In many respects Bacula's conf parser is rather stupid and does not do a good
job checking for erronous input data -- mainly due to my lack of time ...
You stepped deep into it with several instances of something like:
Name = USB SimpleTech 400GB external hard drive
which is totally broken (and undetected) because the name contains spaces that
are not enclosed in double quotes.
On Monday 02 January 2006 23:03, Barry L. Bond wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I am still completely unable to have hald automatically mount my two
> USB external hard drives to a specific directory, rather than the
> "usbdisk" it creates in /media for whichever one is turned on.
>
> But, now I have accidentally deleted a file (/vmware/Windows
> 98/Windows 98.vmx), and I am trying to restore just this file.
>
> In gnome-console, I choose restore. I then select 5 (Select the most
> recent backup for a client). I then select 2 (Full Set).
>
> (I'm having it select from the following two files: /media/usbdisk/
> Full-2005-12-3-1-5-5
> Diff-2005-12-31-1-5-5)
>
> It builds directory trees, and then it puts me in file selection
> mode. I cd into "vmware/Windows\ 98" and mark the file "Windows\ 98.vmx"
> and the dir command shows an asterisk next to it, and it says 1 file
> marked.
>
> I type "done" and then I select 1 (RestoreFiles). It then gives me
> the following:
>
> Run Restore job
> JobName: RestoreFiles
> Bootstrap: /var/bacula/working/restore.bsr
> Where: /tmp/bacula-restores
> Replace: always
> FileSet: Full Set
> Client: barrycon-fd
> Storage: Files
> When: 2006-01-02 16:45:47
> Catalog: barryconCatalog
> Priority: 10
> OK to run? (yes/mod/no):
>
> ...and I select yes, and it starts the job.
>
> I then get an error saying:
>
> 02-Jan 16:46 barrycon-dir: Start Restore Job
> RestoreFiles.2006-01-02_16.46.18 02-Jan 16:46 barrycon-sd:
> RestoreFiles.2006-01-02_16.46.18 Fatal error: Archive "USBSimpleTech400GB"
> requested by DIR could not be opened or does not exist. 02-Jan 16:46
> barrycon-dir: RestoreFiles.2006-01-02_16.46.18 Fatal error: Storage daemon
> didn't accept Device "USBSimpleTech400GB" because: 3925 Device
> "USBSimpleTech400GB" could not be opened or does not exist. 02-Jan 16:46
> barrycon-dir: RestoreFiles.2006-01-02_16.46.18 Error: Bacula 1.36.3
> (22Apr05): 02-Jan-2006 16:46:21 JobId: 54
> Job: RestoreFiles.2006-01-02_16.46.18
> Client: barrycon-fd
> Start time: 02-Jan-2006 16:46:20
> End time: 02-Jan-2006 16:46:21
> Files Expected: 1
> Files Restored: 0
> Bytes Restored: 0
> Rate: 0.0 KB/s
> FD Errors: 0
> FD termination status:
> SD termination status:
> Termination: *** Restore Error ***
>
> ...it can't find USBSimpleTech400GB.
>
> I'm not sure where it's getting this. I (was thinking that I) tested
> this, back around October, when I first started using bacula. I did
> successfully restore. (Though, come to think of it, it was a *complete*
> restore, of a very small [around 20 files] backup.) My bacula.dir.conf
> (an excerpt) shows:
>
> # Definiton of file storage device
> Storage {
> Name = Files
> # Do not use "localhost" here
> Address = barrycon.cfl.rr.com # N.B. Use a fully qualified name
> here SDPort = 9103
> Password = "uM9GkDbpOss0lHv/iRIsze3JKnfOVmI5Ka0dV8ebUi18"
> Device = USB SimpleTech 400GB external hard drive
> Media Type = File
> }
>
> # Standard Restore template, to be changed by Console program
> Job {
> Name = "RestoreFiles"
> Type = Restore
> Client=barrycon-fd
> FileSet="Full Set"
> Storage = Files
> Pool = Default
> Messages = Standard
> Where = /tmp/bacula-restores
> }
>
> And the bacula-sd.conf (an excerpt) shows:
>
> Device {
> Name = USB SimpleTech 400GB external hard drive
> Media Type = File
> Archive Device = /media/usbdisk
> LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
> Random Access = Yes;
> AutomaticMount = no; # when device opened, read it
> RemovableMedia = no;
> AlwaysOpen = no;
> }
>
> (I'm planning on this drive being /media/simpletech if and when I can
> get the system to automatically mount the USB drive to /media/simpletech,
> but I have not been successful at this. So, it is currently mounting it
> as /media/usbdisk. This shouldn't matter, for the restore.)
>
> What (probably obvious) thing am I overlooking?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Barry
>
>
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