Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to alternate USB HDDs

2006-07-12 Thread Ger Apeldoorn
Hi Greg, I mount all external HDD's at /mnt/HDD and use the console to mark the offsite volume as "Full". Perhaps not idiot-proof, but it is simple & effective. Ger. - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support we

[Bacula-users] Backup to alternate USB HDDs

2006-07-12 Thread Greg Vickers
Hi all, A client of mine would like to backup their single Debian server and they have purchased two external 100Gb USB2 HDDs for this purpose. I'm looking at using Bacula to do this, but can't work out a graceful way of configuring Bacula to do this. (Bacula version 1.36.2-2sarge1 on Debian St

Re: [Bacula-users] Volumes Use Duration not honored

2006-07-12 Thread Costyn van Dongen
Hi Ryan, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > I'm fairly certain that is not actually the case. Run `llist > volume=`. VolUseDuration should show 16 hours in seconds, > which is 57,600. My guess is you have something else there (probably > 0). Okay, that was a excellent tip. For some bizarre reason the V

[Bacula-users] bacula console tls

2006-07-12 Thread Dave
Hello, I'm trying to get tls going on bacula 1.38.11. I've created and installed keys via the howto at: http://www.eclectica.ca/howto/ssl-cert-howto.php This part went fine and the relevant portions of my config are below. I've restarted the daemons and all worked fine, i did not get any er

[Bacula-users] tapes not filling up?

2006-07-12 Thread Henrik Hudson
Hey List- I'm having some issues with tapes not filling up all the way. The system was running fine for about 3-4months and then suddenly I started having issues with tapes only using about 20% of the supposed space available. I thought perhaps the tapes were dying, so I bought some news ones.

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger: Unloading/Reloading tape for follow-up job - Bad autochanger loaded drive 0 command: ???

2006-07-12 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 7/7/2006 6:25 PM, Christoff Buch wrote: > > Hi Arno > > This has taken a while but here come mtx and bacula-sd.conf: > > > > > > As to the btape test results: > I can't find my files with the results at the moment (oops...), but I > have the print-outs here: > I reviewed them again

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula, backup on tapes : ask for the volume of the next job

2006-07-12 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How about list nextvol job=? Benoit Guguin wrote: > Hi, > > I receive messages from Bacula. Mail configuration is ok ;). > > But my purpose is to have a message like "insert tape " after the end of > the job, and not when bacula detect a wrong

Re: [Bacula-users] Volumes Use Duration not honored

2006-07-12 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Costyn van Dongen wrote: > Ryan Novosielski wrote: >> Volume retention is a minimum, not a maximum. If there is no pressing >> need to recycle/prune a tape, Bacula will not (if it's still appendable, >> for example). You need to limit tape usage by siz

Re: [Bacula-users] Performace between MySQL and Postgres 7 & 8?

2006-07-12 Thread Marc Cousin
On Wednesday 12 July 2006 14:14, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > there is a way to 'cheat' : either use fsync = off in > > postgresql (that sucks), or try a writeback enabled raid controller. > > In both cases you're taking a risk, but it's rather low in > > the second one. > > That's not entirely corre

Re: [Bacula-users] Please help! Strange bacula behaviour lets some jobsfail on autoloader! - unfortntly still unresolved

2006-07-12 Thread Alan Brown
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Christoff Buch wrote: > => Everything runs as root here... Don't even have an user "bacula". That eliminates one issue. >> If this works, then use mtx-changer and perform the tests detailed in > the >> bacula manual. > > => If you are talking about btape tests for drive / au

Re: [Bacula-users] Performace between MySQL and Postgres 7 & 8?

2006-07-12 Thread Bill Moran
In response to "Magnus Hagander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Also, ensure that you vacuum and analyze PostgreSQL databases > > > > frequently. > > > > An occasional REINDEX helps as well. These are normal > > maintenance > > > > tasks for PostgreSQL. ANALYZE is especially important > > righ

Re: [Bacula-users] Please help! Strange bacula behaviour lets some jobsfail on autoloader! - unfortntly still unresolved

2006-07-12 Thread Christoff Buch
Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12.07.2006 14:48:03: > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Christoff Buch wrote: > > > Hi Alan > > > > Is 1.38.9 meant to be an older version? > > Yes, current is 1.38.11 > > > 07-Jul 23:00 heem-sd: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 15, drive 0" > > command. > > 07-J

Re: [Bacula-users] Performace between MySQL and Postgres 7 & 8?

