Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle Marsh
Thank you Arno, This is rather what I expected. Kern seemed to say he was using the backup scheme from the manual with several clients, so I'd still like to see how that might work. However, your setup makes sense to me and seems less fragile, so I think I'll go with it. I have a few questions

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 23.06.2007 02:03,, Kyle Marsh wrote:: > Hello again all, > > I've tried looking in the manual for help, but I've found that while > the manual is fairly comprehensive, it's not remarkably accessible; Quite true, unfortunately... > This says nothing about how they interact with volumes, but

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Michael Nelson
Kyle Marsh wrote: > I've tried looking in the manual for help, but I've found that while > the manual is fairly comprehensive, it's not remarkably accessible; > that is, while I'm sure my answers are probably in there somewhere, > I'm not at all sure that I could find them, so I come to you for hel

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle Marsh
Hello again all, I've tried looking in the manual for help, but I've found that while the manual is fairly comprehensive, it's not remarkably accessible; that is, while I'm sure my answers are probably in there somewhere, I'm not at all sure that I could find them, so I come to you for help. On t

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 22 June 2007 21:48, Kyle Marsh wrote: > On 6/22/07, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:44:03 -0700 > > > From: "Kyle Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration > > > To: bacula-users > > > Messag

Re: [Bacula-users] Considering move from Amanda

2007-06-22 Thread Michel Meyers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, > Charles Sprickman wrote: >> Lastly, anyone here who has already made the switch, I'd love to hear >> about how that went and what prompted you to switch. As all the other items have already been answered, I'll just reply to this bit. I move

Re: [Bacula-users] Mounting autochanger

2007-06-22 Thread Michael Nelson
John Drescher wrote: > This is ok. The other method avoids having to mount. Just release each > drive that has a tape in it from the changer than you can change the > magazines and wait till the auto loader has finished performing an > inventory of the tapes and finally an update slots. I have exec

Re: [Bacula-users] Mounting autochanger

2007-06-22 Thread John Drescher
> This works, and works a whole lot more cleanly than the equivalent > procedure used to work under 1.39 (I am on 2.02 now). > > Should I be doing this a different way? > This is ok. The other method avoids having to mount. Just release each drive that has a tape in it from the changer than you can

Re: [Bacula-users] "Zlib data error" failure on only one file in restore

2007-06-22 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:38:32 +0700, Ralf Winkler said: > > I was able to check for the version of zlib we use on our boxes (yes, we > have more then one running), > Bacula was build on Debian with the "zlib1g-dev" Version 1.2.3-13. > > Now i have to ask, where do the compression happen, in

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle Marsh
On 6/22/07, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:44:03 -0700 > > From: "Kyle Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration > > To: bacula-users > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula server hardware requirement

2007-06-22 Thread Arthur Emerson III
Salvo PAESANO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wish to set a bacula's dedicated server and I just need to > know if they are some hardware requirement for bacula 2.X > do you thinks that is enough? 1x Dual core 1.6 ghz whit 1gb > Ram 160*Gb HD (SATA), 2 GB Network card and a PERC 4e/DC (for scsi)

Re: [Bacula-users] Considering move from Amanda

2007-06-22 Thread Dan Langille
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Frank Sweetser wrote: > We'll be here =) There's also the #bacula channel on IRC as well. On the FreeNode network: server irc.freenode.net - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Ex

Re: [Bacula-users] Considering move from Amanda

2007-06-22 Thread Frank Sweetser
Charles Sprickman wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been having some trouble lately with the newer versions of Amanda - > we had been running it for about five years and on the last upgrade we've > found that it's not quite as robust as it used to be (at least in our > environment). When we origina

[Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Kern Sibbald
> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:44:03 -0700 > From: "Kyle Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration > To: bacula-users > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > While this debate on

[Bacula-users] Considering move from Amanda

2007-06-22 Thread Charles Sprickman
Hello all, I've been having some trouble lately with the newer versions of Amanda - we had been running it for about five years and on the last upgrade we've found that it's not quite as robust as it used to be (at least in our environment). When we originally settled on Amanda I did look at B

Re: [Bacula-users] Mounting autochanger

2007-06-22 Thread Michael Nelson
When I go over to the co-lo to change tapes, I go into bconsole and umount the autochanger. Then I eject the magazine from the autochanger's front panel, replace the tapes, shove the magazine back in and wait for the autochanger to stop doing whatever mysterious thrashing it does, then I "upda

