[Bacula-users] Laptop backup

2010-04-18 Thread marco zanca
This sounds interesting, maybe i can do a mixed solution with the script for triggering the job with this additional parameters. Thank you all ganiuszka wrote: > marco zanca: > > > > > terryc wrote: > > > > > manually -> bconsole -> run -> choose appropriate job -> check parametrs > > > ->

Re: [Bacula-users] Fatal error: backup.c:892 Network send error to SD. ERR=Connection reset by peer

2010-04-18 Thread Jon Schewe
On 04/16/2010 08:30 AM, Matija Nalis wrote: > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 03:59:49PM -0500, Jon Schewe wrote: > >> On 4/12/10 9:40 AM, Matija Nalis wrote: >> >>> It is especially problem with bigger databases and MySQL instead of >>> PostgreSQL, see http://bugs.bacula.org/view.php?id=1472, wher

Re: [Bacula-users] Laptop backup

2010-04-18 Thread ganiuszka
marco zanca: > > terryc wrote: >> manually -> bconsole -> run -> choose appropriate job -> check parametrs >> -> yes >> > > > Ok, but what if i can't be present all the time and do it manually? > I need a way to automate this. It is possible to modify the number of retry? Hi, These three dir

Re: [Bacula-users] bconsole command for media info

2010-04-18 Thread ganiuszka
Lamp Zy pisze: > Hi, > > In bacula-5.0.1 if I run the bconsole command: >"llist media pool=FullTapes" > I'll get the extended information for all tapes in the pool. > > Is there a command that will give me the same information bit only for > tapes I specifically ask for (like mediaid=4 or vo

Re: [Bacula-users] Laptop backup

2010-04-18 Thread Kevin Keane
You are right, ping is an active polling method, and probably not the best tool for the job. It would probably work if you only have a few laptops. If you want to back up many of them, I agree that it may cause too much ICMP traffic. Also, you would need a mechanism to detect that a backup has a

[Bacula-users] Laptop backup

2010-04-18 Thread marco zanca
What about a script that ping the specific ip or name (e.g. 192.168.1.2 or client1.work) and then, when the first ping response, start the backup with the command bconsole etc? I think this could work, but i'm not happy with this solution. Too much overhead maybe? And potentially too much ICMP

Re: [Bacula-users] Laptop backup

2010-04-18 Thread Kevin Keane
You can indeed script bacula, although it's a bit awkward: simply pipe the commands and all the input data into bconsole via stdin. If you have access to your DHCP server, you could use a lease renewal to trigger the backup (keep in mind that the lease will likely be renewed well before the lap

[Bacula-users] Laptop backup

2010-04-18 Thread marco zanca
terryc wrote: > > manually -> bconsole -> run -> choose appropriate job -> check parametrs > -> yes > Ok, but what if i can't be present all the time and do it manually? I need a way to automate this. It is possible to modify the number of retry? It is possible to run a job with a bash scri