
other one doing the backup of the users' homes.
the system backup seems to work fine, but the homes fail to do
incremental backups.
after an initial full backup started last wednesday (which consumed
1.33TB), an incremental backup was started on friday (which also
consumed 1.33TB, and is virtually identical to the full backup just
made); another incremental backup just started and has currently
consumed 280GB, indicating that it is running yet _another_ backup of
the entire fileset.
i wonder what went wrong?
i suspect that the problem is related to the use of XFS and/or to the
fileserver now being 64bit.
below you can find some technical info.
any help is appreciated.
esp. since i simply cannot afford to spend a DLT tape each day
mfgasdr
IOhannes
bacula specific information
===
according to [2] i collected the directoris configuration and the output
of "list jobs" and "llist" for the Full-job and the Incr-job (that
wrongly did a full backup again). find them in the attached tgz.
operating systems
=
backupserver$ uname -a
Linux backup.server 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Thu Nov 3 04:23:54 UTC 2011 i686
GNU/Linux
fileserver$ uname -a
Linux file.server 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 3 03:41:26 UTC 2011
x86_64 GNU/Linux
inode size
=-
i compiled the following little program as found on [1] on both my
backupserver and my fileserver:
#include
#include
int main(void) {
struct stat s;
printf("Size of inode is %d bytes\n\n", sizeof(s.st_ino));
return 0;
}
results:
fileserver : Size of inode is 8 bytes
backupserver: Size of inode is 4 bytes
XFS on the fileserver
=
root@fileserver# xfs_info /dev/vda
meta-data=/dev/vda isize=256agcount=20, agsize=268435455 blks
= sectsz=512 attr=2
data = bsize=4096 blocks=511991, imaxpct=5
= sunit=0 swidth=0 blks
naming =version 2bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0
log =internal bsize=4096 blocks=521728, version=2
= sectsz=512 sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0
links
=
[1]
http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing-lists-3/bacula-25/bacula-xfs-and-inode64-98549/
[2]
http://www.bacula.org/5.2.x-manuals/en/problems/problems/Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION00228
bacula-info.tgz
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Re: [Bacula-users] differential backups with xfs/x86-64?
On 2012-01-10 14:19, Bruno Friedmann wrote: >> > > First of all, I'm using also xfs on data source and/or backup media. > There's no special trouble on them to get incremental/differential backup. thanks for your detailed answer. i'm glad to hear that no troubles are to be expected in general. so not all is lost... > What I suspect could be : an antivirus or any other scripts running on the > xfs partition that change attribute or acl on files good guess but unfortunately unlikely...or rather: the only script that _is_ run and might update attributes is "mlocate.update" > It will be better for you have 5.0.3 or wait until 5.2.4 release version. if i knew this would help, it might be an option. until i know the cause of the problem, i'd rather stick with stock debian packages (even if it means slightly outdated packages). i'm aware that this is usually not what people want to hear on application specific mailinglists, where a lot of work is put into making the latest release as stable and bug-free as possible :-) > > Check also the parameter used for your incremental (did you use Accurate > Backup?) i might have to re-read the manual to understand what you mean by "Accurate Backup". obviously i have read the manual to configure bacula correctly for my needs back-then (using an old version of bacula & OS and a different filesystem). since truths keep shifting, i might have to refresh my knowledge... > If the filesystem xfs is not mounted with the noatime option, check to have > noatime option in the bacula job. > so it will not change each file during the full backup, then creating a new > fool backup for the incremental. that is a very good point. # cat /proc/mounts /dev/vda /Net/data xfs rw,relatime,attr2,nobarrier,noquota 0 0 so the xfs-attribute "noatime" is not set (thought "relatime" is). and the the bacula fileset misses the "noatime=yes" as well. i will add "noatime=yes" to the fileset and see whether this helps mfgasdr IOhannes -- IEM - network operation center mailto:n...@iem.at -- Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] differential backups with xfs/x86-64?
On 2012-01-11 12:10, Martin Simmons wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:02:00 +0100, "IEM said:
>>
>> On 2012-01-10 14:19, Bruno Friedmann wrote:
>>>
>>> If the filesystem xfs is not mounted with the noatime option, check to have
>>> noatime option in the bacula job.
>>> so it will not change each file during the full backup, then creating a new
>>> fool backup for the incremental.
>>
>> that is a very good point.
>> # cat /proc/mounts
>> /dev/vda /Net/data xfs rw,relatime,attr2,nobarrier,noquota 0 0
>>
>> so the xfs-attribute "noatime" is not set (thought "relatime" is).
