[Bacula-users] baculum 11

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi all,

I am planning to install baculum 11.x on Ubuntu 22.04.
Which of the deb packages from the download link below can be used for the same 
?

https://bacula.org/downloads/baculum/stable-11/debian/pool/main/b/baculum/

Or, or Ubuntu I need to comile from the source code?

Thanks
Yateen
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Re: [Bacula-users] Running backup job without file records in catalog

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Thanks Radoslaw for this input.

Well , I am not an expert on PostgreSQL fine tuning, will look in to that if 
you can provide some high level  hints.

-Yateen

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Hello,

śr., 4 paź 2023 o 14:29 Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) 
mailto:yateen.shaligram_bha...@nokia.com>> 
napisał(a):
We don’t need the File Records in backup because :


  1.  Each of our production servers (hundreds of them) being backed up, has 
number of files in the range of hundred-thousands.
  2.  With Catalog Files = Yes (default), the database (PostGreSQL)  hogs the 
CPUs on the host, with say 100 concurrent weekly Full backup jobs, putting a 
lot of stress  on the server.

My catalog handles 81M files on very ancient hardware and it is far below any 
stress on the server. I tuned my PostgreSQL instance, so it performs smoothly 
(even on spinning disks).

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Re: [Bacula-users] Running backup job without file records in catalog

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

We don't need the File Records in backup because :


  1.  Each of our production servers (hundreds of them) being backed up, has 
number of files in the range of hundred-thousands.
  2.  With Catalog Files = Yes (default), the database (PostGreSQL)  hogs the 
CPUs on the host, with say 100 concurrent weekly Full backup jobs, putting a 
lot of stress  on the server.
  3.  Last but not the least, there is hardly a need to precisely locate a 
single file during restoration. The restore is always in bulk at top dir level.


With Catalog Files = No (in pool resource def) , we have already seen a big 
performance enhancement on  the DB server.
Bu there is a flip side, Virtual Full backup can no longer be achieved.

-Yateen S Bhagat





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On Thu, Sep 28, 2023, at 6:17 AM, Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) wrote:

Hi All,



I would like to know if we can define a backup job (real or virtual) that DOES 
NOT put the file records in the catalog at all.



Why?

Whenever an unusual question arises, it helps to explain the background, the 
goal, the objective, etc.

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Re: [Bacula-users] Running backup job without file records in catalog

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi all,

I found an answer to this issue, Ana Emília M. Arruda had already replied to 
this question back in Jan 2023, I had missed that email earlier.

The trick is to have "Catalog Files = No" in client config file.

However I notice that with this setting, the Virtual Full backup can not 
happen, due to file records missing.

Thanks

Yateen S Bhagat
From: Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) 
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Hi All,

I would like to know if we can define a backup job (real or virtual) that DOES 
NOT put the file records in the catalog at all.

Thanks,

Yateen Bhagat


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[Bacula-users] Running backup job without file records in catalog

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi All,

I would like to know if we can define a backup job (real or virtual) that DOES 
NOT put the file records in the catalog at all.

Thanks,

Yateen Bhagat


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[Bacula-users] bconsole restore command with regex

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi all,

We are using Bacula 9.4

I need to use the bconsole restore command in a shell script; on a job that has 
all it's file records pruned.

So can I execute restore command with regex so as to pick only the specified 
dirs for restoration.

If yes, what could be the command syntax ?

Thanks
Yateen Bhagat

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Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 13.0.x compatibility with 9.4 FD

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Thank you Rob …

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This information is in the release notes. :)

https://www.bacula.org/bacula-release-13-0-3/

"Compatibility:
As always, both the Director and Storage daemon(s) must be upgraded at
the same time. Any File daemon running on the same machine as a Director
or Storage daemon must be of the same version.

Older File Daemons should be compatible with the 13.0 Director and Storage
daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File Daemons."
Robert Gerber
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On Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 6:28 AM Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) 
mailto:yateen.shaligram_bha...@nokia.com>> 
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Hi all,

Can someone tell if Bacula 13.0.3 Dir & SD are compatible to Bacula 9.4 FD.

Could not get this info  from the the documentation.

Thanks
Yateen Bhagat
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[Bacula-users] Bacula 13.0.x compatibility with 9.4 FD

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi all,

Can someone tell if Bacula 13.0.3 Dir & SD are compatible to Bacula 9.4 FD.

