Re: [Bacula-users] Optimizing Backup Schedule and Storage Space on Backup System

2021-03-04 Thread Sven Hartge
On 26.02.21 00:47, J W wrote: 3. I would try Virtual backups. Can I just run virtual full backups periodically after the first full backup? I already have full backups so I could just schedule virtual full backups instead of full ones. Do I need separate media types or devices for Virtual

Re: [Bacula-users] Optimizing Backup Schedule and Storage Space on Backup System

2021-03-04 Thread David Brodbeck
On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 3:48 PM J W wrote: > 1. The full backups are about 2.8 TB with 12,000,000 - 20,000,000 files > and each run for 2 - 3 days. This is a problem since it means that we can > lose up to three days of files if someone has a problem. > I am looking for suggestions about how to

Re: [Bacula-users] Error on despooling attributes in catreq.c: wanted xxx bytes, maximum permitted 10000000 bytes

2021-03-04 Thread David Brodbeck
I'm not sure. I'm running v9.4.4 on the director. Most clients are running that version, although some are older (the oldest being v5.0.0 on a CentOS 6 legacy system, I think.) So if the error was introduced in v9.6.x I wouldn't be seeing it. My bacula.log goes back about a year and I only have

Re: [Bacula-users] Unable to Edit bacula-fd.conf and bat.conf on Windows 10 Machine

2021-03-04 Thread Alan Brown
On windows: make sure all the bacula programs are STOPPED before editing the files. Anything holding the file open will prevent edits being saved On 04/03/2021 13:27, Michael Plante wrote: > Why does Bacula store config files in "Program Files" anyway, other > than possibly legacy behavior

Re: [Bacula-users] Unable to Edit bacula-fd.conf and bat.conf on Windows 10 Machine

2021-03-04 Thread Michael Plante
Why does Bacula store config files in "Program Files" anyway, other than possibly legacy behavior that hasn't been fixed yet? Microsoft has been belatedly getting away from allowing this. It's analogous to storing configs in /*/bin instead of /etc. On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 10:12 PM William Muriithi