[Bacula-users] Bacula scripting with Ruby?

2006-11-25 Thread Hydro Meteor
Hello all ... I have successfully configured and made / installed the current version of Bacula on Ubuntu Dapper Drake with Postgresql 8.1.3 (a nice first step for a newbie), and I included in configure the python option (since python does make for a nice scripting language). I am curious howeve

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Storage definitions

2006-11-25 Thread David Boyes
> > Since migration is a significant new > > feature, it strikes me as a very good opportunity to start heading in > > that direction. > Yes, that is a good point that I probably did not consider enough. Well, it's not like you don't have anything else to do...8-) > Yes, on second thought we pr

Re: [Bacula-users] Mac OS X and readline disabled requirement (deprecated information in the documentation?)

2006-11-25 Thread Erich Prinz
No, the passwords are not required in the config - It just makes life easier when setting everything up since it's extremely easy to get distracted and put the correct password in the wrong place. Otherwise, the config will generate random passwords for the director, SD, and FD. Haven't de

[Bacula-users] dvd+rw-tools-7.0 and DVD burning

2006-11-25 Thread John Drescher
I just wanted to know before I upgrade. Does dvd+rw-tools-7.0 still require the patch? -- John M. Drescher - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger advice

2006-11-25 Thread Gerard Sharpe
christian zimmermann wrote: > Hi folks, > > I need some help with my autochanger config. > I have an overland arcvault 12 autochanger, I can mount all tapes with the > mtx > command no problem. > But when I try to mount a tape with bconsole so I can label it I allways get > an error like this.

Re: [Bacula-users] Backing up an entire disk partition?

2006-11-25 Thread Georg Altmann
--On Samstag, 25. November 2006 04:41 -1000 Hydro Meteor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oops, looks like I was able to answer my own question for the most part > as I had missed parts in the current manual describing configuring to > back up a raw partition (sparse = yes). Even so, it would be in

Re: [Bacula-users] The number of files mismatch!

2006-11-25 Thread Ian Levesque
On Nov 23, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Alan Brown wrote: > On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > >> Most likely either the Dir or SD has crashed during a backup, or >> you haven't >> successfully run the btape test and fill commands, in which case, >> you Device >> resource is not properly confi

Re: [Bacula-users] Travan tape - very slow

2006-11-25 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Saturday 25 November 2006 15:45, Peter Crighton wrote: > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:00:00 +0100, you wrote: > > >On Saturday 25 November 2006 12:13, Peter Crighton wrote: > > >> I tried tar cvf /dev/nst0 file, with a 32MB file and the tape drive > >> ran continuously for 40s, which is about 800kb/

Re: [Bacula-users] Travan tape - very slow

2006-11-25 Thread Peter Crighton
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:00:00 +0100, you wrote: >On Saturday 25 November 2006 12:13, Peter Crighton wrote: >> I tried tar cvf /dev/nst0 file, with a 32MB file and the tape drive >> ran continuously for 40s, which is about 800kb/s. > >Read the tape back with dd, which should allow you to determine

Re: [Bacula-users] Backing up an entire disk partition?

2006-11-25 Thread Hydro Meteor
Oops, looks like I was able to answer my own question for the most part as I had missed parts in the current manual describing configuring to back up a raw partition (sparse = yes). Even so, it would be interesting to hear from anyone who has some experiences and scar tissue from doing so in a pro

[Bacula-users] Backing up an entire disk partition?

2006-11-25 Thread Hydro Meteor
Hopefully this doesn't come across as a question with an obvious answer, but I'm wondering if there is any reason why one can not or should not use Bacula to back up (and restore later if necessary such as if there is a physical disk failure) an entire disk partition of a platform (at the moment s

Re: [Bacula-users] Travan tape - very slow

2006-11-25 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Saturday 25 November 2006 12:13, Peter Crighton wrote: > On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:01:27 -0500, you wrote: > > >Did you use a blank tape when you tested bacula for the first time? > > > >If not this is your problem. I do not believe the block size can be > >changed once there is data on the tape

Re: [Bacula-users] Travan tape - very slow

2006-11-25 Thread Peter Crighton
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:01:27 -0500, you wrote: >Did you use a blank tape when you tested bacula for the first time? > >If not this is your problem. I do not believe the block size can be >changed once there is data on the tape. > >you can fix this by rewinding the tape and writing an eof at the