>> and the the bacula fileset misses the "noatime=yes" as well.
>>
>> i will add "noatime=yes" to the fileset and see whether this helps
>
> This should make no difference -- incremental backup is based on ctime and
> mtime, not atime.
darn.
>
> Please post your fileset definition.
i already included it in the director configuration.
anyhow, here it is again:
FileSet {
Name = "_Net_data"
Include {
Options {
signature = MD5
wildfile="*.o"
wildfile="*.pd_linux_o"
wildfile="*~"
wilddir="*/tmp"
wilddir="*/temp"
wilddir="*/Temp"
wilddir="*/TEMP"
wilddir="*/.svn"
wilddir="*/.imap"
wilddir="*/Maildir/.SPAM*"
wilddir="*/Trash"
wilddir="*/.Trash"
wilddir="*/RECYCLER"
wilddir="*/Temporary Internet Files"
wilddir="*/.DS_Store"
wilddir="*/.AppleDouble"
exclude="yes"
}
File = /Net/data
}
Exclude {
File = /Net/data/Benutzer.rsync
}
}
>
> Also, what is the output of
>
> stat /path/to/some/file
>
> where /path/to/some/file is a file that you didn't expect to see in the
> incremental backup?
# stat /Net/data/Sound/ablinger/Altar/05KStudie2.wav
File: `/Net/data/Sound/ablinger/Altar/05KStudie2.wav'
Size: 53315180Blocks: 104136 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: fe00h/65024dInode: 4133733 Links: 1
Access: (0744/-rwxr--r--) Uid: (10144/ablinger) Gid: ( 100/ users)
Access: 2012-01-11 00:35:17.963002882 +0100
Modify: 2003-12-09 14:12:50.0 +0100
Change: 2011-10-04 21:35:44.745746088 +0200
so the times seem to be fine (the ctime is when i copied the old files
to the new fileserver)
alas.
btw, is there a way to "estimate" the next backup?
"estimate" seems to only estimate the fileset (that is: the "full" set)
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Re: [Bacula-users] differential backups with xfs/x86-64?
On 2012-01-11 19:45, Radosław Korzeniewski wrote: > > Did you try a level option of estimate command? > > * estimate job="MyJob" level=Incremental doh! that indeed works, thanks a lot. i couldn't find the option with "help" in bconsole/bat novertheless, it's in the online manual and i seem to have missed it... fgmasdr IOhannes -- IEM - network operation center mailto:n...@iem.at -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] differential backups with xfs/x86-64?
On 2012-01-12 17:32, Martin Simmons wrote: >> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:12:56 +0100, "IEM said: >> > >> # stat /Net/data/Sound/ablinger/Altar/05KStudie2.wav >> File: `/Net/data/Sound/ablinger/Altar/05KStudie2.wav' >> Size: 53315180Blocks: 104136 IO Block: 4096 regular file >> Device: fe00h/65024dInode: 4133733 Links: 1 >> Access: (0744/-rwxr--r--) Uid: (10144/ablinger) Gid: ( 100/ users) >> Access: 2012-01-11 00:35:17.963002882 +0100 >> Modify: 2003-12-09 14:12:50.0 +0100 >> Change: 2011-10-04 21:35:44.745746088 +0200 >> >> so the times seem to be fine (the ctime is when i copied the old files >> to the new fileserver) > > That is very strange, because the Modify and Change times are both old. > Without accurate backup, that is all that Bacula uses to detect changed files. it seems that problem solved itself (well, i certainly didn't)... after i found out how to do a job estimation for an incremental backup and that estimation appeared to be sane, i re-run the job and since then the backup volume is as expected (1.1GB rather than 1.3TB). my fileset now includes the "noatime = yes" directive, since i don't see how this could do any harm and mayne (just maybe) it did indeed fix the problem. thanks for your support. fgmasdr IOhannes -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] spurious tracebacks
hi all i am currently running bacula-2.1.5 on my backup-server (and 2.1.4 on the clients), on debian/etch (using the debian-packages from packman) every now and then (the last one was today; then 1 month before; then 10 days before that,...) i get traceback emails from my backup-server, each for all of the 3 daemons (dir, file, storage) running there. the emails are pretty non-descriptive, a la: Subject: Bacula GDB traceback of bacula-sd (no debugging symbols found) Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". ptrace: Operation not permitted. /var/lib/bacula/6067: No such file or directory. the emails usually are sent when nothing interesting is happening (my backups are all finished at night; the emails are sent somewhen during the day). however, receiving tracebacks gives me an uneasy feeling. any idea why they might occur? (ok, my information i give here is rather sparse, so i should ask: how should i investigate why they occur?) any hints? fgmasdr IOhannes -- IEM - network operation center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] spurious tracebacks
