Re: [Bacula-users] More problems with 1.37.38, no tape loading?

2005-09-15 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, On 16.09.2005 03:27, Josh Endries wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ugh, this is so frustrating. No, you're using beta software... Now Bacula won't load any tapes from my autochanger to write to...and I still can't get btape to run. If I load a tape manually, then

[Bacula-users] More problems with 1.37.38, no tape loading?

2005-09-15 Thread Josh Endries
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ugh, this is so frustrating. Now Bacula won't load any tapes from my autochanger to write to...and I still can't get btape to run. If I load a tape manually, then run a job in bconsole, it works. If I start a job without any tape loaded, it never tries

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-flavor

2005-09-15 Thread Thomas Simmons
Arno Lehmann wrote: Hello, On 15.09.2005 23:08, Maria McKinley wrote: Could someone tell me what the file /etc/bacula/bacula_flavor is suppose to contain? I am getting the message: 15-Sep 01:20 billie-dir: RunBefore: cat: /etc/bacula/bacula_flavor: No such file or directory 15-Sep 01:20 bi

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-flavor

2005-09-15 Thread Phil Stracchino
Maria McKinley wrote: > Could someone tell me what the file /etc/bacula/bacula_flavor is suppose > to contain? I am getting the message: > > 15-Sep 01:20 billie-dir: RunBefore: cat: /etc/bacula/bacula_flavor: No > such file or directory > 15-Sep 01:20 billie-dir: RunBefore: ERROR: can't determine

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-flavor

2005-09-15 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, On 15.09.2005 23:08, Maria McKinley wrote: Could someone tell me what the file /etc/bacula/bacula_flavor is suppose to contain? I am getting the message: 15-Sep 01:20 billie-dir: RunBefore: cat: /etc/bacula/bacula_flavor: No such file or directory 15-Sep 01:20 billie-dir: RunBefore:

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem

2005-09-15 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, On 15.09.2005 23:16, Phil Stracchino wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: On Thursday 15 September 2005 17:26, Phil Stracchino wrote: As a workaround, I think it wouldn't be too hard to come up with a tool to split the BSR file into two or more BSRs by device. Can't test the idea until I have

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem

2005-09-15 Thread Phil Stracchino
Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Thursday 15 September 2005 17:26, Phil Stracchino wrote: >>As a workaround, I think it wouldn't be too hard to come up with a tool >>to split the BSR file into two or more BSRs by device. Can't test the >>idea until I have a second drive, though. > > The attached file sho

[Bacula-users] bacula-flavor

2005-09-15 Thread Maria McKinley
Could someone tell me what the file /etc/bacula/bacula_flavor is suppose to contain? I am getting the message: 15-Sep 01:20 billie-dir: RunBefore: cat: /etc/bacula/bacula_flavor: No such file or directory 15-Sep 01:20 billie-dir: RunBefore: ERROR: can't determine Catalog's flavor. 15-Sep 01:2

[Bacula-users] bacula-tray-icon

2005-09-15 Thread GenesisWeb
Hi,   How do I get the bacula-tray-icon to start automatically with my vnc session?   I have tried adding it to sessions but it does not start, if I double click the executable from /etc/bacula is starts ok and im able to start it from a terminal prompt but cannot get it to start automa

Re: [Bacula-users] Getting started with bacula

2005-09-15 Thread Phil Stracchino
John wrote: > Is there an easy how-to guide for Bacula? I'm looking for a real simple > set of instructions how to setup Bacula to do multiple clients to a > dedicated server using disks as the backup media. > > Note: I have gone through the documentation, and do not have time to do > trial and e

Re: [Bacula-users] Getting started with bacula

2005-09-15 Thread Dan Langille
On 15 Sep 2005 at 11:32, John wrote: > Is there an easy how-to guide for Bacula? I'm looking for a real simple set > of instructions how to setup Bacula to do multiple clients to a dedicated > server using disks as the backup media. > > Note: I have gone through the documentation, and do not ha

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Getting started with bacula

2005-09-15 Thread Arno Lehmann
John, On 15.09.2005 18:43, John wrote: Does anyone have working config files that I could use as a starting point? if you want to set up bacula yourself you will have to understand the manual, and you will probably need the usual trial-and-error phase. If this is not an option for you, you

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem

2005-09-15 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Thursday 15 September 2005 17:26, Phil Stracchino wrote: > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > On Thursday 15 September 2005 15:18, Jonte Norman wrote: > >>Are there any plans to implement multiple storages devices for the > >>same client in future Bacula versions? > > > > No immediate plans. Once the SD st

[Bacula-users] Re: Getting started with bacula

2005-09-15 Thread John
Does anyone have working config files that I could use as a starting point?On 9/15/05, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Is there an easy how-to guide for Bacula?  I'm looking for a real simple set of instructions how to setup Bacula to do multiple clients to a dedicated server using disks as the bac

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape error

2005-09-15 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Thursday 15 September 2005 17:10, Arunav Mandal wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Alan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Kern Sibbald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: ; "Arunav Mandal" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dan Langille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:17 AM

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape error

2005-09-15 Thread Arunav Mandal
> On Wednesday 14 September 2005 15:13, Alan Brown wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Arunav Mandal wrote: > > >> I understand this is a known bug, fixed in CVS. > > > > > > What happens when I change the error to Append manually will the tape be > > > used again? > > > > I've tried this, it errors

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem

2005-09-15 Thread Jonte Norman
On 9/15/05, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 15 September 2005 15:18, Jonte Norman wrote: > > On 9/15/05, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thursday 15 September 2005 00:38, Jonte Norman wrote: > > > > On 9/14/05, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem

