Hi folks,
I noticed time to time a certain pool will pick up a number of volumes from
the Scratch pool and assign it into it's own pool.
Below is this morning's example. You will notice the last THREE volumes
being in the ProdIncrementals pool and my Scratch pool is empty.
I haven't seen this
On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 2:14 AM, Ralf Brinkmann <ralf.brinkm...@wemhoener.de>
wrote:
> Am 30.08.2016 um 14:13 schrieb Win Htin:
>
>> Thanks Ralf. How many drives do you have in your new tape library?
>> Can you share your bacula-fd.conf file?
>>
>
> Old and new
On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 1:45 AM, Ralf Brinkmann <ralf.brinkm...@wemhoener.de
> wrote:
> Am 29.08.2016 um 15:52 schrieb Win Htin:
>
>> I am in the process of migrating my old LTO4 based library to a new
>> LTO6 based one. Currently I am running version 5.2.12 with the ol
>
> Hi folks,
I am in the process of migrating my old LTO4 based library to a new LTO6
based one. Currently I am running version 5.2.12 with the old library and
the new one is running version 7.0.5.
1. On the old system, I have multiple pools, job definitions and filesets
created.
I would
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Ana Emília M. Arruda
emiliaarr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Win Htin win.h...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to recover a number of directories all under the same parent
directory structure like the following example.
/etc
Hi,
I am trying to recover a number of directories all under the same parent
directory structure like the following example.
/etc/app/storage/multiple_sub-directories_starting_with_bloomberg
When I run the restore with option 6, it gives me an error message like the
following:
*For one or
Hi folks,
I need to restore files from 4+ yrs back. I know the volume(s) where
the files are backed up but the backup records have been pruned. Since
I do have the db catalog backed up on a daily basis following is what
I am planning to do.
1. /etc/bacula/bin/bls -j -V volume_name devicename
2.
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov
flatw...@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:39:39 -0400
Win Htin win.h...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi folks,
I need to restore files from 4+ yrs back. I know the volume(s) where
the files are backed up but the backup records
Hi folks,
If I want to retire an old server but need to keep the backup data for
several years, what is the best option? Just disable the job? What
happens if the old server is deleted from the clients list?
Thanks in advance for your input.
Cheers,
Win
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:03 PM, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote:
If I want to retire an old server but need to keep the backup data for
several years, what is the best option? Just disable the job? What
happens if the old server is deleted from the clients list?
The big problem is
Hi,
I haven't tried on LTO5 but on LTO4, I need to run the following mt
parameters for the tape-drives to function properly.
Hope this helps.
Below, replace tapedevice with st1 in your scenario.
--- Start
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Alan Brown a...@mssl.ucl.ac.uk wrote:
Hi folks,
I have all my new tapes/volumes assigned to Scratch pool. If I
understand correctly, if I have e.g. Full and Incremental pools
defined but no actual volumes assigned, each pool will, when required,
pick up the
Hi folks,
I have all my new tapes/volumes assigned to Scratch pool. If I
understand correctly, if I have e.g. Full and Incremental pools
defined but no actual volumes assigned, each pool will, when required,
pick up the volume from Scratch and re-assign it to the respective
pool. If I recollect
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On 11/06/11 13:55, Win Htin wrote:
Hi folks,
If the bacula database is completely blown away but I still have the
bootstrap file (*.bsr) what is the best method to re-install the
bacula database? I think bscan is the way to go but am a bit
confused with the explanations
Hi folks,
If the bacula database is completely blown away but I still have the
bootstrap file (*.bsr) what is the best method to re-install the
bacula database? I think bscan is the way to go but am a bit
confused with the explanations in the howto guide. The bare database
has been re-created and
To make matters worse, the MySQL database is running on a none default
port. Since bscan doesn't have an option to set the port number I am
in a bit of a bind. Any ideas?
