Re: [Bacula-users] Doesn't want to recycle tape in the drive

Hi, I really need help ;) Moreover, do you think, creating one pool for each week day could be a good workaround ? Adam Cécile a écrit : > Hi, > > Here is my problem: > I have five tapes (Dailly-00[1-5]). > Let's assume Daily-005 is purged and Daily-001 is used (but data expired). > If Daily-001

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Bacula using one drive in a Vchanger

Hello, MaxVolumeJobs was never intended as a mechanism to limit one one job to a Volume in the case of a multiple simultaneous backups. This is documented in the manual (at least in the development manual). With multiple simultaneous jobs, there are a number of race conditions that are very c

[Bacula-users] If there's a problem, it just hangs

Actually, looks like bacula did something else. It changed the configuration of the tape drive as well. I had it set as one large drive and bacula reconfigured it to segments of 64 drives. Must be something funky between bacula and the storage system no? Can bacula talk with a storage device a

[Bacula-users] If there's a problem, it just hangs

For example; # ./mtx-changer /dev/sg0 unload 1 /dev/nst0 0 It took the tape out of the drive, then hung with; Storage Element 1 is Already Full That's it, just hangs. Now I have to restart the tape device. Should bacula not handle this or is there another problem? Mike -

Re: [Bacula-users] Migration purging seems not to work

Hello again Arno and friends ... On 11/7/07, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > 07.11.2007 19:12,, Hydro Meteor wrote:: > > > > On Nov 7, 2007 1:26 AM, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > 07.11.2007 12:17,, Hydro M

Re: [Bacula-users] Testing

Yup. 08.11.2007 01:23,, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:: > Am I getting out to the list now? > > > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log e

[Bacula-users] Testing

Am I getting out to the list now? - 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 yo

Re: [Bacula-users] tapealert command gives exit code 1

Hi, 07.11.2007 23:10,, Eric Böse-Wolf wrote:: > Hello Arno, > >> There will be some reason why your tapealert command output isn't >> matched by grep. You'll ony see what happens behind the scenes if you >> try the tapealert command Bacula runs and look at the output, not >> piped through grep

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula backup running amok with "not configured to autolabel Volumes" messages

Hi Arno, I did "bls" on the tape/Volume 626AAL that was put into ERROR by bacula and got the following at the very end of the message output. bls JobId 0: drwxr-xr-x 3 uptime root 4096 2007-10-31 09:09:09 /var/lib/database/datastore.fborc010/ bls JobId 0: drwxr-xr-x 6 mysqlmys

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from file really really slow

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Julian Perry wrote: > Thomas > >> i read somewhere, thats this problem is solved in newer versions of >> bacula (think it was 2.2.*). >> >> The issue was, that a restore jobs reads the whole volume (as a >> tapedrive does). In newer versions it does "

Re: [Bacula-users] tapealert command gives exit code 1

Hello Arno, > There will be some reason why your tapealert command output isn't > matched by grep. You'll ony see what happens behind the scenes if you > try the tapealert command Bacula runs and look at the output, not > piped through grep. This is a misunderstanding or maybe I didn't tell yo

Re: [Bacula-users] can't restore ACL of /tmp/bacula-restores/*

> 07.11.2007 02:41,, Doug Sampson wrote:: > > I am testing the restore function of Bacula 2.2.5 on > FreeBSD 6.2 and in the > > process of restoring ~20,000 files recursively from the > /var directory, I am > > seeing numerous error messages as follows: > > > > <..snip..> > > 06-Nov 17:37 aries-

Re: [Bacula-users] minor reporting bug in bacula

Hi, 07.11.2007 13:43,, Brian Minton wrote:: > I have a minor bug to report. When bacula is told to specifically > include a directory (on a different file system), Right. Bacule does not report everything it backs up. > there is no mention > of it in the email repor; instead the report states t

Re: [Bacula-users] Migration purging seems not to work

Hi, 07.11.2007 19:12,, Hydro Meteor wrote:: > > On Nov 7, 2007 1:26 AM, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Hello, > > 07.11.2007 12:17,, Hydro Meteor wrote:: > > Hi all, > > > > I just recently set up a migration resources in my Dire

