[Bacula-users] FD to SD connection problem

2006-12-11 Thread Janco van der Merwe
Hi guys, I wonder if one of you can help me. We are running Bacula 1.38.11 on RHEL 4 and the client in question is running on MS Server 2003. I keep on receiving the following error: 12-Dec 00:18 brutus-dir: Start Backup JobId 964, Job=Payroll.2006-12-11_21.00.09 12-Dec 00:19 payroll-fd: Pa

[Bacula-users] problems with hardlinks to "schg" secured files on FreeBSD on restore

2006-12-11 Thread Oliver Lehmann
Hi, I've noticed that when I'm backing up files with the "schg" flag set, and also files which are a hardlink to such a file with a "schg" flag the restore does not work. It looks like bacula first restores the file with the "schg" flag, and then tries to recreate the hardlink which failes because

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

2006-12-11 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 12/11/2006 4:25 PM, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Arno Lehmann wrote: > > >>>I updated the VolumeFiles for this tape in the catalog to 0 and did a second >>>backup job. >>>I restored and verified both backup jobs without any problem. >> >>

[Bacula-users] mtx on solaris MUST be at least version 1.3.3 (unstable)

2006-12-11 Thread Gabriele Bulfon
Hello, for any Solaris user having trouble with Bacula and their tape library device, beware of the mtx version: even though mtx site states that the stable version is 1.2.x , with some devices this version may not be able to report correct status of the library device. Recently I had to run an o

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula & FreeBSD 6.x

2006-12-11 Thread Dan Langille
On 11 Dec 2006 at 17:05, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to "Shaun T. Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Does the latest stable release of Bacula work ok on FreeBSD 6.x? Is > > there anything special I need to know about bacula and this version of > > FreeBSD? > > Nothing that I've come across

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula & FreeBSD 6.x

2006-12-11 Thread Dan Langille
On 11 Dec 2006 at 17:03, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > Does the latest stable release of Bacula work ok on FreeBSD 6.x? Is > there anything special I need to know about bacula and this version of > FreeBSD? It should. I've tested it a few times on 6.2-PRERELEASE during this BETA phase. -- Dan La

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula & FreeBSD 6.x

2006-12-11 Thread Bill Moran
In response to "Shaun T. Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Does the latest stable release of Bacula work ok on FreeBSD 6.x? Is > there anything special I need to know about bacula and this version of > FreeBSD? Nothing that I've come across. I've got four separate directors running on 6.X and a w

[Bacula-users] Bacula & FreeBSD 6.x

2006-12-11 Thread Shaun T. Erickson
Does the latest stable release of Bacula work ok on FreeBSD 6.x? Is there anything special I need to know about bacula and this version of FreeBSD? -- -ste - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join So

Re: [Bacula-users] new RPMs for 1.38.11

2006-12-11 Thread Felix Schwarz
Jaime Ventura wrote: > I got a bit confused with your email. > Does this mean from now on you will release the rpm packages of bacula? Scott is the official RPM packager. He writes the bacula.spec file which controls the RPM creation. Besides Scott, there are some package building monke

Re: [Bacula-users] Scripted restores to different clients

2006-12-11 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:44:27 +0100, Kern Sibbald said: > > On Monday 11 December 2006 12:26, Martin Simmons wrote: > > > On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 23:03:46 +0100, Kern Sibbald said: > > > > > > On Friday 08 December 2006 21:12, Martin Simmons wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:51:22 -

Re: [Bacula-users] Removable Disk HOWTO

2006-12-11 Thread Josh Fisher
jbrsubscribe wrote: > Josh Fisher wrote: > > >> Michael Fung wrote: >> >>> Dear Josh, >>> >>> >>> Thanks for releasing the vchanger script and HOWTO! >>> >>> However, I found a problem around line 94: >>> >>> # Create nextmag file to hold max magazine index used >>> if [ ! -f "${stated