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula linux rescue CD procedure (FreeBSD)

2007-06-22 Thread Frank Sweetser
Dave wrote: > Hi Frank, > Thanks for your reply. I'll probably start manually, grind out a > procedure by hand then look at the Linux scripts and see what if any are the > freebsd equivalents and try to bring them over. My goal initially was bare > metal recovery for my own use, but the more

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula linux rescue CD procedure (FreeBSD)

2007-06-22 Thread Dan Langille
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Dave wrote: > Hello, >I've never used a Linux bacula rescue CD at this point i don't need > to do any bare metal recoveries of the linux box i have. I do however have a > need for FreeBSD bare metal recovery. I've got a few questions. >First of all, has anyone done

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula linux rescue CD procedure (FreeBSD)

2007-06-22 Thread Dave
Hi Frank, Thanks for your reply. I'll probably start manually, grind out a procedure by hand then look at the Linux scripts and see what if any are the freebsd equivalents and try to bring them over. My goal initially was bare metal recovery for my own use, but the more i think about this th

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula linux rescue CD procedure (FreeBSD)

2007-06-22 Thread Frank Sweetser
Dave wrote: > Hello, > I've never used a Linux bacula rescue CD at this point i don't need > to do any bare metal recoveries of the linux box i have. I do however have a > need for FreeBSD bare metal recovery. I've got a few questions. > First of all, has anyone done this or got far w

[Bacula-users] bacula linux rescue CD procedure (FreeBSD)

2007-06-22 Thread Dave
Hello, I've never used a Linux bacula rescue CD at this point i don't need to do any bare metal recoveries of the linux box i have. I do however have a need for FreeBSD bare metal recovery. I've got a few questions. First of all, has anyone done this or got far with it? What i was pl

Re: [Bacula-users] Mounting autochanger

2007-06-22 Thread Andreas Helmcke
On 22.06.2007 16:55, Brian Debelius wrote: > Andreas Helmcke wrote: >> If you mount the tape to unlock a drive, which was locked due to an >> manual unmount you can use slot 0 for the mount. >> This will unlock the drive, so it can be used by bacula without loading >> a tape. >> > If I mount using

[Bacula-users] Slot and InChanger status

2007-06-22 Thread Brian Debelius
I'm just curious about this. Why is the slot field still reflect a slot number when a volume's InChanger status is 0? My thought is that that if it not in the changer, it can't be assigned a slot. brian- - This SF.net ema

Re: [Bacula-users] Mounting autochanger

2007-06-22 Thread Brian Debelius
John Drescher wrote: >> I use umount to unload a tape that is in the tape drive. Is this not >> the right way to do this? >> > I am not sure what version added this command but release does the > same job for autochangers but it does not cause the need to mount. I > believe the difference is umoun

Re: [Bacula-users] Mounting autochanger

2007-06-22 Thread John Drescher
> I use umount to unload a tape that is in the tape drive. Is this not > the right way to do this? > I am not sure what version added this command but release does the same job for autochangers but it does not cause the need to mount. I believe the difference is umount also releases the drive from

Re: [Bacula-users] Mounting autochanger

2007-06-22 Thread Brian Debelius
John Drescher wrote: >> No, I never pick the right one. Nor do I try. I don;t want to have to >> think about it. I want Bacula to do the work :) >> > I never umount an autochanger but at times I do use the release > command. I have to say that a lot of these problems with bacula and > autochange

Re: [Bacula-users] Mounting autochanger

2007-06-22 Thread John Drescher
> No, I never pick the right one. Nor do I try. I don;t want to have to > think about it. I want Bacula to do the work :) > I never umount an autochanger but at times I do use the release command. I have to say that a lot of these problems with bacula and autochangers have been fixed recently bu

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula server hardware requirement

2007-06-22 Thread John Drescher
> > * the database is in another server (we have a mysql databases dedicated > > server) > > > > > > AFAIK bacula dont like remote mysql servers > Although we have only used this database config for a short time it worked great. We are now using a remote postgresql database with local and remote ta

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula server hardware requirement

2007-06-22 Thread tomasz
Salvo PAESANO wrote: > Hi all, and sorry if my question look like stupid. > I wish to set a bacula's dedicated server and I just need to know if > they are some hardware requirement for bacula 2.X do you thinks that is > enough? > 1x Dual core 1.6 ghz whit 1gb Ram 160*Gb HD (SATA), 2 GB Network ca