Re: [Bacula-users] Tapedrive

Hi, 07.11.2007 17:00,, Leonardo Goldim wrote:: > Hey guys, i'm looking for a new tapedrive and would like to know if > somebody have any experience with bacula + Sony AIT-2 80/208GB Turbo Sata? I wouldn't recomment SATA-attached tape drives. ATA attached tape drives never seemed to work r

Re: [Bacula-users] 'label barcodes' and adding volumes to a particular pool

Hi, 07.11.2007 16:30,, Chris Howells wrote:: > Hi, > > I've defined pools F01, F02, ..., F10 in my director config. > > I've loaded the autochanger with a pile of tapes which have a barcodef > name prefixed with the name of the pool I want to add it to. > > So for instance tape F01T01L4 should

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula backup running amok with "not configured to autolable Volumes" messages

Hi, 07.11.2007 15:37,, Win Htin wrote:: > Hi Arno, > ... > This brings up a question. Am I correct to assume bacula actually writes > the volume (barcode label in my case) and the associated pool's info > onto the tape? Yes, I think so. Try bls to look at the tape contents, for example. > Als

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula & postgresl

Hi, 07.11.2007 14:57,, luyigui loholhlki wrote:: > > Hi > yesterday i received an empty mail from bacula when i wanted to restart > bacula ; this is the message i had > --- > 07-Nov 13:55 bacula-dir: Fatal error: Could not open Catalog > "MyCatalog", > datab

Re: [Bacula-users] tapealert command gives exit code 1

Hi, 07.11.2007 13:48,, Eric Böse-Wolf wrote:: > Hello Arno, > Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> Reading the man page of grep I noticed that it exits with exit code 1 if >>> it does not find the pattern searched for, so I should have had the same >>> error message with my autochanger,

Re: [Bacula-users] Minimising network bandwidth

Ryan Novosielski wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > David Legg wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I know the current method of handling the backup of a database is to run >> a special job just before the main backup which dumps the database out >> to a file. This file is then b

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula using one drive in a Vchanger

Hi, I will look into the "Prefer Mounted Volume" directive; I haven't looked into it before; it is possible that's what's causing the problem. I intended for each volume to only hold a single job. I do not want multiple backups to interleave within the same disk volume. But, I do want several jo

Re: [Bacula-users] Migration purging seems not to work

On Nov 7, 2007 1:26 AM, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > 07.11.2007 12:17,, Hydro Meteor wrote:: > > Hi all, > > > > I just recently set up a migration resources in my Director > > configuration file to migrate from File (hard drive) to DVD. The simple > > test I tried worked f

[Bacula-users] postgresql problem

Hi yesterday i received an empty mail from bacula . When i wanted to restart bacula : this is the message i had --- 07-Nov 13:55 bacula-dir: Fatal error: Could not open Catalog "MyCatalog", database "bacula". 07-Nov 13:55 b

Re: [Bacula-users] Minimising network bandwidth

Thanks for the pointers Ryan, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > >> Are there any plans to give >> the client file daemons the ability to transfer just the differences >> instead of the whole file? >> > > This was a requested project, but I guess you can imagine what /I'm/ > going to say next. :) >

Re: [Bacula-users] Is migration across different Media Types really all that undesirable?

On Nov 7, 2007 1:32 AM, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > 07.11.2007 12:11,, Hydro Meteor wrote:: > > Hello all -- > > > > Reading the current Bacula User's Guide regarding Migration, I found > > this sentence: > > > > Bacula permits pools to contain Volumes with different Medi

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula using one drive in a Vchanger

Elie Azar wrote: > Hi Josh, > > I have upgraded to bacula 2.2.5 and I'm still having the same problems. > > It seems like drive-1 in the vchanger is never used. Have you ever seen it > used, and if so, what kind of configuration do I need; I followed the > instruction in the HowTo document (Rev 0.