2006-07-12 Thread Magnus Hagander
> > > Also, ensure that you vacuum and analyze PostgreSQL databases > > > frequently. > > > An occasional REINDEX helps as well. These are normal > maintenance > > > tasks for PostgreSQL. ANALYZE is especially important > right after > > > populating a new database. > > > > REINDEX really s

Re: [Bacula-users] Please help! Strange bacula behaviour lets some jobsfail on autoloader! - unfortntly still unresolved

2006-07-12 Thread Alan Brown
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Christoff Buch wrote: > Hi Alan > > Is 1.38.9 meant to be an older version? Yes, current is 1.38.11 > 07-Jul 23:00 heem-sd: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 15, drive 0" > command. > 07-Jul 23:00 heem-sd: > A-1_dali-AAW-Con-Fin-Man_.2006-07-07_23.00.00 Fatal error

Re: [Bacula-users] Performace between MySQL and Postgres 7 & 8?

2006-07-12 Thread Bill Moran
In response to "Magnus Hagander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Also, ensure that you vacuum and analyze PostgreSQL databases > > frequently. > > An occasional REINDEX helps as well. These are normal > > maintenance tasks for PostgreSQL. ANALYZE is especially > > important right after populating a

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula, backup on tapes : ask for the volume of the next job

2006-07-12 Thread Benoit Guguin
Hi, I receive messages from Bacula. Mail configuration is ok ;). But my purpose is to have a message like "insert tape " after the end of the job, and not when bacula detect a wrong tape. Perphaps I'm going wrong in the way I configure Bacula ... ;) I've find a way to do what I want (ie ba

Re: [Bacula-users] Performace between MySQL and Postgres 7 & 8?

2006-07-12 Thread Magnus Hagander
> there is a way to 'cheat' : either use fsync = off in > postgresql (that sucks), or try a writeback enabled raid controller. > In both cases you're taking a risk, but it's rather low in > the second one. That's not entirely correct. fsync=off is pretty much the same thing you have with MyISAM,

Re: [Bacula-users] Performace between MySQL and Postgres 7 & 8?

2006-07-12 Thread Magnus Hagander
> Additionally, MySQL with MyISAM will _always_ be faster than > PG, because MyISAM doesn't support transactions. The > overhead of ensuring your data is ACID slows things down a > bit. If you want to try to compare MySQL to PostgreSQL, use > InnoDB or BDB tables. You'd really want InnoDB if

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula, backup on tapes : ask for the volume of the next job

2006-07-12 Thread Bill Moran
In response to "Axel S. Gruner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > Am Dienstag, den 11.07.2006, 10:33 +0200 schrieb Benoit Guguin: > > Hi, > > > > I'm currently using Bacula 1.36 on a Debian Sarge. > > > > I've configured multiples backups on tapes. > > > > So my question is : > > How can I confi

Re: [Bacula-users] From single to multiple volumes!

2006-07-12 Thread Marcus Hallberg
Hi! Thanks alot! That was exactly the answer I was looking for :) /marcus Jo wrote: > Marcus Hallberg wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I have a question! When I started using bacula I configured it to write >> the data to one file for full backups and one file for incremental >> backups for each host.

Re: [Bacula-users] From single to multiple volumes!

2006-07-12 Thread Jo
Marcus Hallberg wrote: > Hi! > > I have a question! When I started using bacula I configured it to write > the data to one file for full backups and one file for incremental > backups for each host. Now I want it to always create new files so that > I can remove data that is no longer useful. >

[Bacula-users] Restore Question.

2006-07-12 Thread Erik P. Olsen
In the manual (on page 92) you find a scenario with the command "restore all". What other arguments can be given to the restore command? And what's the difference between "restore all" and just "restore"? -- Erik P. Olsen, Civilingeniør, MSc Solsortvej 30, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone:

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula, backup on tapes : ask for the volume of the next job

2006-07-12 Thread Axel S. Gruner
Am Mittwoch, den 12.07.2006, 10:27 +0200 schrieb Benoit Guguin: > Hi, > > Ok ... no probleme. > But I really don't know how to do this ... maybe someone will find an answer ;-) # DISCLAIMER

[Bacula-users] From single to multiple volumes!

2006-07-12 Thread Marcus Hallberg
Hi! I have a question! When I started using bacula I configured it to write the data to one file for full backups and one file for incremental backups for each host. Now I want it to always create new files so that I can remove data that is no longer useful. My question: Is it possible to just

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula, backup on tapes : ask for the volume of the next job

2006-07-12 Thread Benoit Guguin
Hi, Ok ... no probleme. But I really don't know how to do this ... Regards, Le Mercredi 12 Juillet 2006 08:42, Axel S. Gruner a écrit : > Hi, > > Am Dienstag, den 11.07.2006, 10:33 +0200 schrieb Benoit Guguin: > > Hi, > > > > I'm currently using Bacula 1.36 on a Debian Sarge. > > > > I've con

[Bacula-users] manual tape change

2006-07-12 Thread Gabriele Bulfon
Hello,I have situations where Bacula seems not to check the tape on job startup, so it doesn't sense that the tape has been changed, thinks that the tape is still the previous one, and then go on asking to change tape when actually the device has the correct one.For example:- I have the configura