Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread Silver Salonen
On Monday 03 November 2008 01:29:45 Dan Langille wrote: > With the upcoming release of Bacula, what new feature are you waiting for? Possibility to reload SD's configuration without restarting, like it can be done in DIR. -- Silver

[Bacula-users] Fine Tune bacula-dir

2008-11-03 Thread Dinesh Gunasekar
Hello, My bacula-director is heavy on memory usage. Is there a way I can optimize it ? I get this while connecting to bacula-dir. Daemon started 23-Oct-08 03:25, 4995 Jobs run since started. Heap: heap=1,067,724,800 smbytes=8,858,372 max_bytes=17,512,263 bufs=66,665 max_bufs=66,706 I have got c

[Bacula-users] Collax relases bacula based product / Univention too

2008-11-03 Thread Thomas Mueller
hi there just read on a german linux news site * that Collax has released a backup module for the collax server called "Collax Net Backup"** which seems to be based on bacula. Also in the Univention Corporate Server (UCS) there is Bacula working inside since version 2.1 ***. - Thomas all of

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread Kevin Keane
Here is my wish list. I hope I'm not including things that already exist... What I would like to see is more support for backing up to removable hard disks. Specifically: - Have bacula delete the actual file on disk when it is purged/pruned/deleted in the database. Unlike tapes, reusing files m

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread Kevin Keane
Here is my wish list. I hope I'm not including things that already exist... What I would like to see is more support for backing up to removable hard disks. Specifically: - Have bacula delete the actual file on disk when it is purged/pruned/deleted in the database. Unlike tapes, reusing files m

Re: [Bacula-users] problem with incrementals, differentials and volume retention

2008-11-03 Thread John Drescher
>> UseVolumeOnce = yes. >> Maximum Volume Jobs = nnn. >> Maximum Volume Bytes = . >> Volume Use Duration = ttt. >> >> Use any of the above. After a tape is marked Full or Used the >> retention period will count from the last byte written to the volume. >> One small correction. I said tape. Rep

Re: [Bacula-users] problem with incrementals, differentials and volume retention

2008-11-03 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:01 PM, John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> UseVolumeOnce = yes. >>> Maximum Volume Jobs = nnn. >>> Maximum Volume Bytes = . >>> Volume Use Duration = ttt. >>> >>> Use any of the above. After a tape is marked Full or Used the >>> retention period will count fro

Re: [Bacula-users] problem with incrementals, differentials and volume retention

2008-11-03 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:28 PM, jpg1792 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for pointing that out. I hadn't seen that mentioned in any of > the guides. Do you know if Volume Use Duration would accomplish the > same thing, or do I have to use Maximum Volume Bytes? > UseVolumeOnce = yes. Maximum V

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread Frank Sweetser
junior.listas wrote: > Configuration data ( whatever is in the config file ) may be placed on > the database or xml files, this can simplify bacula use in web|gtk > interfaces or appliances. Sorry, but that's a feature that's not likely to be implemented any time soon: http://wiki.bacula.org/do

Re: [Bacula-users] problem with incrementals, differentials and volume retention

2008-11-03 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:58 PM, jpg1792 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I've set bacula up using Josh Fisher's vchanger script. That all > seems to be working fine. So I set up a backup schedule using the > default WeeklyCycle schedule, and I set the pools up as follows: > > Pool { >

[Bacula-users] problem with incrementals, differentials and volume retention

2008-11-03 Thread jpg1792
Hi All, I've set bacula up using Josh Fisher's vchanger script. That all seems to be working fine. So I set up a backup schedule using the default WeeklyCycle schedule, and I set the pools up as follows: Pool { Name = AllIncrementals Label Format = "Incrementals" Pool Ty

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread Dan Langille
On Nov 3, 2008, at 8:43 PM, junior.listas wrote: > I would like to specify one database for each job. Do you mean one Catalog for each Job? You can do one job per Client. Is that not what you can use? -- Dan Langille http://langille.org/

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread junior.listas
I would like to specify one database for each job. ps. Sorry if this exists, but i can't find. JC - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread junior.listas
Configuration data ( whatever is in the config file ) may be placed on the database or xml files, this can simplify bacula use in web|gtk interfaces or appliances. JC - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread Hemant Shah
--- On Mon, 11/3/08, John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for? > To: "Yuri Timofeev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Dan Langille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Da

