Re: [Bacula-users] Backups which have been working now are not, with no change to the configuration files

2006-01-13 Thread Barry L. Bond
Hey, Kern, Arno and Josh! I GOT IT -- I GOT IT -- I GOT IT! :-) I desire to have my Western Digital drive on /media/wd. I desire the wd directory (in /media) to be created when the drive is on/connected, and removed when the drive is unmounted/off. (That way, if bacula is intending t

[Bacula-users] Time for a Bacula book?

2006-01-13 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, I'm pleased to see so much interest in a Bacula book and in the documentation. Thanks. Taking Andrew Ford's suggestion, I have created a new mailing list "bacula-docs" for discussion of the documentation projects. This is a closed list in the sense that you must subscribe to it in or

[Bacula-users] LTO-3 vs. fixed block sizes

2006-01-13 Thread Lance Brown
Greetings, I wrote a message titled 'Problem with LTO-3 drive' to the list a few days ago but received no reply to it. Since then I've discovered some new information. I have a new Exabyte Magnum 1x7 autoloader with an IBM LTO-3 drive and it appears I *have* to use fixed block sizes otherwise it

[Bacula-users] Re: autochanger "slots" command broken -- bad config ?

2006-01-13 Thread Chris Hunter
>Could you elaborate on which line, please? > >I am having the same problem with a VXA AutoPak and v. 1.38.3. >mtx-changer >returns the correct slot count but bconsole says its "0", which blocks >the loading of tapes for labeling. there are several line commented out in the mtx-changer script. so

[Bacula-users] Windows problems

2006-01-13 Thread Jari Fredriksson
Dunno yet how severe these are, but makes one rise one's eyebrowse. A backup job from a windows system seems to have root directories like this: c: e: f: C: E: F: Looking in them (for example in c: and C:) shows that the contents are not equal. c: may have all FILES from c:\ and C: may have di

Re: [Bacula-users] Removing Offsite Volumes from Volume List

2006-01-13 Thread Kel Raywood
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Azizi, Basheer wrote: ... I have an offsite pool that fills up two tapes every Saturday which I ship offsite. However, the tapes continue to show up in volume list. I've tried changing their status to Archive but they are still there. I believe that "Archive" type has a * i

[Bacula-users] Re: installing bacula, multiple choices of MySql

2006-01-13 Thread Timo Neuvonen
> One of the following packages is needed: > 1- MySQL-4.1.11-1.1.102mdk.i586 : MySQL: a very fast and > reliable SQL database engine (to install) > 2- MySQL-Max-4.1.11-1.1.102mdk.i586 : MySQL - server with > Berkeley DB and Innodb support (to install) > 3- MySQL-NDB-4.1.11-1.1.102mdk.i586 : MySQL -

[Bacula-users] RE: [Bacula-devel] PyGTK Console: about the tray icon

2006-01-13 Thread David Boyes
> I'm sending this email to both lists because I think this is > od interest of both groups. > I haven't seen the already working bacula tray icon, and I > want to add to the PyGTK console, some sort tray icon so that > the operator can be noticed from interesting events. I think I would argu

[Bacula-users] Re: autochanger "slots" command broken -- bad config ? (Chris Hunter)

2006-01-13 Thread Jim Kinney
Chris Hunter yale.edu> writes: > > Hi Arno, > > Thanks for the reply. > I copied a "fresh" copy of the mtx-changer script from the source and it > works now. I uncommented an echo line which was causing it to fail. Could you elaborate on which line, please? I am having the same problem with

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: [Bacula-devel] Fwd: Time for a Bacula book?

2006-01-13 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Andrew Ford wrote: Maybe what is needed is a separate documentation mailing list to gather together the interested parties and then to draw up a strategy for the documentation as a sub-project. If part of the move includes migrating the documentation to something like Do

[Bacula-users] installing bacula, multiple choices of MySql

2006-01-13 Thread javier rojas
hello, after reading the rel-bacula.pdf, i've started the installation process of bacula-1.38.3, i install the depkgs-22jun05 (latest release) and i read that i should install MySql, but i have a question about wich version and packages i should install, i mean i often install any packages via ur

[Bacula-users] bacula configure script

2006-01-13 Thread Dimitri Puzin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, when configuring bacula sources like $ ./configure --prefix=/path/to/bacula/binaries ... then I'd expect the man directory to be set to ${prefix}/man, however it defaults to /usr/share/man. Is that wanted behavior? Regards, - -Dimitri -B

[Bacula-users] Removing Offsite Volumes from Volume List

2006-01-13 Thread Azizi, Basheer
Title: Removing Offsite Volumes from Volume List Specs:  bacula-1.38.1 On Linux EL AS 3 with apache 2 and mysql 4.1.15-standard I have an offsite pool that fills up two tapes every Saturday which I ship offsite. However, the tapes continue to show up in volume list. I’ve tried changing the

[Bacula-users] Re: Problem burning second chunk of data to DVD

2006-01-13 Thread Andrew Couchman
Arno, thanks for your advice. I don't think you ever got to see the full log - long posts seem to get chopped off at a certain point. However your comment about the existence of /dev/fd was the key. It really didn't exist on my clean install of Mandrake, so I created it linking to /proc/

[Bacula-users] Problem burning second chunk of data to DVD #2

2006-01-13 Thread Andrew Couchman
I noticed that not all of my first post was recorded - here is the rest (hopefully) from where it cut off - is there some kind of limit on post size?, Andrew backup-sd: reserve.c:359 Storage=DVD media_type=DVD pool=Default pool_type=Backup backup-sd: reserve.c:361Device=DVD-Writer backup