Could not get this info  from the the documentation.

Thanks
Yateen Bhagat
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[Bacula-users] Delete files from catalog & volume

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi all,

We are using Bacula 9.4.4. with disk based backup.

We have some old archive backups with huge disk consumption.

Now that we are facing disk space issue, we started analyzing the disk space 
consumed by the volumes of the archive backups and realized that some unwanted 
files (such as core dump) were also backed up inadvertently.

The situation is corrected for the current year's backups by putting exclude 
rules in the fileset. But we need to free up disk space now from old archives.

So my question is:
  Is it possible to remove files from old backup jobs by way of 
pruning the file records from Catalog and deleting the files from the 
corresponding volumes.

Thanks,

Yateen Bhagat

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Re: [Bacula-users] reload command

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Thanks Phil & Pedro,

Yes, even I experienced that after few reloads, bacula-dir restart is required.

-Yateen

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On 6/2/23 09:57, Pedro Oliveira wrote:
> Hi Yateen
>
> Yes it works but only for configurations changes made on Director 
> "Bacula-dir.conf", for the other Daemons we need to restart the daemons.
>
> Best
>
> Pedro Oliveira


Keep in mind that a reload will not affect already-running jobs, and
*some* changes may not take effect in already *scheduled* jobs.

Based on personal experience, after reloading I also recommend restarting the 
Director when opportunity presents itself.  (i.e when there are no running 
jobs).  I have found in the past that after multiple reloads, stability 
deteriorates.  It SHOULDN'T, in theory, but nevertheless sometimes it does.


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[Bacula-users] reload command

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi All,

Just want to know if "bconsole reload" command works when jobs are running.
In my observation it does not, correct?

Regards,
Yateen Bhagat
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Re: [Bacula-users] Multiple Restore jobs

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi Bill

Yes, setting MaximumConcurrentJobs = n ; worked for me.
I could run multiple Restoration jobs concurrently.

Thanks
Yateen 

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On 4/14/23 03:42, Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> You are correct,, I can see the MaximumConcurrentJobs limitation, see the 
> "status dir" output from bconsole below:
> So how to we enhance this limit for the Restore jobs


Hello Yateen,

I think you just need to add `MaximumConcurrentJobs = x` to your restore job 
called `RestoreFiles`

Set `x` to any number higher than 1, like 10, 20, whatever, and you should be 
OK to do multiple concurrent restore jobs.


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Re: [Bacula-users] Multiple Restore jobs

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Bill,

Thanks , will try that !

-Yateen


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On 4/14/23 03:42, Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> You are correct,, I can see the MaximumConcurrentJobs limitation, see the 
> "status dir" output from bconsole below:
> So how to we enhance this limit for the Restore jobs


Hello Yateen,

I think you just need to add `MaximumConcurrentJobs = x` to your restore job 
called `RestoreFiles`

Set `x` to any number higher than 1, like 10, 20, whatever, and you should be 
OK to do multiple concurrent restore jobs.


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Re: [Bacula-users] Multiple Restore jobs

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi Bill,

You are correct,, I can see the MaximumConcurrentJobs limitation, see the 
"status dir" output from bconsole below:
So how to we enhance this limit for the Restore jobs

Connecting to Director bacula-server:9101
1000 OK: 103 bacula-server-dir Version: 9.4.4 (28 May 2019)
Enter a period to cancel a command.
status dir
bacula-server-dir Version: 9.4.4 (28 May 2019) x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-bacula 
redhat  
Daemon started 10-Apr-23 16:35, conf reloaded 14-Apr-2023 14:32:33
 Jobs: run=3557, running=7 mode=0,0
 Heap: heap=6,049,792 smbytes=88,029,733 max_bytes=116,303,584 bufs=498,248 
max_bufs=501,721
 Res: njobs=947 nclients=533 nstores=21 npools=83 ncats=1 nfsets=91 nscheds=34

Scheduled Jobs:
Level  Type Pri  Scheduled  Job Name   Volume  
===


Running Jobs:
Console connected at 10-Apr-23 16:41
Console connected at 12-Apr-23 11:39
JobId  Type Level Files Bytes  Name  Status  
==
411391  Back Incr  0 0  varunama is waiting for Client to 
connect to Storage userStorageF
411399  Back Incr 14370.0 M mmadhavi is running 
411410  Back Incr  0 0  a10a is waiting for Client to connect 
to Storage userStorageE
411419  Back Incr  0 0  naha is waiting for Client to connect 
to Storage userStorageB
411421  Back Incr  0 0  satyprak is running 
411455  Rest Rest 21,7016.108 G RestoreFiles  is running 
411456  Rest Rest  0 0  RestoreFiles  is waiting on max Job 
jobs


Terminated Jobs:
 JobId  Level  FilesBytes   Status   FinishedName



You have messages.

