Re: [Bacula-users] Authorization error

2006-10-26 Thread Michael Brennen
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, jpg wrote: > However bconsole fails with: > > /etc/bacula # bconsole > Connecting to Director hpcvsjpg:9101 > 26-Oct 13:50 bconsole: Fatal error: bnet.c:859 Unable to connect >to Director daemon on hpcvsjpg:9101. ERR=Connection refused Do you have a firewall in place

Re: [Bacula-users] Different timeouts in different subnets

2006-10-26 Thread Robert Nelson
This is due to the algorithm used by Bacula to do connect timeouts. It isn't really a timeout, it is really a retry count. If you take the connect timeout in seconds and divide it by 10 you get the number of retries. It doesn't account for the time spent in the connect call. If the connect took

[Bacula-users] Fwd: Authorization error

2006-10-26 Thread John Drescher
-- Forwarded message --From: John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Oct 26, 2006 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Authorization errorTo: jpg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Are you 100% sure that the director is actually running?ps -ef | grep bacula -- John M. Drescher

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula not loading autochanger (lots more info)

2006-10-26 Thread Helmut Raubenheimer
John, maybe you try the Exabyte Tools vxaTool and libTool. vxaTool for the Tape libTool for the changer Download these from Exabyte-Website. For commandline options check the readme in the archive. if libTool does not show you some information about the barcode on tape in slot 8 its a problem w

Re: [Bacula-users] Exabyte Packetloader1x10 autochanger problems

2006-10-26 Thread Helmut Raubenheimer
Ryan, i'm using Bacula 1.38.5, SuSE 9.3, VXA-320 Packetloader 1U10 and it works fine with this configuration: Storage-Part in bacula-dir.conf Storage { Name = VXA-320 Address = somehost.anywhere SDPort = 9103 Password = "changed" Device = VXA-320# must be same

Re: [Bacula-users] Exabyte Packetloader1x10 autochanger problems

2006-10-26 Thread maria
> On 2006-10-26 15:18:18 -0700, Ryan Parrish > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> On 2006-10-26 12:10:33 -0700, Ryan Parrish >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> Figured it out (well it's working now, dont know if i 'figured it out' >> ;-) ). >> By adding a 'Device Type = Tape' to the device resource the

Re: [Bacula-users] Exabyte Packetloader1x10 autochanger problems

2006-10-26 Thread Ryan Parrish
On 2006-10-26 15:18:18 -0700, Ryan Parrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 2006-10-26 12:10:33 -0700, Ryan Parrish > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Figured it out (well it's working now, dont know if i 'figured it out' ;-) ). > By adding a 'Device Type = Tape' to the device resource the btape >

[Bacula-users] Authorization error

2006-10-26 Thread jpg
Got Debian version of bacula installed. Got Debian mysql installed. Successfully ran mtx to load tape in HP 1200E DDS Library. Successfully ran mt to rewind tape in 1200E. Successfully ran tar to write and then read back from tape in 1200E. Successfully configured bacula-sd.conf to talk to the HP 1

Re: [Bacula-users] Exabyte Packetloader1x10 autochanger problems

2006-10-26 Thread Ryan Parrish
On 2006-10-26 12:10:33 -0700, Ryan Parrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Device { > Name = VXA3Drive > Drive Index = 0 > Media Type = VXA > Archive Device = /dev/nst0 > AutomaticMount = yes; > AlwaysOpen = yes; > RemovableMedia = yes; > RandomAccess = no; > AutoChanger = yes > A

[Bacula-users] Exabyte Packetloader1x10 autochanger problems

2006-10-26 Thread Ryan Parrish
I am trying to get bacula-sd 1.38.11 running on my debian sarge box (bacula via backports) using a Exabyte packetloader1x10 /w VXA-3 drive connected to a 39160 SCSI card. In the "Testing your tape drive with bacula" chapter i can write and read the drive with tar, the btape 'test' section work

Re: [Bacula-users] Irregular backups

2006-10-26 Thread Mike
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Bill Moran might have said: > In response to Paul Constable <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi alll, > > I have the need to backup a laptop that is connected to the network at > > irregular intervals, which precludes any form of scheduling. > > > > Does anyone have a means o

