Hi, On 11/10/2006 10:00 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: > Actually I've sent him a number of things to try as well as debug binaries > but he never replied with the results of running them.
Oops, I'm quite sure I sent the results to you. Admittedly, my mail provider seems to get blacklisted more and more often these days, so it's possible these mails were not delivered (which I usually notice) or your mail server or client considered them to be spam... I'll resend some of my results immediately. Arno > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern > Sibbald > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 12:37 AM > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: Arno Lehmann > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Is Bacula for me: Videography business backups > > On Friday 10 November 2006 00:32, Arno Lehmann wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>On 11/9/2006 1:55 AM, Bill Moran wrote: >> >>>On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:49:30 -0600 >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Currently, the windows FD is running stable and reliable IMO. >>>>>Unfortunately, I have some problems with VSS backups (windows' name for > > >>>>>volume snapshots) where files can't be accessed when I do a snapshot > > but > >>>>>can be accessed without VSS. >>>>> >>>>>For backups of data files not in use during backup operations, this >>>>>should not be a problem. >>>> >>>>I'm not sure I'm following you here. Are you saying I would not be >>>>able to backup files that were in use? Or just not in some special >>>>circumstances...? >> >>Well, kind of special circumstances. Bill explained it fine enough, I >>think, but... >> >> >>>>I'm not sure what role VSS plays or when it might be used but I would >>>>need to routinely be able to backup files that are in use. >>> >>> >>>Depends on your definition of "in use". If the system has the file > > locked > for > >>>writing, you'll have to enable VSS to get a backup of it while it's > > write > >>>locked. If the application has it open read-only, you'll get a good > > backup > >>>either way. >> >>The most common problem files are, in my experience, outlook mailboxes: >>They are large, they change a lot, and they are usually locked. >> >>With "normal" data files you wouldn't have problems, UNLESS these files >>are written by the application while Bacula reads them. I don't know if >>Bacula locks the files it reads (in that case your application would get >>an error) or if it simply stores inconsistent data (which is the common >>Unix / linux behaviour). >> >> >>>On the flip side, I've been using VSS to back up Windows workstations > > for > a > >>>few months now with no problems, and all files are able to be backed up > > no > >>>matter how they're opened. >> >>Well, it worked here for a long time, too, but then, without any >>apparent reason, I got problems with VSS. I started to discuss that on >>bacula-devel, but since the development FD doesn't even run stable here >>there's not much I can do to debug this :-( > > > Yes I agree :-(. > > However, will you permit me to play Microsoft support for a few minutes? > Microsoft support: "Reload your operating system from the CD, and call me > back > if it still does not work" :-) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