Thanks 
Yateen

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On 4/13/23 03:51, Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) wrote:
> Thanks Bill, that helps.
>
> There is a reason why we ned to run  multiple restore jobs concurrently.
>
> We are migrating our computing env (few hundred hosts) to a different  
> flavour of Linux.
> Prior to migration we need to do data backup and then restore it back.
>
> If we go sequentially using one single RestoreFiles job, it is going to be a 
> lengthy exercise.
>
> Anyway I will try defining and running multiple restore jobs.

Yateen,

Again, you only need *one* Restore Job defined, even if you are going to run 
1,000 restores at the same time.

Show us the problem you are experiencing so we can direct you to the right 
solution.

I am guessing you are more than likely running into some 
"MaximumConcurrentJobs" bottleneck somewhere.

I mean, show us a Director that is running (or trying to run) multiple restore 
jobs at the same time:

* status dir


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Re: [Bacula-users] Multiple Restore jobs

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Thanks Bill, that helps.

There is a reason why we ned to run  multiple restore jobs concurrently.

We are migrating our computing env (few hundred hosts) to a different  flavour 
of Linux. 
Prior to migration we need to do data backup and then restore it back. 

If we go sequentially using one single RestoreFiles job, it is going to be a 
lengthy exercise.

Anyway I will try defining and running multiple restore jobs.

Regards,
Yateen 

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On 4/11/23 20:46, Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The default bacula-dir.conf provided with new Bacula installation has only 
> one RestoreFile job defined.
>
> This was sufficient for us till now, but at the moment there is need to run 
> multiple Restore jobs simultaneously.
>
> Can we achieve this by defining multiple Restore jobs?
>
> Thanks
>
> Yateen Bhagat
>


Hello Yateen,

The Restore job (Type = Restore) provided is an example/template of a Restore 
job.

You only need one, but you can have as many as you want/need.

The only time I ever create more than one is when I have one for Linux restores 
and one for Windows restores where I typically only change the `where =` 
setting.

For example, for Windows restores, I might set:

where = "C:/temp"

and for Linux, I might have

where = /tmp

This just saves a small amount of typing when doing a restore.

If you need to run multiple concurrent restore jobs, you *may* need to set  
`MaximumConcurrentJobs = x` where x is something greater than 1.  I am not 100% 
sure about this, it has been a while since I touched the Restore job template I 
use here, and mine currently has `MaximumConcurrentJobs = 10` so I have a 
suspicion this is correct. :)

Also, you will never actually "Run" Jobs of `Type = restore`... You just type 
`restore` and if you have more than one job of Type = restore, you will be 
prompted for the one you want to use. You can also specify it on the command 
line and you will not be promted:

* restore restorejob=LinuxRestore_job


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[Bacula-users] Multiple Restore jobs

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi all,

The default bacula-dir.conf provided with new Bacula installation has only one 
RestoreFile job defined.

This was sufficient for us till now, but at the moment there is need to run 
multiple Restore jobs simultaneously.
Can we achieve this by defining multiple Restore jobs?

Thanks

Yateen Bhagat
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Re: [Bacula-users] password for user bacula

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Thanks Bill, much appreciated.
I assume adding password and shell to bacula user does not cause any harm to 
the bacula functionality 

-Yateen Bhagat

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On 4/9/23 23:55, Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need to login as user bacula on the linux host running bacula client 
> (9.4.4)
>
> What is the default password for this user id?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yateen Bhagat
>

Hello Yateen,

There is no default pasword for the OS's `bacula` user. As a matter of fact 
most package maintainers for the Bacula packages on different Linux 
Distributions set no password, lock the account, and set the shell to 
`/usr/bin/nologin`

As the root user on the system to need to set a password, unlock the account 
and change the shell to a valid shell like `/bin/bash`


If you are trying to run som binary or script as the bacula users, you can also 
just use sudo:

# sudo -u bacula /path/to/script_or_binary



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[Bacula-users] password for user bacula

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi all,

I need to login as user bacula on the linux host running bacula client (9.4.4)
What is the default password for this user id?

