Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-06 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:24:48 +0100, Alan Brown said: > > What kind of tape media are you using? (DDS, DAT, DLT, LTO, etc) All but one was with DDS4 that we no longer use (yes, I know). Some of the errors were bugs in Bacula's EOT handling though, so not directly related to the media type.

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-06 Thread Alan Brown
Martin Simmons wrote: > Yes, that's what I do, but some people claim that it wastes time and wears out > the tape drive for no good reason. OTOH, it has detected several tape > problems over the years I've been using Bacula. What kind of tape media are you using? (DDS, DAT, DLT, LTO, etc) LTOs

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-02 Thread John Drescher
2011/6/2 Rickifer Barros : > A bad backup is the same that none backup. Verifying is very important, > nevertheless, is not 100% safe. The only and almost impracticable way would > be often make disaster recovery simulations. I see that some users do test restores periodically. I have done that a

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-02 Thread Rickifer Barros
A bad backup is the same that none backup. Verifying is very important, nevertheless, is not 100% safe. The only and almost impracticable way would be often make disaster recovery simulations. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:26:44 -0300, Ricki

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-02 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:26:44 -0300, Rickifer Barros said: > > So, whatever how it does, I think that is a good idea set up a Verify Job > soon after a Backup Job to ensure that data in the volume, isn't it? Yes, that's what I do, but some people claim that it wastes time and wears out the ta

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-02 Thread Rickifer Barros
So, whatever how it does, I think that is a good idea set up a Verify Job soon after a Backup Job to ensure that data in the volume, isn't it? On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:10:32 +0200, Ralf Gross said: > > > > I always thought that a Volume

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-02 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:10:32 +0200, Ralf Gross said: > > I always thought that a VolumeToCatalog job would not read the > data written to the volume and calculate the md5sum again. Instead it > would just read the file attributes that were written to the volume and > compare that with the att

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-02 Thread Ralf Gross
John Drescher schrieb: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Ralf Gross wrote: > > John Drescher schrieb: > >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Ralf Gross wrote: > >> > Rickifer Barros schrieb: > >> >> Yes John... > >> >> > >> >> Now, I think that I understood perfectly and I have tested it too. > >>

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-02 Thread John Drescher
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:20 AM, John Drescher wrote: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Ralf Gross wrote: >> John Drescher schrieb: >>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Ralf Gross wrote: >>> > Rickifer Barros schrieb: >>> >> Yes John... >>> >> >>> >> Now, I think that I understood perfectly and I

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-02 Thread John Drescher
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Ralf Gross wrote: > John Drescher schrieb: >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Ralf Gross wrote: >> > Rickifer Barros schrieb: >> >> Yes John... >> >> >> >> Now, I think that I understood perfectly and I have tested it too. >> >> >> >> VolumeToCatalog = Compares the

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-02 Thread Ralf Gross
John Drescher schrieb: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Ralf Gross wrote: > > Rickifer Barros schrieb: > >> Yes John... > >> > >> Now, I think that I understood perfectly and I have tested it too. > >> > >> VolumeToCatalog = Compares the files in a Storage Volume with the Catalog; > > > > > > Vol

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-02 Thread John Drescher
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Ralf Gross wrote: > Rickifer Barros schrieb: >> Yes John... >> >> Now, I think that I understood perfectly and I have tested it too. >> >> VolumeToCatalog = Compares the files in a Storage Volume with the Catalog; > > > VolumeToCatalog does not read the file content

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-02 Thread Ralf Gross
Rickifer Barros schrieb: > Yes John... > > Now, I think that I understood perfectly and I have tested it too. > > VolumeToCatalog = Compares the files in a Storage Volume with the Catalog; VolumeToCatalog does not read the file content and compares it, it just reads the attributs and compares t

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-06-01 Thread John Drescher
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Rickifer Barros wrote: > Yes John... > > Now, I think that I understood perfectly and I have tested it too. > > VolumeToCatalog = Compares the files in a Storage Volume with the Catalog; > > DiskToCatalog = Compares the files of the File Deamon's File Set with

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-05-31 Thread Rickifer Barros
Yes John... Now, I think that I understood perfectly and I have tested it too. VolumeToCatalog = Compares the files in a Storage Volume with the Catalog; DiskToCatalog = Compares the files of the File Deamon's File Set with the Catalog; Catalog = Like the DiskToCatalog but for

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-05-31 Thread John Drescher
> Hi John, > > Well, I've tested like the way you said me and it worked. > I used the Level DiskToCatalog cause is a Backup in Disk, That level compares what is on your source filesystem currently with what the MD5/SHA1 was recorded in your catalog. You wanted "VolumeToCatalog" to compare what is

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-05-31 Thread John Drescher
2011/5/31 Rickifer Barros : > Hello Bacula Users, > > I'm trying to test the Verify Job but, how I could understand, I have to > create another catalog just for verifications, but I'm not getting do this. > I have installed Bacula on Debian through the aptitude with PostGre. Now I > dont know how c

[Bacula-users] Verify Catalog

2011-05-31 Thread Rickifer Barros
Hello Bacula Users, I'm trying to test the Verify Job but, how I could understand, I have to create another catalog just for verifications, but I'm not getting do this. I have installed Bacula on Debian through the aptitude with PostGre. Now I dont know how create this catalog. I've tried create a