RE: [Bacula-devel] Re: [Bacula-users] Unable to support Solaris
> Kern,
>
> Does this mean you plan to keep Solaris as a supported OS??
Yes
We are just
> about to roll the software out to our solaris clients and I want to make
> sure you are going to keep it supported before I push forward.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Wilson
> Network Security Engineer
> PAETEC Communications, Inc.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern
> Sibbald
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 8:42 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Dan Langille; Ryan Novosielski; bacula-users
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-devel] Re: [Bacula-users] Unable to support Solaris
>
> On Friday 14 April 2006 13:38, Dan Langille wrote:
>> On 14 Apr 2006 at 1:18, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
>> > I won't be able to provide a full-time modern tape drive. There's a
>> > possibility that I'll be able to scrape something together (might
> end up
>> > being a DDS2 drive though or something like that). My other option
> is
>> > the use of a DAT72 drive, but only at certain times (ie. not between
> the
>> > hours of 04:00 and 08:00 GMT on Tuesday). There's also one spare
>> > DLT-8000, but this drive may be needed now and then -- I can likely
>> > provide warning ahead of time.
>> >
>> > Tape heads are something that have been fairly hard to come by. :) I
>> > will do my best -- we have been getting a lot out of this product
>> > without putting really anything into it.
>>
>> It it comes to this: if one person has a machine and another has a
>> tape drive, I'm sure we can get one person to donate.
>
> It looks like there are several viable solutions, so that shipping
> equipment
> around should not be necessary. Peter has offered as setup similar to
> what
> you are providing and several others have offered to test.
>
> I appreciate all the offers and will definitely respond, but in a few
> days so
> that I can answer (hopefully) once to everyone at the same time while
> having
> in mind all the possibilities offered.
>
> I'm also going to write up what is needed in the Developers guide so
> that the
> information will be there for other systems (such as Mac OSX). For
> example,
> though it is handy at most once a year, I really do not need root
> access, and
> in those rare occasions, an email should work quite fine :-)
>
> In the mean time, best wishes for the Easter weekend.
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Kern
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Re: [Bacula-devel] Re: [Bacula-users] Unable to support Solaris
I have A cluster running Solaris 9 with a LTO autoloader. We don't have a running backup system at the moment but we plan to use Solaris. So I need Solaris Support and I can be able to run regression tests if we can have a failover during the tests (or if they don't disturb the backup process too much) On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 22:19 -0700, Robert W Hartzell wrote: > On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 13:50, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I do not feel that I can adequately support Solaris any longer so will very > > likely drop it from the officially supported platforms. > > > > Why? > > Because I don't have access to a tape drive for Solaris, and I no longer > > have > > the time to devote to testing Solaris prior to each release. For example, > > the regression script does not complete on version 1.38.8. > > > > What does this mean? > > It means that when Bacula is released it will not be tested on Solaris. It > > is > > likely to work, but I cannot guarantee it. It also means that Solaris > > specific bugs, like the current tape drive bug will be closed unfixed. > > > > Possible solutions: > > The best possible solution is for one or more Solaris users to step forward > > and to run the regression scripts prior to each release as well as possibly > > run it in production mode. In addition, we need one or more "debuggers" to > > resolve Solaris specific problems. > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > > > Kern > > I would hate to see support for Solaris go away. I don't know what's involved > with > running the regression scripts but I have a Solaris 10 box with an slr5 tape > drive so I could probably run them as long as their not destructive to the > system. > > Do you have any interest in pkgadd installable packages for Solaris? For > testing new releases I build against a full install of Solaris 10/1-06 which > ships with mysql 4.0.24. For my production use I build packages for both > mysql and bacula on 10/3-05 which are controlled by SMF and installed in > /opt/local. > > Although I'm not a programmer, I feel support for Solaris is vital so if I > can assist please let me know. > Robert > > > > --- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > ___ > Bacula-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-devel] Re: [Bacula-users] Unable to support Solaris
On Friday 14 April 2006 13:38, Dan Langille wrote:
> On 14 Apr 2006 at 1:18, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
> > I won't be able to provide a full-time modern tape drive. There's a
> > possibility that I'll be able to scrape something together (might end up
> > being a DDS2 drive though or something like that). My other option is
> > the use of a DAT72 drive, but only at certain times (ie. not between the
> > hours of 04:00 and 08:00 GMT on Tuesday). There's also one spare
> > DLT-8000, but this drive may be needed now and then -- I can likely
> > provide warning ahead of time.
> >
> > Tape heads are something that have been fairly hard to come by. :) I
> > will do my best -- we have been getting a lot out of this product
> > without putting really anything into it.