2005-09-15 Thread Phil Stracchino
Arunav Mandal wrote: > What about SDLT600 they r big enough and with proper compression and > spooling you can achieve more than 600GB per tape.In one tape I got 1.5TB. > Also the price difference for LTO's and SDLT are not much. Possibly not if you're buying one new. There's a very definite diff

[Bacula-users] Getting started with bacula

2005-09-15 Thread John
Is there an easy how-to guide for Bacula?  I'm looking for a real simple set of instructions how to setup Bacula to do multiple clients to a dedicated server using disks as the backup media. Note: I have gone through the documentation, and do not have time to do trial and error till I get it right

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem

2005-09-15 Thread Arunav Mandal
- Original Message - From: "Phil Stracchino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kern Sibbald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Arno Lehmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem > Kern Sibbald wr

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem

2005-09-15 Thread Phil Stracchino
Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Thursday 15 September 2005 15:18, Jonte Norman wrote: >>Are there any plans to implement multiple storages devices for the >>same client in future Bacula versions? > > No immediate plans. Once the SD starts for a Job, it locks on to a single > device. You know, this bri

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape error

2005-09-15 Thread Arunav Mandal
- Original Message - From: "Alan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kern Sibbald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: ; "Arunav Mandal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dan Langille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Tape error > On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Kern

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem

2005-09-15 Thread Jonte Norman
On 9/15/05, Matthias Kurz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005, Jonte Norman wrote: > > > On 9/15/05, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > > Within a single Job, multiple storage devices no; multiple pools no > > > problem. > > > > Are there any plans to implement mult

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem

2005-09-15 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Thursday 15 September 2005 15:18, Jonte Norman wrote: > On 9/15/05, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 15 September 2005 00:38, Jonte Norman wrote: > > > On 9/14/05, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > On 14.09.2005 23:37, Jonte Norman wrote:

Re: [Bacula-users] how to speed up directory tree building?

2005-09-15 Thread Daniel Weuthen
I had the same problems with Jobs which have more than 68 files and mysql as database. After putting an index on JobId in the File table I got an enormous speed up: without index: # Time: 050915 15:12:42 # [EMAIL PROTECTED]: bacula[bacula] @ localhost [127.0.0.1] # Query_time: 1564 Lock_ti

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem

2005-09-15 Thread Matthias Kurz
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005, Jonte Norman wrote: > On 9/15/05, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Within a single Job, multiple storage devices no; multiple pools no problem. > > Are there any plans to implement multiple storages devices for the > same client in future Bacula versions? I

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 1.37.38 - Restore problem

2005-09-15 Thread Jonte Norman
On 9/15/05, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 15 September 2005 00:38, Jonte Norman wrote: > > On 9/14/05, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On 14.09.2005 23:37, Jonte Norman wrote: > > > > > > ... > > > > > > >>Bacula can only do an automatic restore

[Bacula-users] Huge Bacula Deployment

2005-09-15 Thread Brad Pinkston
Bacula Gurus,   1)   I have been put in a position where backups have been setup before me with Bacula.  I am backing up approximately 30 servers and no workstations.  All servers are running Debian.  What would the recommended setup be as far as DB to use and any performance tuning I

[Bacula-users] gconsole problem

2005-09-15 Thread GenesisWeb
Hi,   I’ve just installed bacula and have it working fine apart from the gconsole (which is the GUI console within linux that allows you to start/load jobs and individually specify files to be restored etc)   I can run and start this program but cannot see any jobs.  Nothing appears in

Re: [Bacula-users] gconsole problem

2005-09-15 Thread drescher0110-bacula
> Hi, > > > > I’ve just installed bacula and have it working fine > apart from the gconsole > (which is the GUI console within linux that allows > you to start/load jobs > and individually specify files to be restored etc) > > > > I can run and start this program but cannot see any > jobs.

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape error

2005-09-15 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Thursday 15 September 2005 11:17, Alan Brown wrote: > On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Kern Sibbald wrote: > >> I've tried this, it errors again. Switch the tape to used and let it > >> expire, or purge it if the incomplete backup is the only thing on the > >> tape. > > > > This is good advice. It avoids th

Re: [Bacula-users] "Maximum Job Spool Size" doesn't appear to work

2005-09-15 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Thursday 15 September 2005 00:15, Mike Pultz wrote: > Kern, > > Is there anyway to know when this modification was made? When is not particularly important, see below: > > We've been playing with 1.37.38, and I'm a little scared to put it into > production, so I was wondering if there was any

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape error

2005-09-15 Thread Alan Brown
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Kern Sibbald wrote: I've tried this, it errors again. Switch the tape to used and let it expire, or purge it if the incomplete backup is the only thing on the tape. This is good advice. It avoids the possibility of having an unreadable tape. If you can repeat the exact co

Re: [Bacula-users] Can't get bacula to recycle a volume

2005-09-15 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, On 15.09.2005 09:06, Joe Rhett wrote: Okay, bacula seems to do two things that I believe are configured to not happen. It's probably me, so clue me in here: 1. It isn't recycling a volume that is way past it's retension time 2. It keep creating new volumes that don't exist. I think t

[Bacula-users] Can't get bacula to recycle a volume

2005-09-15 Thread Joe Rhett
Okay, bacula seems to do two things that I believe are configured to not happen. It's probably me, so clue me in here: 1. It isn't recycling a volume that is way past it's retension time 2. It keep creating new volumes that don't exist. I think this is controlled by "LabelMedia" ? That's a fai