Re: [Bacula-users] Mounting autochanger

2007-06-22 Thread Brian Debelius
Andreas Helmcke wrote: > On 21.06.2007 23:08, Brian Debelius wrote: > >> Why does bacula ask for a slot number to mount, when I mount my VXA >> autochanger? It seems to me, that bacula should load whatever tape it >> feels appropriate automatically when the autochanger is loaded. I >> usual

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with FD connection to SD

2007-06-22 Thread David
En/na tomasz ha escrit: > tomasz wrote: > >> David wrote: >> >>> En/na tomasz ha escrit: >>> David wrote: > En/na Arno Lehmann ha escrit: > > >> Hi, >> >> 22.06.2007 13:04,, Llistes Saccharine wrote:: >> >>

Re: [Bacula-users] Mounting autochanger

2007-06-22 Thread Brian Debelius
Michael Nelson wrote: > Brian Debelius wrote: >> Why does bacula ask for a slot number to mount, when I mount my VXA >> autochanger? It seems to me, that bacula should load whatever tape >> it feels appropriate automatically when the autochanger is loaded. I >> usually just pick some random nu

[Bacula-users] bacula server hardware requirement

2007-06-22 Thread Salvo PAESANO
Hi all, and sorry if my question look like stupid. I wish to set a bacula's dedicated server and I just need to know if they are some hardware requirement for bacula 2.X do you thinks that is enough? 1x Dual core 1.6 ghz whit 1gb Ram 160*Gb HD (SATA), 2 GB Network card and a PERC 4e/DC (for scsi)

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with FD connection to SD

2007-06-22 Thread tomasz
tomasz wrote: > David wrote: >> En/na tomasz ha escrit: >>> David wrote: >>> En/na Arno Lehmann ha escrit: > Hi, > > 22.06.2007 13:04,, Llistes Saccharine wrote:: > > >> Hi, >> >> I have 'Director' and 'Storage' in a server with two ranges

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with FD connection to SD

2007-06-22 Thread tomasz
David wrote: > En/na tomasz ha escrit: >> David wrote: >> >>> En/na Arno Lehmann ha escrit: >>> Hi, 22.06.2007 13:04,, Llistes Saccharine wrote:: > Hi, > > I have 'Director' and 'Storage' in a server with two ranges of LAN ip's > (192.168.

Re: [Bacula-users] bextract - extracted files with a wrong encoding?

2007-06-22 Thread Martin Simmons
It is impossible using bextract on unix. The best way is to use bscan to put the jobs back into the catalog and then restore them as normal. With Bacula 2.x, you can probably do the restore on unix to get the main data stream in the file. You could also try the latest winbacula beta, which I thi

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with FD connection to SD

2007-06-22 Thread David
En/na tomasz ha escrit: > David wrote: > >> En/na Arno Lehmann ha escrit: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> 22.06.2007 13:04,, Llistes Saccharine wrote:: >>> >>> Hi, I have 'Director' and 'Storage' in a server with two ranges of LAN ip's (192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24).

[Bacula-users] Vista and Bacula client

2007-06-22 Thread Mike Hanby
Howdy, I have Bacula server components running on a Fedora Core 6 box and it is successfully backing up itself and a Windows XP Pro box to a local hard disk. I'm now adding in a Vista machine. The backup starts and runs to completion, however I have noticed two odd behaviors: 1) I'm backing up 10

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Bacula and Windows Vista

2007-06-22 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hell Mike, You might try winbacula-2.1.21.exe that I uploaded this morning. It *should* work with VSS enabled. As I mentioned in my announcement, your exlusion lists clearly eliminate a lot of error or warning messages, but you might try not excluding those files as I believe that they will b

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with FD connection to SD

2007-06-22 Thread tomasz
David wrote: > En/na Arno Lehmann ha escrit: >> Hi, >> >> 22.06.2007 13:04,, Llistes Saccharine wrote:: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have 'Director' and 'Storage' in a server with two ranges of LAN ip's >>> (192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24). The client with problems is in >>> 192.168.2.0 range. Whe

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with FD connection to SD

2007-06-22 Thread David
En/na tomasz ha escrit: > Llistes Saccharine wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have 'Director' and 'Storage' in a server with two ranges of LAN ip's >> (192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24). The client with problems is in >> 192.168.2.0 range. When I run a Job, the communications with the >> 'Director'