Thanks,
Yateen Bhagat

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Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula upgrade

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi Ana

I got failures with update_postgresql_tables script.
Please see my inline comments in your email below.
-Yateen

From: Ana Emília M. Arruda 
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 2:43 PM
To: Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) 
Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
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Hello Yateen,

You should use the "postgres" user to run the update_postgresql_tables script.
[Yateen]  Ok, noted

As you have installed Bacula 13 from scratch in the new server, please remember 
to drop the bacula database created in a fresh install before importing the 
current DB using dump.

Then, you run the update_postgresql_tables script.

[Yateen]

  1.  I dropped the bacula database and tried to import the dump of Bacula 
9.4.4 Catalog. Got an error:

postgres@ubuntu:/opt/bacula/scripts$ psql -d bacula -f ~bacula/bacula.sql
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" 
failed: FATAL:  database "bacula" does not exist


  1.  So created bacula database using script create_postgresql_database
postgres@ubuntu:/opt/bacula/scripts$  
./create_postgresql_database
CREATE DATABASE
ALTER DATABASE
Creation of bacula database succeeded.
Database encoding OK


  1.  Then I imported Catalog dump from Bacula 9.4
psql -d bacula -f ~bacula/bacula.sql


  1.  Next, I ran update_postgresql_tables script
postgres@ubuntu:/opt/bacula/scripts$ ./update_postgresql_tables
This script will update a Bacula PostgreSQL database
   from any from version 12-16 or 1014-1022 to version 
1024
   which is needed to convert from any Bacula Communty 
to version 11.4.x
Dumping File table to /opt/bacula/scripts/file1017.data.

The process may fail if the current user
doesn't have write permission on the current directory,
or if the system doesn't have enough space to store a
compressed export of the File table
BEGIN
DROP TABLE
DROP TABLE
CREATE TABLE
COMMIT
Loading the File table from /opt/bacula/scripts/file.8520.data...
server closed the connection unexpectedly
  This probably means the server terminated abnormally
  before or while processing the request.
Inserting File data from file.8520.data failed.

Best,
Ana
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Hello Ana,

Thanks for your reply.

Here is what I did...

1. Target for Bacula 13 upgrade is Ubuntu 22.4.
1. Installed postgresql 14 on Ubuntu 22.4
2. Installed  Bacula 13 using Deb package (dpkg command)
3. Dumped Bacula database from 9.4 installation (on CentOS 6)
4. Imported Bacula db dump into postgresql 14 on Ubuntu
5. Tried to start Bacula 13 director.
6. Got error message : Current Catalog version is 16, required version 1024.

Plz let me know the username through which i should run the 
upadate_postgresql_tables script, is it postgres user?

Regards,

Yateen



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Hello Yateen,

Have you already performed the upgrade? Have you checked if the Catalog version 
has been updated?
Can you please let us know which platform you are using?
I've checked the update_postgresql_tables script and it includes the upgrade 
from version 12-16 or 1014-1022 to 1024.
Are you using packages or compiling from source code?

Best,
Ana

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 1:27 PM Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) 
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Hi all,

Is it possible to upgrade bacula version 9.4 (catalog database version 16)  to 
version 13 (catalog database version 1024) directly as one step or any 
intermediate step upgrades are required?

I tried the direct upgrade, but there is no update_postgresql_tables script for 
database version 16 to 1024.

Please advise.

Thanks
Yateen S Bhagat
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Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula upgrade

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hello Ana,

Thanks for your reply.

Here is what I did...

1. Target for Bacula 13 upgrade is Ubuntu 22.4.
1. Installed postgresql 14 on Ubuntu 22.4
2. Installed  Bacula 13 using Deb package (dpkg command)
3. Dumped Bacula database from 9.4 installation (on CentOS 6)
4. Imported Bacula db dump into postgresql 14 on Ubuntu
5. Tried to start Bacula 13 director.
6. Got error message : Current Catalog version is 16, required version 1024.

Plz let me know the username through which i should run the 
upadate_postgresql_tables script, is it postgres user?