TIA,
Win
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Win Htin win.h...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi folks,
If the bacula database is completely
, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov
flatw...@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 15:50:13 -0500
Win Htin win.h...@gmail.com wrote:
To make matters worse, the MySQL database is running on a none default
port. Since bscan doesn't have an option to set the port number I am
in a bit
Hi folks,
I got the following error while running my full backups. How can I
reduce the table to free up space? I am running MySQL 4.1.20
-- start of message -
02-Apr 18:14 backupserver-dir JobId 27199: Fatal error: Can't fill
File table Query failed: INSERT INTO File
Hi folks,
I got the following error while running my full backups. How can I
reduce the table to free up space? I am running MySQL 4.1.20
-- start of message -
02-Apr 18:14 backupserver-dir JobId 27199: Fatal error: Can't fill
File table Query failed: INSERT INTO File
Hi folks,
I noticed every time I have to cancel a running job, the tape/volume
goes into error state. I assumed the job would terminate gracefully
with an eod mark but seems not. Is there a way I can put an eod mark
and put the tape back to append mode? I am running version 2.2.6 on
RHEL 4.6
Thanks John. Do you recollect which actual database I have to look into?
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 12:15 PM, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote:
I noticed every time I have to cancel a running job, the tape/volume
goes into error state. I assumed the job would terminate gracefully
with an
Hi folks,
Looking at last evening's backup reports, I noticed 3 incremental jobs
ran as full backups.
Since those 3 jobs are not newly created client jobs I am a bit
perplexed with the sudden change.
Following is the beginning of the messages from one of the backups.
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Jan Lentfer jan.lent...@web.de wrote:
On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:48:51 -0500, Win Htin win.h...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi folks,
Looking at last evening's backup reports, I noticed 3 incremental jobs
ran as full backups.
Since those 3 jobs are not newly created client
Hi folks,
I am running Bacula version 2.2.6 and am wondering how I can restore
all files/sub-directories under a given directory since I do not know
exactly what files/sub-directories are under that directory. The only
options I can see from the bconsole restore commands are:
1: List last 20
Hi folks,
I need to restore files older than 6 months from different days (all
from same directory structure). Following is the partial definition of
the client.
File Retention = 180 days
Job Retention = 60 months
Will it be possible to restore only the files that I am
Hi folks,
I need to restore files older than 6 months from different days (all
from same directory structure). Following is the partial definition of
the client.
File Retention = 180 days
Job Retention = 60 months
Will it be possible to restore only the files that I am
Hi folks,
Any idea what the following Error event messages are all about? This
happens from time to time but the backups always terminate with a
Backup OK status.
OS is CentOS 5.5 x86_64 and Bacula version is 5.02.
TIA,
Win
-- Forwarded message --
12-Sep 07:00 backupserver-dir
Hello,
I am running Bacula 5.0.2 with a Quantum SuperLoader 3 with DLTv4
tape drive. If i want to enable hardware compression so i can use
320GB from my VS1 tapes all i would need to do is run this command:
mt -f /dev/nst0 defcompression 1, correct?
Is there any way to enable
Hi folks,
I am trying to setup a new IBM TS3200 library running on CentOS 5.5 64
bit. The Bacula version is 5.0.2 and the tape drives are LTO4s. I have
successfully setup a couple of other exact type libraries in the past
and had no issues albeit running older Bacula 2.4.X version. I went
Hi folks,
I am trying to setup a new IBM TS3200 library running on CentOS 5.5 64
bit. The Bacula version is 5.0.2 and the tape drives are LTO4s. I have
successfully setup a couple of other exact type libraries in the past
and had no issues albeit running older Bacula 2.4.X version. I went
through
Message: 12
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 08:17:27 -0400
From: masker bacula-fo...@backupcentral.com
Subject: [Bacula-users] IBM TS3100 autochanger
To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Message-ID: 1275221847.m2f.335...@www.backupcentral.com
Phil Stracchino wrote:
What is this lin-tape you
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Win Htin win.h...@gmail.com wrote:
Message: 12
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 08:17:27 -0400
From: masker bacula-fo...@backupcentral.com
Subject: [Bacula-users] IBM TS3100 autochanger
To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Message-ID: 1275221847.m2f.335
Hi folks,
I'm sure this may have been asked a few times but here I go again!
What is the proper and safe way to re-assign tapes/old volumes from a
pool which is no longer in use to back the scratch pool?
Below, the pool AllDifferentials is no longer in use and I would
like to re-assign the
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Hi,
27.11.2009 20:41, Win Htin wrote:
Hi folks,
Last evening, a few of my client backups failed with the above
subject error message. The backups have been running successfully
for more than a year and I haven't changed any configuration files
etc.
Any idea
Hi folks,
Last evening, a few of my client backups failed with the above
subject error message. The backups have been running successfully
for more than a year and I haven't changed any configuration files
etc.
Any idea what the reason is behind the errors?
I'm running Version 2.2.6 on RHEL4
HI folks,
I assumed providing the deleted sub-directory e.g.