[Bacula-users] Big trouble compiling Bacula

2008-11-03 Thread Reynier Perez Mira
Hi every: Recently I install a new Ubuntu 8.10 Server in an ESX VMWare Machine. Today I try to compile and configure Bacula 2.4.3 and I get a lot of errors when I try to start the service. See the logs: /etc/init.d/bacula start Starting the Bacula Storage daemon *** buffer overflow detected ***:

Re: [Bacula-users] SD not using more than 1 drive in autochanger

2008-11-03 Thread Jeff Falgout
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Jeff Falgout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings - > > I believe this is a config error as I've seen other posts related to > older versions stating this has been fixed, but I can't figure it out. > . . . > > When I try to do something with the autochanger, such

Re: [Bacula-users] changing the name of a tape?

2008-11-03 Thread Mike Eggleston
On Mon, 03 Nov 2008, Arno Lehmann might have said: > Hi, > > 03.11.2008 19:26, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I mis-named a disk volume (if that matters) when adding > ^^^ > >> it just now. I had > >> a backup waiting for a new volume, so this volume was > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Storage daemon didn't accept Device "FifoStorage"

2008-11-03 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 31.10.2008 12:32, Isabel Bermejo wrote: > Ok > Now I understand the situation. If I define a Storage Fifo Device, I'm > backing up to a "virtual" device, isn't it? So I have to define a Job with > RunBeforeJob option and a FileSet with readfifo=yes and as Device I can > define a file device so

Re: [Bacula-users] Storage daemon didn't accept Device "FifoStorage"

2008-11-03 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 31.10.2008 11:35, Isabel Bermejo wrote: > Hi > > Yes, the script I made works correctly. It dumps the database to a file > /tmp/fifofile. Which should be a FIFO you create in the run before job script... but that's already implemented, I think. > What I want to do is to backup MySQL databa

Re: [Bacula-users] changing the name of a tape?

2008-11-03 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 03.11.2008 19:26, Jari Fredriksson wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I mis-named a disk volume (if that matters) when adding ^^^ >> it just now. I had >> a backup waiting for a new volume, so this volume was >> grabbed immediately >> by bacula to start storing the backup (not a p

Re: [Bacula-users] changing the name of a tape?

2008-11-03 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 03.11.2008 15:49, Mike Eggleston wrote: > Hi, > > I mis-named a disk volume (if that matters) when adding it just now. I had > a backup waiting for a new volume, so this volume was grabbed immediately > by bacula to start storing the backup (not a problem). Is there a way to > rename the volu

Re: [Bacula-users] changing the name of a tape?

2008-11-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
> Hi, > > I mis-named a disk volume (if that matters) when adding > it just now. I had > a backup waiting for a new volume, so this volume was > grabbed immediately > by bacula to start storing the backup (not a problem). Is > there a way to rename the volume? I named it > '$site-03578' instead

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Bacula and LTO4 weirdness.

2008-11-03 Thread Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
Hi! This is my drive definition: Device { Name = IBM-ULT3580-TD4 Drive Index = 0 Media Type = Ultrium-LTO-4 Archive Device = /dev/nst0 AutomaticMount = yes; AutoChanger = Yes AlwaysOpen = yes; RemovableMedia = yes; RandomAcce

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Bacula and LTO4 weirdness.

2008-11-03 Thread Jason Selwitz
thanks..  looks like I currently have that option enabled, here is what my drive definition is from the SD conf file. I too am using an IBM LTO-4 drive, I'd like to see what you have for your drive maybe it's another setting I have awry,. Device {   Name = IBM-ULTRIUM-LTO4   Media Type = LTO4

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread John Drescher
> Copy Jobs ! ++ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source eve

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Bacula and LTO4 weirdness.

