OK, so I'm trying to do this myself.
1. Before we get into the nitty gritty, I have noticed that parameters
are listed with a space between words, but often in config files
without. Eg. "Always Open =" is sometimes seen as "AlwaysOpen = " - is
this ok?
2. Please could someone explain to me what the backup catalog is needed
for and if the bacula-dir.conf file I attached file looks right.
3. You will notice, as per a similar example in the manual I have added
RunAfterJob = "/etc/bacula/end_of_backup.sh", with the contents of
end_of_backup.sh being:
#! /bin/sh
/var/lib/bacula/delete_catalog_backup
mt rewind
mt eject
exit 0
Now the only problem I can see here is that this runs immediately after
the job, but immediately after that, the DailyCatalog will run, and that
also executes "/var/lib/bacula/delete_catalog_backup" - again, what is
the catalog and what's gonna happen if it gets deleted twice? Should I
remove it from the end_of_backup.sh script, or should I rather move the
end_of_backup script to to be run in the DailyCatalog job?
4. I added Always Open = no and Automatic Mount = yes to the device
resource in bacula-sd.conf:
Device {
Name = DAT-72
Media Type = DAT-72
Archive Device = /dev/nst0
Automatic Mount = yes;
Always Open = no;
Removable Media = yes;
Random Access = no;
}
Now I need to test. Will advise tomorrow.
Regards
Warwick
Arno Lehmann wrote:
Hello,
On 3/23/2006 4:21 PM, Kern Sibbald wrote:
On Thursday 23 March 2006 16:06, Warwick Bruce Chapman wrote:
Hi All
First off, I must apologise for using this awesome tool for
something as
simple as a single tape daily backup.
I have configured a job called DailyBackup which runs Mon-Fri 23:00,
and
a BackupCatalog which runs 55 mins later. Tapes are changed daily, one
tape per day. I seem to have problems with backup waiting for the the
tapes even though they're in the drive. I must admit to not being 100%
sure about all this, so would like to know if anyone has written a
guide/howto something like "How to cripple Bacula into doing a silly
little DailyBackup" ;)
Hmm.
Shouldn't it be enough to make sure that tape mounting is done
automatically (I never used these options, so I tend to forget how you
set up "Always Open", "Volume Poll Interval", "Close on Poll" and
"Offline on Unmount" options correctly, and perhaps use an
administrative job that calls a script to actually eject the cartridge
after the job is done?
Or, if accepting the newly mounted tape is the problem, use a cron job
to issue a mount command prior to job start.
You could even start Bacula only when needed, i.e. shortly before the
jobs should run - at startup, the SD always checks the tape drive and,
if possible at all, mounts the tape in it. (This is something I do, by
the way, only I start the whole server, not only Bacula, and shut it
down automatically when all jobs are run.)
Yes, I second that, and I would love to see such a document and
include it in the manual, but I am not the one to write it since my
setup isn't at all a silly little DailyBackup, though it doesn't even
come close to matching Arno's backup :-)
Too much honour :-)
I admit that I found some interesting bugs and problems, some of them
only because I use two autochangers, but apart from that I think my
setup is quite straightforward. As much so as the available hardware
limits it, of course ;-)
Arno
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#
# Default Bacula Director Configuration file
#
# The only thing that MUST be changed is to add one or more
# file or directory names in the Include directive of the
# FileSet resource.
#
# For Bacula release 1.36.3 (22 April 2005) -- gentoo 1.6.13
#
# You might also want to change the default email address
# from root to your address. See the "mail" and "operator"
# directives in the Messages resource.
#
Director { # define myself
Name = gateway-dir
DIRport = 9101 # where we listen for UA connections
QueryFile = "/var/lib/bacula/query.sql"
WorkingDirectory = "/var/bacula"
PidDirectory = "/var/run"
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
Password = "" # Console password
Messages = Daemon
}
JobDefs {
Name = "DefaultJob"
Type = Backup
Level = Full
Client = gateway-fd
FileSet = "Daily Set"
Schedule = "DailyBackup"
Storage = DAT-72
Messages = Standard
Pool = Default
Priority = 10
}
#
# Define the main nightly save backup job
# By default, this job will back up to disk in /tmp
Job {
Name = "DailyBackup"
JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
Write Bootstrap = "/var/bacula/DailyBackup.bsr"
RunAfterJob = "/etc/bacula/end_of_backup.sh"
}
# Backup the catalog database (after the nightly save)
Job {
Name = "BackupCatalog"
JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
Level = Full
FileSet="Catalog"
Schedule = "DailyCatalog"
# This creates an ASCII copy of the catalog
RunBeforeJob = "/var/lib/bacula/make_catalog_backup bacula bacula admin123"
# This deletes the copy of the catalog
RunAfterJob = "/var/lib/bacula/delete_catalog_backup"
Write Bootstrap = "/var/bacula/BackupCatalog.bsr"
Priority = 11 # run after main backup
}
# Standard Restore template, to be changed by Console program
Job {
Name = "RestoreFiles"
Type = Restore
Client=gateway-fd
FileSet="Daily Set"
Storage = DAT-72
Pool = Default
Messages = Standard
Where = /tmp/bacula-restores
}
FileSet {
Name = "Daily Set"
Include {
Options {
signature = MD5
}
File = /etc
File = /usr/local/data
File = /var/lib/openldap-data
File = /var/bind
File = /var/spool/mail
}
}
# Daily backup
Schedule {
Name = "DailyBackup"
Run = Full mon-fri at 23:00
}
# Daily catalog
Schedule {
Name = "DailyCatalog"
Run = Full mon-fri at 23:55
}
# This is the backup of the catalog
FileSet {
Name = "Catalog"
Include {
Options {
signature = MD5
}
File = /var/bacula/bacula.sql
}
}
# Client (File Services) to backup
Client {
Name = gateway-fd
Address = localhost
FDPort = 9102
Catalog = MyCatalog
Password = ""
File Retention = 30 days
Job Retention = 6 months
AutoPrune = yes
}
# Definition of DDS tape storage device
Storage {
Name = DAT-72
Address = localhost
SDPort = 9103
Password = ""
Device = DAT-72
Media Type = DAT-72
}
# Generic catalog service
Catalog {
Name = MyCatalog
dbname = bacula; user = bacula; password = ""
}
# Reasonable message delivery -- send most everything to email address
# and to the console
Messages {
Name = Standard
#
# NOTE! If you send to two email or more email addresses, you will need
# to replace the %r in the from field (-f part) with a single valid
# email address in both the mailcommand and the operatorcommand.
#
mailcommand = "/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) %r\" -s \"Bacula:
%t %e of %c %l\" %r"
operatorcommand = "/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) %r\" -s
\"Bacula: Intervention needed for %j\" %r"
mail = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = all, !skipped
operator = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = mount
console = all, !skipped, !saved
#
# WARNING! the following will create a file that you must cycle from
# time to time as it will grow indefinitely. However, it will
# also keep all your messages if they scroll off the console.
#
append = "/var/bacula/log" = all, !skipped
}
#
# Message delivery for daemon messages (no job).
Messages {
Name = Daemon
mailcommand = "/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) %r\" -s \"Bacula
daemon message\" %r"
mail = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = all, !skipped
console = all, !skipped, !saved
append = "/var/bacula/log" = all, !skipped
}
# Default pool definition
Pool {
Name = Default
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 1 days
Accept Any Volume = yes
}
#
# Restricted console used by tray-monitor to get the status of the director
#
Console {
Name = gateway-mon
Password = ""
CommandACL = status, .status
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