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula using one drive in a Vchanger

From Elie's bconsole output (below) I think there is something else going on here, so I am CCing the developer list. Job 13736 got to the volume first, moved it from the Scratch pool into the pool being used, loaded it into the drive, relabeled it into the new pool, and began using it. Because

Re: [Bacula-users] Tapedrive

On 11/7/07, Leonardo Goldim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, i'm looking for a new tapedrive and would like to know if > somebody have any experience with bacula + Sony AIT-2 80/208GB Turbo Sata? > > The tapedrive support for Linux SD and Windows SD are equal? The way I see t

[Bacula-users] Tapedrive

Hey guys, i'm looking for a new tapedrive and would like to know if somebody have any experience with bacula + Sony AIT-2 80/208GB Turbo Sata? The tapedrive support for Linux SD and Windows SD are equal? -- Leonardo Goldim - Auditoria Intr

Re: [Bacula-users] minor reporting bug in bacula

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yes, it happens. That line is coming from an Include of a DIFFERENT filesystem. It is later (or earlier) backed up by the Include that mentions it by name. This is confusing, and before complaining it should probably check the rest of the include. But,

[Bacula-users] Minimising network bandwidth

Hi, I know the current method of handling the backup of a database is to run a special job just before the main backup which dumps the database out to a file. This file is then backed up as normal. The trouble with this approach is that even if one small record has been modified the whole dat

Re: [Bacula-users] Minimising network bandwidth

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Legg wrote: > Hi, > > I know the current method of handling the backup of a database is to run > a special job just before the main backup which dumps the database out > to a file. This file is then backed up as normal. > > The trouble with

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula speed limitations?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think a lot of this is in the manual in more detail than I could provide -- I didn't really think of it myself until having read it on the list many times. Think of it this way -- every time you are backing up a single file, Bacula has a fair amount

[Bacula-users] 'label barcodes' and adding volumes to a particular pool

Hi, I've defined pools F01, F02, ..., F10 in my director config. I've loaded the autochanger with a pile of tapes which have a barcodef name prefixed with the name of the pool I want to add it to. So for instance tape F01T01L4 should go into pool F01, F09T02L4 should go into pool F09. Is ther

Re: [Bacula-users] python support removal

I'm not a developer, and have only started to try to teach myself programming (slow going given my time-constraints and other demands on my time) so my $.02 is probably worth $.002 after the exchange-rate, but while reading this thread I thought that it would be "neat" if a bacula API were devel

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula backup running amok with "not configured to autolable Volumes" messages

Hi Arno, Thanks for your prompt response. I actually found out it was my mistake. I did NOT "label" the newly erased tapes before using the "add" command to add the volumes to their respective pools. After deleting the volumes and labeling the volumes, the backups started working properly. A newbi

[Bacula-users] bacula & postgresl

Hi yesterday i received an empty mail from bacula when i wanted to restart bacula ; this is the message i had --- 07-Nov 13:55 bacula-dir: Fatal error: Could not open Catalog "MyCatalog", database "bacula". 07-Nov 13:55 b

[Bacula-users] Replace cannot be set

When doing a restore on a server it does not allow me to set the "Replace" directive, as it always returns to 0. Bacula 2.2.5 - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems?

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula speed limitations?

Ryan, I'm not sure what you mean, or how to test for this. What gets written to the catalog, when does it get written, and how does that affect the rest of the job? Thanks, Shon btw - Have you healed since we last corresponded? On Nov 6, 2007 9:10 PM, Ryan Novosielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: [Bacula-users] tapealert command gives exit code 1

Hello Arno, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Reading the man page of grep I noticed that it exits with exit code 1 if >> it does not find the pattern searched for, so I should have had the same >> error message with my autochanger, shouldn't I? > I'd start with trying the actual tapeal

[Bacula-users] minor reporting bug in bacula

I have a minor bug to report. When bacula is told to specifically include a directory (on a different file system), there is no mention of it in the email repor; instead the report states that the directory was not included: (Note particularly lines 3 and 7) 07-Nov 03:05 server-dir JobId 77: Sta

[Bacula-users] BAT - Only root directory shown in version browser

Hi, I already have the problem, that only the root directory is shown in the version browser / restore browser for windows backups. (Bug-ID 962) As described in the Bug-Report I updated to Bacula 2.2.5. But I have the same problem. Is there already a problem or did I make a mistake during t

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula using one drive in a Vchanger

Hi, 07.11.2007 01:14,, Elie Azar wrote:: > Hi Josh, I'm not Josh, but perhaps I see something, too :-) > I have upgraded to bacula 2.2.5 and I'm still having the same problems. > > It seems like drive-1 in the vchanger is never used. Have you ever seen it > used, and if so, what kind of configu

Re: [Bacula-users] Is migration across different Media Types really all that undesirable?

