On Friday 15 June 2007 09:44, Chuckles wrote:
> Kern Sibbald wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > If you are a user of Bacula on Windows, I would be interested in your 
> > responses to the following:
> >
> > 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for Bacula 
on 
> > Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula 
directory 
> > on the main disk.  The current installation places files in the "standard" 
> > Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are 
> > extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and are
> > sprayed all over the disk.
> >   
> I think as long as the user has the option to install where they want, 
> it doesn't matter to much what the default is.

Perhaps the best is to provide a way of installing in a specific directory (if 
this does not already exist), which would simplify things for users such as 
myself, then keep a "windows default" installation that spreads the files out 
in the default locations as it currently does.  I'll think about this a bit 
and take a look at the installer. 

> > 2. Has anyone tried the Bacula client on Vista, and if so, what are the 
> > results?  (I believe that the tray monitor will not work, but there may be 
> > other issues).
> >
> > 3. Are any of you Windows C++ programmers who would like to do a little 
> > programming?
> >   
> I would like to, time is the biggest hurdle and my knowledge of bacula. 
> My needs are only very simple so i've never delved deep into its 
> functionality. Is there a windows buglist that can be chipped away at?

As far as I know, the only Windows specific bug is bug #807, where an error 
message is printed for each restored file because the signature does not 
match.  I believe this one requires a significant change in the signature 
comparison algorithm, which is something that I am starting to work on now.

Other than that, what is critical is testing and noting the differences 
between the Linux/Unix systems and Win32 so that it can be added to the 
manual.

Some users claim they have problems with wx-console on Win32, but neither 
myself nor other testers have been able to reproduce it.

> > 4. Can any of you run the Windows regression scripts?  This requires a 
minimal 
> > knowledge of cmd scripts but no programming experience.
> >
> > 5. I would like to start collecting a list of the major problems you are 
> > having running the Windows servers.   I currently know about:
> >
> > - Lack of documentation in the manual (I will fix this after 2.2.0 is
> >    released)
> >
> > - Restore of encrypted files produces signature errors (I hope to fix this
> >    before release of 2.2.0, but am not sure as it requires changing the
> >    signature algorithm -- some major restructuring rather than a simple 
bug
> >    fix).
> >   
> Can the setup of the database be added to the install, especially if 
> your just using sql lite

Yes, if I understand your question, this is already the case. The install 
installs SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.  In fact the regression scripts can 
run in the same database and at the same time, on the same machine as a 
production setup.  Obviously, if your production setup is big and sensitive, 
you probably would want to run the regression scripts on another machine, 
just for the extra assurance.

If this interests you, I would recommend reading the Regression chapter of the 
Developer's Guide, which is online on the web site. It tells you how to setup 
the regression scripts for Linux/Unix machines.  For Win32, there is a win32 
subdirectory in the regression directory, which *should* have everything a 
Windows guy needs to run them under Win32.

What I would like to do is to have someone setup and run the scripts and 
report back.  Then, I would like to try to "unify" the scripts so that there 
is only one copy of the actual script, and only the shell scripting around it 
would be different for Linux and Win32.

It takes a bit of time to setup the regression scripts in the beginning -- I 
would say, max 4 to 8 hours for someone that doesn't know them (it will be 
longer on Win32), then it only takes a few minutes to fire them off.  
Obviously, this is not an *urgent* item, so the learning curve can be spread 
over some time.

Regards,

Kern


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