Regards,

Yateen



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From: Ana Emília M. Arruda 
Sent: Monday, 30 January, 2023, 23:27
To: Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) 
Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net 
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula upgrade

Hello Yateen,

Have you already performed the upgrade? Have you checked if the Catalog version 
has been updated?
Can you please let us know which platform you are using?
I've checked the update_postgresql_tables script and it includes the upgrade 
from version 12-16 or 1014-1022 to 1024.
Are you using packages or compiling from source code?

Best,
Ana

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 1:27 PM Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) 
mailto:yateen.shaligram_bha...@nokia.com>> 
wrote:
Hi all,

Is it possible to upgrade bacula version 9.4 (catalog database version 16)  to 
version 13 (catalog database version 1024) directly as one step or any 
intermediate step upgrades are required?

I tried the direct upgrade, but there is no update_postgresql_tables script for 
database version 16 to 1024.

Please advise.

Thanks
Yateen S Bhagat
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[Bacula-users] Bacula upgrade

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi all,

Is it possible to upgrade bacula version 9.4 (catalog database version 16)  to 
version 13 (catalog database version 1024) directly as one step or any 
intermediate step upgrades are required?

I tried the direct upgrade, but there is no update_postgresql_tables script for 
database version 16 to 1024.

Please advise.

Thanks
Yateen S Bhagat
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[Bacula-users] volume relabel

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi all,

We are using disk based Bacula backup up. (9.4.4)

We want to archive older backups into a separate archive pool (with a long 
retention time) with no associated job record in the catalog.
We are doing it by migrating current backup job to an archive pool, then do a 
job purging from the archive volume.

Further we need to relabel the new archive volume with a specific name like 
archive_2022.
We tried it using the relabel command. (relabel oldvolume=xxx volume=yyy )

Observations:

1.  In the catalog, it renames the old volume name to a new volume name ; 
this is expected.

2.  However, on the storage side, the old disk volume got truncated to 254 
bytes, all the contents were lost .

Expectation was that on the storage side also the old volume will get renamed 
to a new volume with no loss of data.

Any comments?

Thanks
Yateen Bhagat
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[Bacula-users] Backup without files records

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi All,

I am curious to know if a backup job can be run without file records being 
cataloged in the backend database.

I know about AutoPrune mechanism for files, but that happens after the backup 
job is over for file records older than the retention time.
But we don't want the file records to get cataloged at all.

Thanks
Yateen
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Re: [Bacula-users] Renaming a job

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Thanks Radoslaw.

I was thinking of doing it using SQL , but did not know that even bconsole can 
have embedded SQL

Yateen



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From: Radosław Korzeniewski 
Sent: Friday, 30 December, 2022, 05:05
To: Bill Arlofski 
Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net 
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Renaming a job

Hello,

czw., 29 gru 2022 o 19:22 Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users 
mailto:bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> 
napisał(a):
Not sure why you would really need/want to do this, but this will work using 
bconsole:
8<
# echo -e "sql\nUPDATE job SET name='RenamedJobName' WHERE 
jobid='xxx';\n\nquit\n" | bconsole
8<


It rename a job in catalog only. This does not rename the job in the volume.
I know no procedure with existing tools you can use to rename a job in the 
volume.

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[Bacula-users] Renaming a job

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi all,

We have  a requirement for renaming a job after its migration.

Our strategy is to migrate  the last full job of the year from a regular pool 
into an archive pool using the Migrate job.
(tried this, it works fine)
However we need that once the job is migrated, rename it to say 
_archive_.

Is this possible (in bacula V 9.4.4)

Thanks
Yateen
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[Bacula-users] Separation of bacula-dir and Catalog service

[Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia)]

Hi all,

We are using Bacula 9.4 on Centos.

At the moment the bacula-dir and the catalog service (PgSQL server) are 
co-located  on one single host.

For optimization reasons, we need to move the PgSQL server to another server 
(FreeBSD based).

Is that possible?

Thanks,
Yateen Bhagat


From: Davide F. 
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2022 12:28 PM
To: d...@bornfree.org
Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrading from 11.0 to 13.0

Hello,

Actually, I have the same question.

Is there any documentation about supported versions ?

Also, why not building recent platform packages for 11.0.x ?

Best regards

Davide

On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 at 20:08 mailto:d...@bornfree.org>> 
wrote:

Where can I find documentation on how to upgrade (server, clients, and
Baculum) from version 11.0 to 13.0 ???  We do everything via your binary
packages.  Our server and Baculum run on el8.  Our clients are el8, el9,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Also, how much longer will 13.0 be supported before a major upgrade is
required?

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