IEM - network operating center (IOhannes m zmoelnig) wrote: > hi all > > > i am currently running bacula-2.1.5 on my backup-server (and 2.1.4 on > the clients), on debian/etch (using the debian-packages from packman) oops, this should read: 2.2.5 (and 2.2.4 resp.) mfga.sr IOhannes -- IEM - network operation center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] spurious tracebacks
Brian A Seklecki (Mobile) wrote: >> every now and then (the last one was today; then 1 month before; then 10 >> days before that,...) i get traceback emails from my backup-server, each >> for all of the 3 daemons (dir, file, storage) running there. > > *) Run the SD in foreground mode with debug level setup i will try that. > *) Run the SD in ktrace/ptrace i rty to avoid this as long as possible: i don't feel (yet) like running SD in ptrace for an entire month to see something in the end. > Is something possibly sending the process a signal? A log rotation > script etc? i was thinking along these lines too. but then the event happens at indetermined times (at least for me:-)), so it shouldn't be related to a cron-job (there are no cron-entries regarding bacula that i would have found; nor do the exact time when such an event occurs relate to anything found in the cron-settings) logrotate is in operation and it is running a monthly rotation which does not correspond to the tracebacks. anyhow, thanks for the suggestions. fdamrd IOhannes -- IEM - network operation center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] spurious tracebacks
IEM - network operating center (IOhannes m zmoelnig) wrote: > hi all > > > the emails usually are sent when nothing interesting is happening (my > backups are all finished at night; the emails are sent somewhen during > the day). > > however, receiving tracebacks gives me an uneasy feeling. > > any idea why they might occur? (ok, my information i give here is rather > sparse, so i should ask: how should i investigate why they occur?) seems i forgot something crucial (at least i think it is important): all 3 affected daemons are running after that. most likely they are not the same processes (PID) before the tracebacks, but bacula is doing backups before and after the tracebacks occured (and no backups are scheduled at the moment the traceback occurs). fma.dsr IOhannes -- IEM - network operation center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] [SOLVED] Re: spurious tracebacks
IEM - network operating center (IOhannes m zmoelnig) wrote: > IEM - network operating center (IOhannes m zmoelnig) wrote: >> hi all >> >> >> the emails usually are sent when nothing interesting is happening (my >> backups are all finished at night; the emails are sent somewhen during >> the day). >> >> however, receiving tracebacks gives me an uneasy feeling. >> >> any idea why they might occur? (ok, my information i give here is rather >> sparse, so i should ask: how should i investigate why they occur?) > > seems i forgot something crucial (at least i think it is important): > > all 3 affected daemons are running after that. > most likely they are not the same processes (PID) before the tracebacks, > but bacula is doing backups before and after the tracebacks occured > (and no backups are scheduled at the moment the traceback occurs). > it turned out to be rather simple: after a good look at the headers of the traceback-emails, i noticed that they have not at all been sent from my backup machine, but from the machine where i did my initial tests (before deploying bacula). so the tracebacks where totally unrelated to my running backup-system, and instead might be related to my everyday updating and fuzzing around on the test machine... sorry for the noise fasd.r IOhannes -- IEM - network operation center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] appending to a "full" tape?
hi all.
i'm running bacula 2.4.4 in a debian/etch environment (i know that it is
a bit outdated; but there is even one debian/sarge host that i cannot
really update...)
bacula is doing a nightly backup ("full" every 3 months or so, "diff"
every week, and "incr" every night) onto an autochanger (Quantum
SuperLoader3, btw)
due to some scsi resets, 2 of my daily pool tapes have been flagged as
"Full" even though they are virtually empty (e.g. 4% fill state).
my tape pool has settled nicely, to use (almost) all tapes in the
changer, and having to add a new tape just because two empty tapes are
flagged as "full" seems to be a waste of ressources.
since the tape in question are part of the "incremental" strategy, i'd
rather not "purge" them.
is there a way to manually force a tape to be "appendable" again?
in "bat" i see that i could change the volum status to anything, even
"Append", but i want to make sure that this is a good idea.
thanks in advance.
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