Re: [Bacula-users] Can't write to the tape

2006-10-26 Thread Michael Brennen
On Thursday 26 October 2006 12:15, Greg Little wrote: > 3306 Issuing autochanger "list" command. > Invalid Slot number: /var/lib/bacula/mtx-changer: line 156: MTX: command > not found > Invalid Slot number: /var/lib/bacula/mtx-changer: line 156: -f: command > not found I think you have the buggy

Re: [Bacula-users] File Table entries not pruned

2006-10-26 Thread Christoph Haas
On Thursday 26 October 2006 11:53, Martin Simmons wrote: > On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:39:16 +0200, Christoph Haas said: > > On Wednesday 25 October 2006 23:18, Martin Simmons wrote: > > > Yes, it sounds like a bug to me. Which database is that? Did > > > Bacula do any pruning during the night? > > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Can't write to the tape

2006-10-26 Thread Greg Little
So I issued update slots: 3306 Issuing autochanger "list" command. Invalid Slot number: /var/lib/bacula/mtx-changer: line 156: MTX: command not found Invalid Slot number: /var/lib/bacula/mtx-changer: line 156: -f: command not found Catalog record for Volume "LD0009L2" updated to reference slot 1. C

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tailored emails and monitoring

2006-10-26 Thread Ian Parker
DAve,   Yes. I'm interested in it. We use Cacti and are expanding its use across the board so this is something that I will most likely need to do in the near future. Any tips/tricks you've discovered would be most helpful. Thanks in advance.     Ian W. Parker >>> DAve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/20/2

Re: [Bacula-users] Can't write to the tape

2006-10-26 Thread Kern Sibbald
> Hi, > > On 10/26/2006 3:13 AM, Greg Little wrote: >> Thanks for the patch, I implemented the changes and set the tapes back >> to nst0 Now I am getting: >> >> waiting for a mount request >> >> so I do a mount, get: >> >> 3001 OK mount. Device="LTO-2" (/dev/nst0) >> >> But it just sits at the wai

Re: [Bacula-users] [Storage-Space usage] Prevent duplicate file-backups?

2006-10-26 Thread Hristo Benev
John Drescher wrote: I have seen this discussed in this list before and I believe there are several problems on top of the small chance that a file will have the same size and same md5sum but different contents. One is do we only search (for dups) in the current backup job or volume or do we in

[Bacula-users] Special characters on Ms Windows filenames...

2006-10-26 Thread Jaime Ventura
Hello, On languages such as the Portuguese language there are "special characters" with accute accent or circumflex accent, such as ÃÁÂ ç (hope you see them correctly). When backing up windows files with filenames with characters such as those, bacula (?) translate the to different

Re: [Bacula-users] Irregular backups

2006-10-26 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Paul Constable <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi alll, > I have the need to backup a laptop that is connected to the network at > irregular intervals, which precludes any form of scheduling. > > Does anyone have a means of backing up at, say an hour after logging into the > network

[Bacula-users] bacula with vxa tapeloader with firewire

2006-10-26 Thread Raphael Perrin
Hello, Is bacula able to work with a firewire port instead of SCSI ? Thank you Raphael - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to

[Bacula-users] 2 full backups in a row

2006-10-26 Thread Raphael Perrin
Hi Here is my situation. Once a month I run a full backup on a "FULL" pool. Then the monday after I run an Incremental backup on an "INCREMENTAL" pool and of course it first run a FULL backup which take more than one night. This situation is not good. I use a different pool for the FULL backup

[Bacula-users] IBM Domino Notes online backup under Linux/UNIX

2006-10-26 Thread Bruno Voigt
Hi, as the topic came up some days ago: Anyone looking for an online backup of Domino .nsf/.ntf databases under Linux/UNIX should take a look at http://domino.voigt.tv . There you find a tool named dbbackup which facilitates the Domino C API Toolkit to properly switch databases to backup mode an

[Bacula-users] cannot connect to the director

2006-10-26 Thread Araskumar A
Hi all,   I am running windows 2003 operating system.   Recently, downloaded and installed Bacula - 1.39.26 ..I get bacula(client) and Bacula(storage) on my system tray.When i start wx-console from my start->programs->Bacula i get :   connecting . Failed to connect to the director   Can anyone

Re: [Bacula-users] File Daemon port not open on linux

2006-10-26 Thread Luke Taylor
Hi there thanks for getting back to me. The contents of the Bacula-dir.conf file are as follows: I have only shown part of the password for obvious reasons. Director {# define myself Name = bacula-dir DIRport = 9101# where we listen for UA connection