Re: [Bacula-users] Win32: LabelFormat Directive Syntax

2006-12-11 Thread Erich Prinz
On Dec 11, 2006, at 12:20 PM, Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Monday 11 December 2006 18:53, Erich Prinz wrote: >> Hi Robert. >> >> I'm doing basic testing of the Win32 build of 1.39.30 with full >> install of the Dir, SD, and FD. >> >> Configuring the Director for automatic labeling of the disc based >

Re: [Bacula-users] Win32: LabelFormat Directive Syntax

2006-12-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 11 December 2006 18:53, Erich Prinz wrote: > Hi Robert. > > I'm doing basic testing of the Win32 build of 1.39.30 with full > install of the Dir, SD, and FD. > > Configuring the Director for automatic labeling of the disc based > volumes has been an interesting exercise. > > Bacula

[Bacula-users] Win32: LabelFormat Directive Syntax

2006-12-11 Thread Erich Prinz
Hi Robert. I'm doing basic testing of the Win32 build of 1.39.30 with full install of the Dir, SD, and FD. Configuring the Director for automatic labeling of the disc based volumes has been an interesting exercise. Bacula Documentation shows the proper syntax as: LabelFormat = "File

Re: [Bacula-users] ERR=There is no valid media in the device "DVD-Writer"

2006-12-11 Thread mario
Hello, Richard Mortimer wrote: > On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 12:40 +0100, Kern Sibbald wrote: > >>> If a DVD is full, it mails me that i need to insert e new one, but it >>> does not carry on writing to it. Is there a way to let bacula try to >>> write to a new medium every 6h or so? Or maybe bacul

Re: [Bacula-users] high availability

2006-12-11 Thread Georg Altmann
--On Montag, 11. Dezember 2006 11:50 +0100 Sebastian Hegewald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello, > > i should compare bacula and amanda concerning high availability. > > now my question is. is there support for a failover-scenario? > just a little example: > > i have a aktiv director and some

Re: [Bacula-users] Scripted restores to different clients

2006-12-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 11 December 2006 16:52, Andrew Fabian wrote: > This sounds right to me: the option to specify an alternative restore-to > client exists in the menus, but is simply absent from the command line > interface. It's also really weird that changing "Client" in the modify > job menu does som

Re: [Bacula-users] Source Forge abusive commercial ads

2006-12-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 11 December 2006 17:10, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Chris Hoogendyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Marketing claims always tend to be a bit sketchy, and getting marketing > > departments to follow academic practices of source citation is rather > > unlikely. However, it is possible th

Re: [Bacula-users] Source Forge abusive commercial ads

2006-12-11 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Chris Hoogendyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Marketing claims always tend to be a bit sketchy, and getting marketing > departments to follow academic practices of source citation is rather > unlikely. However, it is possible that they do have a larger installed > base for historical reaso

Re: [Bacula-users] mount a resquested tape

2006-12-11 Thread Alan Brown
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Jaime Ventura wrote: > Thank you for your reply. > Shouldn't the "update slots" do the same as the command you suggested? It will, assuming the drive is empty AND there is nothing actively attempting to using the drive (That's not a safe bet if there are lots of simulta

Re: [Bacula-users] Source Forge abusive commercial ads

2006-12-11 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
Marketing claims always tend to be a bit sketchy, and getting marketing departments to follow academic practices of source citation is rather unlikely. However, it is possible that they do have a larger installed base for historical reasons, aside from what you might see listed in download statisti

Re: [Bacula-users] Scripted restores to different clients

2006-12-11 Thread Andrew Fabian
This sounds right to me: the option to specify an alternative restore-to client exists in the menus, but is simply absent from the command line interface. It's also really weird that changing "Client" in the modify job menu does something different than specifying client= on the command line.

