Hi Saiful, You can probably run it from the PostgreSQL server.
You will have to look at the update_bacula_tables and update_postgresql_tables scripts installed on the PostgreSQL server to ensure that the db_name variable is set to bacula_dev. To be safe, make a backup of the bacula_prod database before running any update script. __Martin >>>>> On Tue, 20 May 2025 16:55:41 +0200, Saiful Bhuiyan said: > > Hi Martin, > > Thanks for your reply. > > Could you please advise on the correct way to upgrade the bacula_dev > database schema in this situation? Specifically, What is the exact command > I should use with update_bacula_tables to target the bacula_dev database? > > I installed the bacula-director package in my postgresql server just to run > update script from postgresql database server. The script > update_postgresql_tables is under /usr/share/bacula-director. > > Or should I run it from my bacula-director server. Could you please share > the exact command to run the script. > > > Sincerely, > Saiful > > On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM Martin Simmons <mar...@lispworks.com> wrote: > > > Yes, you need to run update_bacula_tables as root. Any arguments will be > > passed to psql for the password etc (but not the database name). > > > > update_bacula_tables just invokes update_postgresql_tables and you can > > check > > the db_name variable in that script to see which database it will update. > > > > If you can temporarily stop the production Director, then maybe temporarily > > setting ALLOW_CONNECTIONS to false in the bacula_prod database > > (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-alterdatabase.html) while > > running > > update_bacula_tables will make it slightly safer? > > > > __Martin > > > > > > >>>>> On Mon, 19 May 2025 17:06:19 +0200, Saiful Bhuiyan said: > > > > > > Hello community, > > > > > > I'm upgrading my Bacula Director from 9.4.2 to 13.0.4 on Ubuntu 24.04. My > > > PostgreSQL database (version 12) is located on a separate server (Ubuntu > > > 20.04). This PostgreSQL server hosts two Bacula catalog databases: > > > > > > bacula_prod: My production 9.4.2 catalog (which I want to keep as > > is). > > > > > > bacula_dev: A new database created for the 13.0.4 upgrade. > > > > > > My goal was to create a new database for the Bacula 13.0.4 installation, > > > leaving my existing 9.4.2 setup untouched. I performed the following > > steps: > > > > > > Dumped the bacula_prod database (from the 9.4.2 setup). > > > > > > Restored the dump into a new database named bacula_dev on the > > > PostgreSQL server. > > > > > > Installed Bacula 13.0.4 on my Ubuntu 24.04 server. > > > > > > Configured the 13.0.4 Director to connect to the bacula_dev database. > > > > > > However, when I try to start the Bacula 13.0.4 Director, I encounter the > > > following error: > > > > > > May 19 16:27:22 HOSTNAME.DOMAIN.com bacula-dir[883320]: bacula-dir: > > > dird.c:1462-0 Could not open Catalog "BackupCatalog", database > > "bacula_dev". > > > May 19 16:27:22 HOSTNAME.DOMAIN.com bacula-dir[883320]: bacula-dir: > > > dird.c:1468-0 Version error for database "bacula_dev". Wanted 1024, got > > 16 > > > May 19 16:27:22 HOSTNAME.DOMAIN.com bacula-dir[883320]: 19-May 16:27 > > > bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION > > > > > > It seems that the Bacula 13.0.4 Director is expecting a database schema > > > version 1024, but it's finding version 16 (the version from my Bacula > > 9.4.2 > > > database dump). > > > > > > My understanding is that I need to upgrade the schema of the bacula_dev > > > database to be compatible with Bacula 13.0.4. I believe I need to use the > > > update_bacula_tables script, but I want to confirm the correct procedure > > to > > > avoid affecting my production bacula database. > > > > > > Could you please advise on the correct way to upgrade the bacula_dev > > > database schema in this situation? Specifically: > > > > > > What is the exact command I should use with update_bacula_tables to > > > target the bacula_dev database? > > > > > > Are there any specific precautions I should take, given that I have > > > another Bacula database on the same PostgreSQL server? > > > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Saif > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