/home/john/deleted_dirname would restore not only the directory but
all files underneath. Found out the hard way it doesn't. The end user
doesn't remember the name of files. How can I restore whatever was
under the deleted
Is the database up?
Cheers,
Win
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Message: 19
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:01:09 +0200
From: elmarr...@systemcompetence.de
Subject: [Bacula-users] Bacula didn't start anymore
To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Message-ID:
Hi Yvan,
If it is of any consolation, it took me one whole month to make Bacula
work but at the end of the day, it was time and effort well spent.
Now, back to the subject of your problems. It seems more to do with
the HW setting than Bacula. On the tape library, what settings do you
have?
matches. Test succeeded.
*
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From: yvan [mailto:y...@skywalker.is-a-chef.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 6:15 AM
To: Win Htin
Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Tape MTEOM error with Dell TL2000 (IBM TS3100)
Hi !
Yes, doing
Did you erase the tapes before re-running the backups?
I would recommend first to completely erase the tape(s), run btape
to make sure everything is working fine and then start testing the
actual backups. Capture the output while running btape and go
through it line by line to make sure you don't
Message: 3
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:47:46 +0200
From: yvan y...@skywalker.is-a-chef.com
Subject: [Bacula-users] Tape MTEOM error with Dell TL2000 (IBM TS3100)
To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
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dresche...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Win Htin win.h...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi folks,
Is there a way to recover a volume that was put into error status?
This happened to two volumes, each from different pool in my
production environment.
If the tapes are not physically
. In the process of erasing
one tape since the data there is not important. The question is, how
do I retrieve data from the other tape? Thanks.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:33 AM, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Win Htin win.h...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks
Hi folks,
How do I put Volumes into a particular Pool? I'm running version 2.4.4 on RHEL5.
Currently, from bconsole when I run update slots I see:
*update slots
The defined Storage resources are:
1: File
2: TS3100_1
Select Storage resource (1-2): 2
Connecting to Storage daemon
Thanks Brian. Problem fixed.
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Brian Debelius
bdebel...@intelesyscorp.com wrote:
Hi,
This was just discussed here:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.bacula.general/51284
Win Htin wrote:
Hi folks,
How do I put Volumes into a particular
=TS3100_1 Pool=Scratch Slots=3-5
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Win Htin win.h...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Brian. Problem fixed.
BTW, Which option did you choose?
John
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FYI
The whole situation started when the power went out during the day,
the backup generator didn't kick in (as usual) and when the power came
back the nightly backups put both volumes, one from full, one from
incremental into error and the tape library had a media error light
on. Thankfully, I
Problem resolved. The FC switch was acting up and due to that, the tape
backups went crazy while doing FC path failover. Replaced the switch and
everything is back to normal. Thanks!
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Win Htin win.h...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm seeing st0: Error 1 (sugg. bt 0x0
Hi folks,
I received a Backup Fatal Error report from one of my prod backups last
evening. After going through the report, I noticed the initial volume that
was being used went in Error. Bacula loaded a new volume from scratch pool,
continued with the backups and after writing less than 18GB of
the
whole tape changer later on.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:25 PM, John Drescher dresche...@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Win Htin win.h...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi folks,
I received a Backup Fatal Error report from one of my prod backups last
evening. After going through
Hi folks,
While Bacula backups are running, the library system (IBM TS3200) figures
one of the tape drives requires head cleaning and tries to load the cleaning
tape.
Following is the first email message generated from the tape-library:
-- start
.
I would like to know the same information. Has any one come up with a
work around for this problem.
jeff
Win Htin wrote:
Hi folks,
While Bacula backups are running, the library system (IBM TS3200) figures
one of the tape drives requires head cleaning and tries to load the cleaning
tape
Hi folks,
On a CentOS 5.2 server running Bacula 2.4.3, I modified the File parameter
in FileSet definition to the following:
File = \\|bash -c \df -kFext3 -Fgfs|egrep -v \Filesystem|mapper\ |cut -b
56- \
Checking the syntax from command line proves it is correct.
--- start of
Hi folks,
Yesterday, I added a second FC disk to my Bacula test server which altered
the Changer Device number from /dev/sg2 to /dev/sg3. I edited
bacula-sd.conf file to reflect the update, restarted the Bacula daemons and
when I tried updating the slots from bconsole, got error message saying
No
Hi folks,
During a backup session, is the data flow between the client and server
encrypted by default? TIA for your input.