[Bacula-users] using Fifo for backup, restore

2006-10-26 Thread Dan Engel
Has anybody successfully used the Fifo device type for backup and restore? I've been able backups working (I think) but when I try to restore, it says that it's looking for a particular volume on the fifo device. The backup data that I'm cat'ing into the device doesn't seem to satisfy bacula. I a

[Bacula-users] Logging

2006-10-26 Thread Robert
Hello, I changed my dir.conf and now console messages are no longer logged. I have the following in my bacula-dir.conf file: append = "/SBackup/var/bacula/log" = all, !skipped I have the ownership and group set at bacula:bacula and permissions set at 740 Does anybody have any idea what I am doi

[Bacula-users] Irregular backups

2006-10-26 Thread Paul Constable
Hi alll, I have the need to backup a laptop that is connected to the network at irregular intervals, which precludes any form of scheduling. Does anyone have a means of backing up at, say an hour after logging into the network, or of connecting to the server. I have a user who is freque

[Bacula-users] Irregular backups

2006-10-26 Thread Paul Constable
Hi alll, I have the need to backup a laptop that is connected to the network at irregular intervals, which precludes any form of scheduling. Does anyone have a means of backing up at, say an hour after logging into the network, or of connecting to the server. I have a user who is freque

[Bacula-users] prune volumes

2006-10-26 Thread weyerma
hi all, my goal is to make a backup from all servers with the same volume per day. i have a autochanger with 7 tapes. i use one volume per day and recycle the volume every new week. my problem is now, if the new volume are used a second time it wasn`t pruned and fills. i always need to purge th

Re: [Bacula-users] Moving to a new machine

2006-10-26 Thread Ross Boylan
On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 07:24:57AM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > On 19 Oct 2006 at 22:01, Ross Boylan wrote: > > > I have a new machine where I want to run bacula (that is the director, > > the storage pools, the database), and wonder if anyone has any advice > > on how to move over to it. > > > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Labeling problem

2006-10-26 Thread Eric Yellin
Thanks mt worked! Eric _ From: "Ryan Novosielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eric Yellin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Labeling problem > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Check t

Re: [Bacula-users] [Storage-Space usage] Prevent duplicate file-backups?

2006-10-26 Thread John Drescher
I have seen this discussed in this list before and I believe there are several problems on top of the small chance that a file will have the same size and same md5sum but different contents. One is do we only search (for dups) in the current backup job or volume or do we include other backups and o

Re: [Bacula-users] [Storage-Space usage] Prevent duplicate file-backups?

2006-10-26 Thread Hristo Benev
Tijl Van den Broeck wrote: It would indeed be a great space saving feature. But I wouldn't place my bet only on md5sums, it has been proven that there -could- occur false matches. There has to be some additional checking as well, starting with the filename. The chances of a duplicate md5sum

[Bacula-users] Different timeouts in different subnets

2006-10-26 Thread Marc Brückner
Hi @ all Bacula users, I am using Bacula for several year now and I am really satisfied with it. But now I have a strange Problem. I am not sure but I think it first occurred since I updated from version 1.36 to 1.38 . Now I am running 1.38.11 My Bacula has to backup several WinXP clients over ni

Re: [Bacula-users] File Table entries not pruned

2006-10-26 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:39:16 +0200, Christoph Haas said: > > On Wednesday 25 October 2006 23:18, Martin Simmons wrote: > > > On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:00:09 +0200, Christoph Haas said: > > > Actually I haven't changed my config in months. And after each full > > > backup I can run dbcheck and i

Re: [Bacula-users] Can't write to the tape

2006-10-26 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 10/26/2006 3:13 AM, Greg Little wrote: > Thanks for the patch, I implemented the changes and set the tapes back > to nst0 Now I am getting: > > waiting for a mount request > > so I do a mount, get: > > 3001 OK mount. Device="LTO-2" (/dev/nst0) > > But it just sits at the waiting for mou

[Bacula-users] Rif: Re: File Table entries not pruned

2006-10-26 Thread Ferdinando Pasqualetti
As far as I understand dbcheck is to be run regularly (I run it during the day, when bacula is idle), not mailly for File table, but for Filename and Path tables. If the systems that are backuped have a lot of auto generated filenames that are lately deleted. Table and Path tables do not have a