Hi, 07.11.2007 12:11,, Hydro Meteor wrote:: > Hello all -- > > Reading the current Bacula User's Guide regarding Migration, I found > this sentence: > > Bacula permits pools to contain Volumes with different Media Types. > However, when doing migration, this is *a very undesirable >

Re: [Bacula-users] Orphaned Buffers?

Hi, 07.11.2007 10:36,, Dep, Khushil (GE Money) wrote:: > I get these when I am doing a sudo ./bacula stop - v2.2.5 > > I suspected it may just be some debug information but I was worried that > it maybe data that hadn't been flushed to the SD. Looks like you don't have to worry, then. Arno >

Re: [Bacula-users] tapealert command gives exit code 1

Hi, 07.11.2007 09:41,, Eric Böse-Wolf wrote:: > Today I switched from using an autochanger to using a single drive and > updated the alert command to sh -c "tapeinfo -f /dev/sg1 | grep > 'TapeAlert'" and now bacula complains about a bad alert command, as it > exits with exit code 1. > > Reading t

Re: [Bacula-users] Migration purging seems not to work

Hello, 07.11.2007 12:17,, Hydro Meteor wrote:: > Hi all, > > I just recently set up a migration resources in my Director > configuration file to migrate from File (hard drive) to DVD. The simple > test I tried worked fine (the DVD+RW was written to just perfectly). Good to hear - I'm planning

Re: [Bacula-users] can't restore ACL of /tmp/bacula-restores/*

Hi, 07.11.2007 02:41,, Doug Sampson wrote:: > I am testing the restore function of Bacula 2.2.5 on FreeBSD 6.2 and in the > process of restoring ~20,000 files recursively from the /var directory, I am > seeing numerous error messages as follows: > > <..snip..> > 06-Nov 17:37 aries-fd JobId 2326:

[Bacula-users] BAT

Hey All, Now, thanks to all the help from this list, I have managed to get Bacula installed and working across an enterprise network backing up aroung 1TB of data. It's all going very smoothly and I'm very impressed. However, I really wan to build th bat client but unfortunately every time I try

[Bacula-users] Migration purging seems not to work

Hi all, I just recently set up a migration resources in my Director configuration file to migrate from File (hard drive) to DVD. The simple test I tried worked fine (the DVD+RW was written to just perfectly). The Bacula User's Guide states: As part of this process, *the File catalog records asso

[Bacula-users] Is migration across different Media Types really all that undesirable?

Hello all -- Reading the current Bacula User's Guide regarding Migration, I found this sentence: Bacula permits pools to contain Volumes with different Media Types. However, when doing migration, this is *a very undesirable condition*. For migration to work properly, you should use pools containi

Re: [Bacula-users] Orphaned Buffers?

I get these when I am doing a sudo ./bacula stop - v2.2.5 I suspected it may just be some debug information but I was worried that it maybe data that hadn't been flushed to the SD. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arno Lehmann Sent: 06 Nov

[Bacula-users] tapealert command gives exit code 1

Today I switched from using an autochanger to using a single drive and updated the alert command to sh -c "tapeinfo -f /dev/sg1 | grep 'TapeAlert'" and now bacula complains about a bad alert command, as it exits with exit code 1. Reading the man page of grep I noticed that it exits with exit code

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Mini project

On Wednesday 07 November 2007 04:12, John Jorgensen wrote: > > "dboyes" == David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > dboyes> I agree with you. It's dumb to do an incremental > dboyes> followed immediately by a full backup if they're > dboyes> going to dump the same data in roughly