>
> It it comes to this: if one person has a machine and another has a
> tape drive, I'm sure we can get one person to donate.
It looks like there are several viable solutions, so that shipping equipment
around should not be necessary. Peter has offered as setup similar to what
you are providing and several others have offered to test.
I appreciate all the offers and will definitely respond, but in a few days so
that I can answer (hopefully) once to everyone at the same time while having
in mind all the possibilities offered.
I'm also going to write up what is needed in the Developers guide so that the
information will be there for other systems (such as Mac OSX). For example,
though it is handy at most once a year, I really do not need root access, and
in those rare occasions, an email should work quite fine :-)
In the mean time, best wishes for the Easter weekend.
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Kern
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Re: [Bacula-devel] Re: [Bacula-users] Unable to support Solaris
On 14 Apr 2006 at 1:18, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > I won't be able to provide a full-time modern tape drive. There's a > possibility that I'll be able to scrape something together (might end up > being a DDS2 drive though or something like that). My other option is > the use of a DAT72 drive, but only at certain times (ie. not between the > hours of 04:00 and 08:00 GMT on Tuesday). There's also one spare > DLT-8000, but this drive may be needed now and then -- I can likely > provide warning ahead of time. > > Tape heads are something that have been fairly hard to come by. :) I > will do my best -- we have been getting a lot out of this product > without putting really anything into it. It it comes to this: if one person has a machine and another has a tape drive, I'm sure we can get one person to donate. Cheers --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-devel] Re: [Bacula-users] Unable to support Solaris
On Friday 14 April 2006 06:07, Dan Langille wrote:
> On 13 Apr 2006 at 17:07, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
> > How can I help out best?
>
> Kern will be able to add to this, but I thought I'd outline what I
> provide to Kern for testing on FreeBSD. He has access to a FreeBSD
> 5.4 box. He does has root access on the box, but that may not be
> required. He has access to a DLT tape drive. The box in question is
> actually running in a jail (aka virtual server). That is all the
> virtual server does. It's there for his regression testing. The
> tape drive is not used for anything else but what he needs. The
> system is always powered on and with a tape in the drive.
>
> The rest of the system is used by me for various things, but the jail
> runs along quietly in the background. I never really notice Kern on
> the box. He's very quiet. ;)
:-) Yes, thanks Dan. Just in case it wasn't totally clear, I consider
FreeBSD a fully supported system thanks to Dan, and I don't have any
intention of changing that.
At least three people have responded to my call for help, and I will respond
to them off-line as it seems possible to come up with a reasonable solution
at least for the regression testing with tape testing ...
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Re: [Bacula-devel] Re: [Bacula-users] Unable to support Solaris
I won't be able to provide a full-time modern tape drive. There's a possibility that I'll be able to scrape something together (might end up being a DDS2 drive though or something like that). My other option is the use of a DAT72 drive, but only at certain times (ie. not between the hours of 04:00 and 08:00 GMT on Tuesday). There's also one spare DLT-8000, but this drive may be needed now and then -- I can likely provide warning ahead of time. Tape heads are something that have been fairly hard to come by. :) I will do my best -- we have been getting a lot out of this product without putting really anything into it. Dan Langille wrote: >On 13 Apr 2006 at 17:07, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > > > >>How can I help out best? >> >> > >Kern will be able to add to this, but I thought I'd outline what I >provide to Kern for testing on FreeBSD. He has access to a FreeBSD >5.4 box. He does has root access on the box, but that may not be >required. He has access to a DLT tape drive. The box in question is >actually running in a jail (aka virtual server). That is all the >virtual server does. It's there for his regression testing. The >tape drive is not used for anything else but what he needs. The >system is always powered on and with a tape in the drive. > >The rest of the system is used by me for various things, but the jail >runs along quietly in the background. I never really notice Kern on >the box. He's very quiet. ;) > > > >--- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language >that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast >and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 >___ >Bacula-users mailing list >Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-devel] Re: [Bacula-users] Unable to support Solaris
On 13 Apr 2006 at 17:07, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > How can I help out best? Kern will be able to add to this, but I thought I'd outline what I provide to Kern for testing on FreeBSD. He has access to a FreeBSD 5.4 box. He does has root access on the box, but that may not be required. He has access to a DLT tape drive. The box in question is actually running in a jail (aka virtual server). That is all the virtual server does. It's there for his regression testing. The tape drive is not used for anything else but what he needs. The system is always powered on and with a tape in the drive. The rest of the system is used by me for various things, but the jail runs along quietly in the background. I never really notice Kern on the box. He's very quiet. ;) --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