Re: [Bacula-users] backup a sql server under windows 2003

2006-01-13 Thread javier rojas
thank you all for your kind answers, i must backup at least 7 linux based servers and 4 routers along with the mssql/w2003 server, and i was looknig for backup software with full support (in case something goes wrong) and i think i've found it. be seeing you around... 2006/1/11, Zachariah Mully <

Re: [Bacula-users] backup a sql server under windows 2003

2006-01-13 Thread Zachariah Mully
javier rojas wrote: hello, i was wondering if its possible to make a backup of a sql server and the windows 2003 server, on a linux server trough the bacula software... if its possible and if its the ideal solution... Sure, but you're going to have backup your db through the native SQL func

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape usage order

2006-01-13 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, On 1/13/2006 3:35 PM, Thomas Simmons wrote: Hello, I just realized that bacula is recycling previously written tapes before taking any from the scratch pool. My pool directives are below. With this setup, I would think that bacula *could* overwrite any tape after four weeks, but should

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape usage order

2006-01-13 Thread Thomas Simmons
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 - 9:35am, Thomas Simmons wrote: Hello, I just realized that bacula is recycling previously written tapes before taking any from the scratch pool. My pool directives are below. With this setup, I would think that bacula *could* overwrite any tape after four weeks, but shouldn

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape usage order

2006-01-13 Thread Michael 'buk' Scherer
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 - 9:35am, Thomas Simmons wrote: > Hello, > I just realized that bacula is recycling previously written tapes before > taking > any from the scratch pool. My pool directives are below. With this setup, I > would think that bacula *could* overwrite any tape after four weeks, but

[Bacula-users] Re: [Bacula-devel] PyGTK Console: about the tray icon

2006-01-13 Thread Lucas Di Pentima
Hi David, David Boyes wrote: > I think I would argue that the tray icon should notify the operator when > ANY message is issued (ie, when any new messages are issued, blink or > turn red or something), and use other methods (syslog, SNMP traps, etc) > to handle failure alerts. > > Given that ever

[Bacula-users] Tape usage order

2006-01-13 Thread Thomas Simmons
Hello, I just realized that bacula is recycling previously written tapes before taking any from the scratch pool. My pool directives are below. With this setup, I would think that bacula *could* overwrite any tape after four weeks, but shouldn't if any are available in the scratch pool. Unfortun

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: [Bacula-devel] Fwd: Time for a Bacula book?

2006-01-13 Thread Frank Sweetser
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 09:25:26PM +, Andrew Ford wrote: > As I say I would be happy to contribute to the documentation effort, but > I don't know that I could play a lead role. I had wondered about Just to throw my hat into the ring, I'm more or less in the same position here. I don't have

Re: [Bacula-users] PyGTK Console: about the tray icon

2006-01-13 Thread Michael 'buk' Scherer
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 - 10:29am, Lucas Di Pentima wrote: >Hi Michael, > >Michael 'buk' Scherer wrote: >> First, good work until now, looks very promising. >Thanks!! > >> To answer your question: 'make it configurable' >> [ ] - Show Errors >> [ ] - Show Messages >Good idea, I was thinking in making i

Re: [Bacula-users] PyGTK Console: about the tray icon

2006-01-13 Thread Lucas Di Pentima
Hi Michael, Michael 'buk' Scherer wrote: > First, good work until now, looks very promising. Thanks!! > To answer your question: 'make it configurable' > [ ] - Show Errors > [ ] - Show Messages Good idea, I was thinking in making it to "blink" to attract the users's attention to click it and show

Re: [Bacula-users] PyGTK Console: about the tray icon

2006-01-13 Thread Michael 'buk' Scherer
Hey Lucas. First, good work until now, looks very promising. To answer your question: 'make it configurable' [ ] - Show Errors [ ] - Show Messages Greetings, Michael On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 - 10:21am, Lucas Di Pentima wrote: >Hi there, > >I'm sending this email to both lists because I think this

[Bacula-users] PyGTK Console: about the tray icon

2006-01-13 Thread Lucas Di Pentima
Hi there, I'm sending this email to both lists because I think this is od interest of both groups. I haven't seen the already working bacula tray icon, and I want to add to the PyGTK console, some sort tray icon so that the operator can be noticed from interesting events. So, this message is to a

Re: [Bacula-users] updated debian packages?

2006-01-13 Thread Michel Meyers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ralf Gross wrote: > Jari Fredriksson schrieb: >> Ralf Gross wrote: >>> I'm running bacula on a debian sarge system. The current debian bacula >>> version is 1.36.3-1, even in unstable. Are there any more recent >>> backports for bacula (I didn't find

[Bacula-users] max concurrent jobs with multi-drive autochanger

2006-01-13 Thread Sebastian Stark
We have one autochanger with two drives. We have configured both drives within an autochanger resource (both with "autoselect=yes") in bacula-sd.conf. We want to use both drives simultaneously but no job interleaving. That is, we want to make sure that only one job writes to one volume

Re: [Bacula-users] updated debian packages?

2006-01-13 Thread Ralf Gross
Jari Fredriksson schrieb: > Ralf Gross wrote: > > > >I'm running bacula on a debian sarge system. The current debian bacula > >version is 1.36.3-1, even in unstable. Are there any more recent > >backports for bacula (I didn't find anything more recent on > >www.apt-get.org)? > > > >I don't want to