Re: [Bacula-users] Res: Source Forge abusive commercial ads

2006-12-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 11 December 2006 15:13, Georger Araujo wrote: > Kern, > I entirely agree with you - I had noticed this myself. But I don't thinks it's SF's fault, at least not on purpose. Well, IMO it is probably not anything they have done against Bacula on purpose as you say, but it *is* their fault

Re: [Bacula-users] Advice requested from Mandriva users

2006-12-11 Thread steen meyer
Hi Scott, Are you using the free version of M2007? I have installed 2007 but not used it yet, I can try and see how mine behaves, but I think it is the pwoerpack version that I installed, but I can try the Free version also, if that is the one you have Steen Søndag 10 december 2006 19:08 skrev

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

2006-12-11 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Arno Lehmann wrote: >> I updated the VolumeFiles for this tape in the catalog to 0 and did a second >> backup job. >> I restored and verified both backup jobs without any problem. > > That was lucky... Bacula should have considered that tape as empt

Re: [Bacula-users] mount a resquested tape

2006-12-11 Thread Jaime Ventura
Alan, Thank you for your reply. Shouldn't the "update slots" do the same as the command you suggested? Thanks Jaime Alan Brown wrote: > On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Jaime Ventura wrote: > >> So, my second question is, is there any way to say to bacula that the >> tape is there and he may

Re: [Bacula-users] mount a resquested tape

2006-12-11 Thread Jaime Ventura
Kern, Thanks for you reply. You're right, I didnt. The thing is, i dont know how to do it. Remember the thread "[Bacula-users] Cant mount a tape after server reboot."? Back then, When I typed the mount command, it did nothing. I wrote «I think its logical why

Re: [Bacula-users] mount a resquested tape

2006-12-11 Thread Alan Brown
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Jaime Ventura wrote: > So, my second question is, is there any way to say to bacula that the > tape is there and he may continue the backup? Update volume - set the slot and inchanger flags - Take Surve

Re: [Bacula-users] mount a resquested tape

2006-12-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 11 December 2006 15:06, Jaime Ventura wrote: > Im using a tape loader with 5 tapes(all labeled and inserted in > one single pool). After a previous backup, I have removed the tape( in > which that backup was saved, from the tape loader), in order to keep it > on a vault outside t

Re: [Bacula-users] new RPMs for 1.38.11

2006-12-11 Thread Jaime Ventura
Hi Felix, I got a bit confused with your email. Does this mean from now on you will release the rpm packages of bacula? Thanks Jaime, Felix Schwarz wrote: > Hi all, > > my build infrastructure is in place now, so I released new RPMs for FC5 > (x86_64), FC6 > (i386 and x86_64) and Cen

[Bacula-users] Res: Source Forge abusive commercial ads

2006-12-11 Thread Georger Araujo
Kern, I entirely agree with you - I had noticed this myself. But I don't thinks it's SF's fault, at least not on purpose. I use a lot of software hosted on SF, and browse the site often. When I go to the PDFCreator project page, I am flooded with ads of commercial software which does the exact s

[Bacula-users] mount a resquested tape

2006-12-11 Thread Jaime Ventura
Im using a tape loader with 5 tapes(all labeled and inserted in one single pool). After a previous backup, I have removed the tape( in which that backup was saved, from the tape loader), in order to keep it on a vault outside the building. The other 4 tape were kept in the tapeloader.

[Bacula-users] Source Forge abusive commercial ads

2006-12-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, For your information, I have just submitted the following service request to Source Forge. While one must tolerate a certain amount of abuse in this world, in this particular case (see below), I find Source Forge's commercial actions annoying ... === Every time I access the

[Bacula-users] Res: Win32 SD/DIR

2006-12-11 Thread Georger Araujo
You can download the latest Windows beta build at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50727&package_id=110236&release_id=469922 Keep in mind this is, um, beta. Read carefully the release notes and the documentation. Regards, Georger - Mensagem original De: Danie Thero

Re: [Bacula-users] Scripted restores to different clients

2006-12-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 11 December 2006 12:26, Martin Simmons wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 23:03:46 +0100, Kern Sibbald said: > > > > On Friday 08 December 2006 21:12, Martin Simmons wrote: > > > > On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:51:22 -0500, Andrew Fabian said: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I'm try