2008-11-03 Thread Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
Hi, again. On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:27 AM, John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Sorry about the late response it looks like whenever a backup run >> completes and bacula finishes a volume

[Bacula-users] automatically unrecycling volumes (was: automatically pruning the loaded volume)

2008-11-03 Thread Tilman Schmidt
On 13.10.2008 14:27, /me wrote: > I'm still wrestling with my problem of Bacula requesting a different > volume although the one already loaded is eligible to be recycled. [1] > As I cannot find a solution to the root problem I am now thinking about > workarounds. One idea I'm currently pursuing is

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread Yuri Timofeev
2008/11/3 Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > With the upcoming release of Bacula, what new feature are you waiting for? > Copy Jobs ! -- with best regards - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Develope

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Restore Problems

2008-11-03 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, This appears to me to be a hardware error, and thus you need support. If you have not first reported this on the bacula-users list, then please do so rather than send support requests to the bacula-devel list. The bacula-devel list is only for developement issues, or issues concerning

[Bacula-users] Critical 2.4.3-orphaned-jobs.patch released

2008-11-03 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, We recently found and corrected a serious bug in Bacula that causes jobs to be orphaned or "stuck" in the director during the pruning process. Depending on what jobs get stuck and how many there are, it could prevent additional jobs from running. As best we can tell, this problem occu

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Tilman Schmidt < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Langille schrieb: > > With the upcoming release of Bacula, what new feature are you waiting > for? > > I'm still looking for a way to tell Bacula to use whatever tape is > present in a standalone drive. (Provided it

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Bacula and LTO4 weirdness.

2008-11-03 Thread Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
Hi! On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:27 AM, John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry about the late response it looks like whenever a backup run > completes and bacula finishes a volume to catalog verify run on all of > my servers, when I try to start a new backup like a normal nightly, it > thro

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Dan Langille schrieb: > With the upcoming release of Bacula, what new feature are you waiting for? I'm still looking for a way to tell Bacula to use whatever tape is present in a standalone drive. (Provided it is in the correct pool and appendable or eligible for recycling, of course.) That would

[Bacula-users] changing the name of a tape?

2008-11-03 Thread Mike Eggleston
Hi, I mis-named a disk volume (if that matters) when adding it just now. I had a backup waiting for a new volume, so this volume was grabbed immediately by bacula to start storing the backup (not a problem). Is there a way to rename the volume? I named it '$site-03578' instead if '$site-0358'. I w

Re: [Bacula-users] Cannot cancel a restoration job waiting for mount

2008-11-03 Thread LeJav
Hi Thomas, I have found my problem: I had configured "Maximum Concurrent Jobs" to 1 for the FD (bacula-fd.conf). But the documentation is clear: > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = where is the > maximum number of Jobs that should run concurrently. The default > is set to 2, but you may set it to a l

[Bacula-users] Restore Problems

2008-11-03 Thread Dinesh Gunasekar
Hello all, I lately got bacula-2.4.2 installed, and I recently noted something, which I am not sure if it is a feature or a problem. I did a restore from a full backup job, and it failed. It said this - ( note : /home/xxx * *** .mp4 is not the actual file name ) 31-Oct 11:38 storage0

[Bacula-users] Fwd: Bacula and LTO4 weirdness.

2008-11-03 Thread John Drescher
Sorry about the late response it looks like whenever a backup run completes and bacula finishes a volume to catalog verify run on all of my servers, when I try to start a new backup like a normal nightly, it throws the following error and marks the tape "Error". 01-Nov 00:01 unixtape-sd JobId 1637

Re: [Bacula-users] Bat 2.4.3 tries to double-purge volumes

2008-11-03 Thread Silver Salonen
http://bugs.bacula.org/view.php?id=1178 -- Silver On Monday 03 November 2008 15:29:18 Dirk Bartley wrote: > I'm not sure. I just purged a tape on Friday and it worked fine for me. > Go ahead and file a report. I'll try to purge a tape later to see what > happens. > > Dirk -

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-03 Thread Kshatriya
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008, James Harper wrote: > What I'd really like is some sort of tape validation job. Under Amanda > (sorry :), I ran a script at 10am and 3pm which would email someone if > there was no tape (usb disk actually) present, or if the disk would not > be valid for tonights backup. I wro

[Bacula-users] Bat 2.4.3 tries to double-purge volumes

2008-11-03 Thread Silver Salonen
Hello. Bat is doing some weird stuff in 2.4.3 again :) Every time I say it to purge a volume, it tries to do it twice. After first purge (and all the warnings) it just tries to do it once more and if I say it "OK, do it", then it gets an error saying that volume's status is not the one that ca

[Bacula-users] accidently purged jobs

2008-11-03 Thread Christoph Litauer
Hi, yesterday morning I accidently purged all jobs for one of my backup clients (I wanted to delete one job, but accidently typed "purge"). Is it possible to recover the index entries for _this client_ only? Using bscan? -- Regards Christoph __