[Bacula-users] how to backup only the latest file of a daily sql backup

2011-02-11 Thread J. Echter
hi guys, can anybody tell me how to handle this? what i have: - a daily backup of a sql db - the backup files are kept 14 days on the server itself - i want to backup only the newest file to tape files are called, for example: sql_backup_2011_02_07_230003_9327174.bak the reason for this is, m

Re: [Bacula-users] Director dies if SD crashes

2011-02-11 Thread Mehma Sarja
On 2/11/11 12:19 PM, Dan Langille wrote: > On Fri, February 11, 2011 2:39 pm, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> I have a bacula setup now that seems to work well after some initial >> problems. Now, running 5.0.1 from Ubuntu Lucid (10.04), the director dies >> if an FD dies during b

Re: [Bacula-users] Running both full and inc backups

2011-02-11 Thread James Harper
> > On 02/11/11 14:30, David Noriega wrote: > > I'm backing up our home directories, about 10TB. I haven't really > > timed things out yet, so I'm not sure if a full backup would finish in > > time. But its the schedule the boss wants. > > I guess you won't know until you try it. > > Is the conc

Re: [Bacula-users] Running both full and inc backups

2011-02-11 Thread James Harper
> > On 02/11/11 14:30, David Noriega wrote: > > I'm backing up our home directories, about 10TB. I haven't really > > timed things out yet, so I'm not sure if a full backup would finish in > > time. But its the schedule the boss wants. > > I guess you won't know until you try it. > > Is the conc

[Bacula-users] readlabel and btape

2011-02-11 Thread Jeremiah D. Jester
I'm trying to determine that status of some of my tapes and I'm a little confused on the output. Anyone have any insight? Thanks,JJ [root@scrappy bacula]# ./bin/btape -c bacula-sd.conf /dev/nst0 Tape block granularity is 1024 bytes. btape: butil.c:284 Using device: "/dev/nst0" for writing. 11-Fe

Re: [Bacula-users] Running both full and inc backups

2011-02-11 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 02/11/11 14:30, David Noriega wrote: > I'm backing up our home directories, about 10TB. I haven't really > timed things out yet, so I'm not sure if a full backup would finish in > time. But its the schedule the boss wants. I guess you won't know until you try it. Is the concern that the homedi

[Bacula-users] Director dies if FD crashes (was SD....)

2011-02-11 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
> > I have a bacula setup now that seems to work well after some initial > > problems. Now, running 5.0.1 from Ubuntu Lucid (10.04), the director > > dies > > if an FD dies during backup. Does anyone know if this is a known > > problem? > > I would like to stick to Ubuntu packages if I can't avoid

Re: [Bacula-users] Director dies if SD crashes

2011-02-11 Thread Dan Langille
On Fri, February 11, 2011 2:39 pm, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > Hi all > > I have a bacula setup now that seems to work well after some initial > problems. Now, running 5.0.1 from Ubuntu Lucid (10.04), the director dies > if an FD dies during backup. Does anyone know if this is a known problem? >

Re: [Bacula-users] Complicated New Bacula Setup - advice needed

2011-02-11 Thread Dan Schaefer
On 2-11-2011 12:43 PM, Dan Schaefer wrote: Daily: - Make incremental backups of the 4 linux servers onto "File", with a full backup on Sun (can be setup in the schedule) - Copy those backups to the USB drives for a period of 40 days max - Maybe make incremental or full backups to a tape After

[Bacula-users] Director dies if SD crashes

2011-02-11 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
Hi all I have a bacula setup now that seems to work well after some initial problems. Now, running 5.0.1 from Ubuntu Lucid (10.04), the director dies if an FD dies during backup. Does anyone know if this is a known problem? I would like to stick to Ubuntu packages if I can't avoid it... Vennli

Re: [Bacula-users] Running both full and inc backups

2011-02-11 Thread David Noriega
I'm backing up our home directories, about 10TB. I haven't really timed things out yet, so I'm not sure if a full backup would finish in time. But its the schedule the boss wants. On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 02/11/11 12:47, David Noriega wrote: >> Sorry for showin

Re: [Bacula-users] Running both full and inc backups

2011-02-11 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 02/11/11 12:47, David Noriega wrote: > Sorry for showing my lack of understanding. Everyone has to start learning somewhere. :) > Anyways thanks for the > insight, but now I'm stuck on the scheduler syntax. If I want to run a > full backup every other weekend, would I use the following? > >

[Bacula-users] Complicated New Bacula Setup - advice needed

2011-02-11 Thread Dan Schaefer
I'm not looking for a RTFM response, but I am looking for advice on my new, much needed Bacula setup. I have 4 linux servers (we will call them Web, File, Mail, Dev) and a Windows "server" with a set of 2 rotating usb drives that are swapped twice a month. This is what I want to accomplish: D

Re: [Bacula-users] Running both full and inc backups

2011-02-11 Thread David Noriega
Sorry for showing my lack of understanding. Anyways thanks for the insight, but now I'm stuck on the scheduler syntax. If I want to run a full backup every other weekend, would I use the following? Schedule { Run = Level = Full 1st Fri 19:00 Run = Level = Full 3rd Fri 19:00 Run = Level = Different