Re: [Bacula-users] Invalid Slot=0

2006-12-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Saturday 09 December 2006 00:08, Willard Farqwark wrote: > On FC6 with bacula-1.39.28 - the only one that would compile on FC6 > Using a Dell Powervault 2450 > Error > "Invalid slot=0 defined, cannot autoload Volume" > > I keep getting this error in btape or bacula, but doing all the testing in

[Bacula-users] Advice requested from Mandriva users

2006-12-11 Thread Scott Barninger
Hello, I'm looking for some assistance from anyone who regularly uses Mandriva-2007. I installed in on a partition on my build host last weekend in order to continue my rpm build support for that platform, but I must admit I'm less than impressed. Logging into a gnome session gets me a desktop wi

[Bacula-users] Fwd: Invalid Slot=0

2006-12-11 Thread Willard Farqwark
I don't think this made it to the list.. While backing up, bacula will not change the tape - I can do an unmount and mout to get the tape change. BTape works and Baculas will not run the autochanger... Here is my bacula-sd.conf setup. Device { Name = LTO-2# Media Type

[Bacula-users] Invalid Slot=0

2006-12-11 Thread Willard Farqwark
On FC6 with bacula-1.39.28 - the only one that would compile on FC6 Using a Dell Powervault 2450 Error "Invalid slot=0 defined, cannot autoload Volume" I keep getting this error in btape or bacula, but doing all the testing in btape except Fill works. the Autochanger test works the Test test wor

[Bacula-users] feature request : relabel volumes when moving them from the Scratch pool

2006-12-11 Thread Dysmas de Lassus
Item 1: relabel volumes when moving them from the Scratch pool Origin: Dysmas - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 28 October 2006 Status: What: The documentation says (p.318): "Automatic labeling from templates does NOT work with autochangers since Bacula will not access unknown slots." Yes, sure, but pre

Re: [Bacula-users] Scripted restores to different clients

2006-12-11 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 23:03:46 +0100, Kern Sibbald said: > > On Friday 08 December 2006 21:12, Martin Simmons wrote: > > > On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:51:22 -0500, Andrew Fabian said: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm trying to write a script that tells bacula to restore job X to > > > clien

[Bacula-users] high availability

2006-12-11 Thread Sebastian Hegewald
hello, i should compare bacula and amanda concerning high availability. now my question is. is there support for a failover-scenario? just a little example: i have a aktiv director and some clients and storagedaemons. now the director fails. is it possible to switch to a passiv director so that

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] feature request : relabel volumes when moving them from the Scratch pool

2006-12-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, Could you reformat and reword your Feature request a bit so that I can understand it, and easily include it in the projects list for voting. It needs (IMO) the following things: 1. Eliminate the sarcasim, complaints, and the use of "I", and stick to the problem and solutions. If you

[Bacula-users] Win32 SD/DIR

2006-12-11 Thread Danie Theron
Pardon for sounding forgetful , but I remember something about a win32 port of the SD and DIR , of which I am more interested in the SD port. Any updates/files on this , would like to test it out. Thanks Daniel - Take Surv

Re: [Bacula-users] Use

2006-12-11 Thread Anders Trobäck
On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 10:48:44 +0100 Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 07 December 2006 10:31, Anders Trobäck wrote: > > Hi, > > > > new to this list so bare with me! > > > > I have some directors to monitor and on my desktop I'm using > > bacula-tray-monitor. In the monitor I a

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows backup to network speed issues

2006-12-11 Thread User100
Just to compare... - WinNT: 100 Mbit - WinNT - Softwarecompression on: Elapsed time: 22 hours 18 mins 59 secs Priority: 10 FD Files Written: 491,857 SD Files Written: 491,857 FD Bytes Written: 63,212,054,059 (63.21 GB) SD Bytes Written:

Re: [Bacula-users] Use

2006-12-11 Thread Anders Trobäck
On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 10:48:44 +0100 Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 07 December 2006 10:31, Anders Trobäck wrote: > > Hi, > > > > new to this list so bare with me! > > > > I have some directors to monitor and on my desktop I'm using > > bacula-tray-monitor. In the monitor I a