Win
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Hi folks,
Is there a way to implement file backups so that I can proof the files were
signed and not tampered with? For example, if a customer claims a certain
trade never happened, I can refute the claim by saying my backup files says
otherwise and stand behind my statement. As of now, I'm using
Dan,
Thanks for your input.
When you say signing the file as it is created do you mean an
implementation outside of Bacula's? That's how I understood. Thanks.
Win
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Win Htin wrote:
Hi folks,
Is there a way to implement file
Hi Jason,
That's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks a lot for the very detailed
suggestion. I'll follow up on it.
Win
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On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 09:34:13AM -0500, Win Htin wrote:
Is there a way to implement file backups so
Hi folks,
I loaded 5 brand new tapes into the auto-changer and ran the label command
from bconsole with the following parameters.
*label barcodes Storage=TS3200_1 Pool=Scratch Slots=26-30
Only ONE volume was successfully labeled and the rest failed with ERR=Child
died from signal 15. message.
. FYI,
I haven't changed any storage related parameters since going production.
Thanks.
Win
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Win Htin wrote:
Hi folks,
I loaded 5 brand new tapes into the auto-changer and ran the label
command from bconsole with the following
Hi folks,
Wondering how you can restore a single file which contains spaces in the
name. e.g. Expenses for Nov 2007.doc. I tried giving backslashes and
double quotes but the restore command didn't like it. Help is much
appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Win
Hi folks,
For all my backup volumes I have set the following:
File Retention:60 days
Job Retention:6 months
Volume Retention: 365 days
I have read and re-read the file restore section many times but would like
to have an independent confirmation.
My
of bacula without the need of a database or to install the whole
bacula package. This is one big reason why the tape format has
remained constant for a long time (since bacula 1.27).
John
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On Nov 30, 2007 11:27 AM, Win Htin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi folks,
For all my backup volumes I have set the following:
File Retention:60 days
Job Retention:6 months
Volume Retention: 365 days
I have read and re-read
Hi folks,
Yesterday around noon, I unmounted a volume from our tape-loader and forgot
to mount another volume. Anyhow, when the nightly backups kicked in 9:00PM,
all the jobs started but I never got an email alert from Bacula asking for a
manual mount of a volume. This morning, noticing the first
Hi folks,
I'm in the middle of testing different scenarios of file/directory restores
and am a bit unsure how to accomplish the following:
Restore related:
1. Restoring a sub-directory and all contents underneath (files and
sub-sub-directories)
(Am I missing the obvious here?)
2. Restoring
Hi Folks,
Just as I thought I'm ready for prime time, I'm back to square one with TWO
unexpected issues that popped up.
# *bconsole Director authorization problem:
*After upgrading to 2.2.6 I noticed I get failures time to time when I issue
the bconsole command. Following is what I see from my
Hi folks,
As part of our audit requirement, I need to be able to recover data for *5
years to the exact* *date* and would like to have advice on best way to
implement it.
# Questions:
1. Backup strategy:
a) Multiple Jobs : Define ONE job per client ( I don't foresee more than
30 clients
Hi folks,
Just as I thought I have fixed my problems, I am again stumped with Volumes
being put into Error with *Error: Unable to position to end of data on
device* messages.
As previously mentioned in my other post, all the tapes were erased once
over to make sure everything starts cleanly.
Hi Arno,
Added Two EOF = Yes and re-ran the btape test and the problem disappeared.
Thanks again!!
Win
Hi,
08.11.2007 15:17,, Win Htin wrote::
Hi folks,
Just as I thought I have fixed my problems, I am again stumped with
Volumes being put into Error with /*Error: Unable
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Hi,
06.11.2007 20:36,, Win Htin wrote::
Hi folks,
I have a RedHat EL4 server connected through FC to an IBM TS3200 tape
changer with single LTO4 drive with 44 slots
,, 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.
use 'llist volume=626AAL
Hi folks,
I have a RedHat EL4 server connected through FC to an IBM TS3200 tape
changer with single LTO4 drive with 44 slots. The bacula version is 2.2.5. I
have set the label to use the barcode labels and wiped all 25 tapes in the
changer clean with the command mt rewind mt weof mt rewind to
Hi folks,
Anyone out there using IBM TS3200 without installing the lin_taped device
drivers?
If so, how do you map the devices to the tape changer and tape drive?
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