Re: [Bacula-users] Running both full and inc backups

2011-02-11 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 02/11/11 11:43, David Noriega wrote: > Why is there both incremental and differential? I thought they were > mutually exclusive. No, not at all. Why would you think that? Here's how the levels work: FULL - Back up ALL files, regardless of modification date. DIFFERENTIAL - Back up all files

Re: [Bacula-users] Running both full and inc backups

2011-02-11 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 02/11/11 11:35, J. Echter wrote: > Am 11.02.2011 16:44, schrieb David Noriega: >> I'd like to run incremental backups twice a week, but also need full >> backups done every two/three(TBD) weeks. Is there a way to do this >> without setting up a full and then an inc backup job? Because that >> wo

Re: [Bacula-users] Running both full and inc backups

2011-02-11 Thread David Noriega
Why is there both incremental and differential? I thought they were mutually exclusive. On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:35 AM, J. Echter wrote: > Am 11.02.2011 16:44, schrieb David Noriega: >> I'd like to run incremental backups twice a week, but also need full >> backups done every two/three(TBD) wee

Re: [Bacula-users] Running both full and inc backups

2011-02-11 Thread J. Echter
Am 11.02.2011 16:44, schrieb David Noriega: > I'd like to run incremental backups twice a week, but also need full > backups done every two/three(TBD) weeks. Is there a way to do this > without setting up a full and then an inc backup job? Because that > would lead to 'two' backup catalogs from whi

[Bacula-users] Running both full and inc backups

2011-02-11 Thread David Noriega
I'd like to run incremental backups twice a week, but also need full backups done every two/three(TBD) weeks. Is there a way to do this without setting up a full and then an inc backup job? Because that would lead to 'two' backup catalogs from which to pull a restore from? David -- Personally, I

Re: [Bacula-users] How does Bacula deal with Symbolic Links?

2011-02-11 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 02/11/11 09:49, B. Cook wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been asked to make an emergency purchase of hardware and software > for my district. (about 9am we had the tape drives fail..) [...] > I am trying to get an answer to the question of: "What does bacula do > with archiving to tape and sym

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup of catalog

2011-02-11 Thread Dan Langille
On Fri, February 11, 2011 8:24 am, Valerio Pachera wrote: > 2011/2/11 Jeremy Maes : >>> no there are scripts called make_catalog_backup for example >>> RunBeforeJob = "/usr/lib/bacula/make_catalog_backup bacula bacula" > ... > RunBeforeJob = "/usr/lib/bacula/make_catalog_backup bacula bacula" >

Re: [Bacula-users] webpage - what tapes are in my tape library?

2011-02-11 Thread Dan Langille
On Wed, February 9, 2011 9:42 pm, Randy Katz wrote: > On 2/9/2011 6:26 PM, Dan Langille wrote: >> Over the past week, I've been playing with a webpage that displays the >> following information: >> >> * what is ready for copy from disk to tape >> * the status of the tapes in the tape library >> *

[Bacula-users] How does Bacula deal with Symbolic Links?

2011-02-11 Thread B. Cook
Hello all, I have been asked to make an emergency purchase of hardware and software for my district. (about 9am we had the tape drives fail..) I have two sets of backups going for 15+ FreeBSD servers. One being done by BackupPC for myself and another on Windows software for State Compliance.

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup of catalog

2011-02-11 Thread Valerio Pachera
2011/2/11 Jeremy Maes : >> no there are scripts called make_catalog_backup for example RunBeforeJob = >> "/usr/lib/bacula/make_catalog_backup bacula bacula" ... RunBeforeJob = "/usr/lib/bacula/make_catalog_backup bacula bacula" RunAfterJob = "/usr/lib/bacula/delete_catalog_backup" Max Wait

Re: [Bacula-users] How to automatically Purge Volumes if they are older than their Volume Retention time

2011-02-11 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:27:10 +0100, ml ml said: > > I would now like to automatically purge Volumes when they are older > than their Volume Retention time. Otherwise those "old" Volumes will > eat up my disk space before they get reused again. I need them in > Purged status so that i can aut

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup of catalog

2011-02-11 Thread Jeremy Maes
Op 11/02/2011 10:10, J. Echter schreef: > Am 11.02.2011 09:47, schrieb Valerio Pachera: >> Hi, I'm using bacula 5.0.2 on debian lenny. >> I have this directort definition >> >> Director {# define myself >> Name = control-station-director >> DIRport = 9101

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup of catalog

2011-02-11 Thread J. Echter
Am 11.02.2011 09:47, schrieb Valerio Pachera: > Hi, I'm using bacula 5.0.2 on debian lenny. > I have this directort definition > > Director {# define myself > Name = control-station-director > DIRport = 9101# where we listen for UA connections

[Bacula-users] Backup of catalog

2011-02-11 Thread Valerio Pachera
Hi, I'm using bacula 5.0.2 on debian lenny. I have this directort definition Director {# define myself Name = control-station-director DIRport = 9101# where we listen for UA connections QueryFile = "/etc/bacula/scripts/query.sql"

Re: [Bacula-users] How to automatically Purge Volumes if they are older than their Volume Retention time

2011-02-11 Thread Richard Marnau
I've read that update "Long Termin Statistik" should do the job. But never tried that ;-). > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: ml ml [mailto:mliebher...@googlemail.com] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. Februar 2011 12:27 > An: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Betreff: [Bacula-users] How to a