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with FD connection to SD

2007-06-22 Thread tomasz
Llistes Saccharine wrote: > Hi, > > I have 'Director' and 'Storage' in a server with two ranges of LAN ip's > (192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24). The client with problems is in > 192.168.2.0 range. When I run a Job, the communications with the > 'Director' and the 'client' are OK, but when th

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with FD connection to SD

2007-06-22 Thread David
En/na Arno Lehmann ha escrit: > Hi, > > 22.06.2007 13:04,, Llistes Saccharine wrote:: > >> Hi, >> >> I have 'Director' and 'Storage' in a server with two ranges of LAN ip's >> (192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24). The client with problems is in >> 192.168.2.0 range. When I run a Job, the commu

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula won't start, please help

2007-06-22 Thread ChowYunFett
Thanks! bacula-dir -f gave me a missing pid file. A little research brought up http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg02406.html this thread that describes the solution to my problem: My "--with-pid-dir..." configuration directive pointed to a non-existing folder. I

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula 2.0.3 - schedule problem

2007-06-22 Thread tomasz
Robert Garwacki wrote: > Hello, > > I am using bacula 2.0.3. There is a job scheduled in the config file > with the following schedule definition: > Schedule { > Name = "DefaultCatalogSchedule" > Run = daily at 21:10 > } > > In this case in bconsole, command "status director" shows, that the

Re: [Bacula-users] Client disconnect

2007-06-22 Thread Support
Dear Arno Thanks for jolting my memory - dragged out W R Stevens TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1 read Chapter 23. The timeout is 2 hours after last packet. This implies that Bacula does not have a tunable application keepalive timer and relies on the TCP default. You guessed correctly - I only wait

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with FD connection to SD

2007-06-22 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 22.06.2007 13:04,, Llistes Saccharine wrote:: > Hi, > > I have 'Director' and 'Storage' in a server with two ranges of LAN ip's > (192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24). The client with problems is in > 192.168.2.0 range. When I run a Job, the communications with the > 'Director' and the 'cl

[Bacula-users] Problems with FD connection to SD

2007-06-22 Thread Llistes Saccharine
Hi, I have 'Director' and 'Storage' in a server with two ranges of LAN ip's (192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24). The client with problems is in 192.168.2.0 range. When I run a Job, the communications with the 'Director' and the 'client' are OK, but when the 'Client' tries to connect to the 'S

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> on RAID5 volumes. I pointed out that his high performance database had >> been running on a RAID5 (hardware implementation over Fibre Channel) >> volume set for 6 months. > > With a lot of NVRAM in the storage cabinet? ;) 2Gb NVRAM (battery backe

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula 2.0.3 - schedule problem

2007-06-22 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 22.06.2007 12:07,, Robert Garwacki wrote:: > Hello, > > I am using bacula 2.0.3. There is a job scheduled in the config file > with the following schedule definition: > Schedule { > Name = "DefaultCatalogSchedule" > Run = daily at 21:10 > } > > In this case in bconsole, command "status

Re: [Bacula-users] Mounting autochanger

2007-06-22 Thread Alan Brown
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Brian Debelius wrote: > Why does bacula ask for a slot number to mount, when I mount my VXA > autochanger? It allows you to select a specific tape to mount. If you have no specific tape to mount, use slot 0 --

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Alan Brown
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Jeff Kalchik wrote: > My point is that there are always alternatives. Speed costs, how fast do > you want to go. Or put another way: "Good, Fast, Cheap - pick any two" - This SF.net email is sponsor

[Bacula-users] bacula 2.0.3 - schedule problem

2007-06-22 Thread Robert Garwacki
Hello, I am using bacula 2.0.3. There is a job scheduled in the config file with the following schedule definition: Schedule { Name = "DefaultCatalogSchedule" Run = daily at 21:10 } In this case in bconsole, command "status director" shows, that there is a scheduled job: Scheduled Jobs: Lev

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Alan Brown
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, David Romerstein wrote: > My gut tells me that, if one drive in a new-ish device fails, the > likelihood of a second failing at-or-near the same time is pretty high, as > the drives themselves are likely to be from the same manufacturing batch. Your gut and my experience. I'

Re: [Bacula-users] one job waiting for media - halts other jobs, using other pools

2007-06-22 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, Klavs Klavsen schrieb: > Hi guys, > > I have setup bacula according to this: > http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Automated_Disk_Backup.html > > (with my changes - as I only want 3 months of full backup). > > However, I just saw an odd problem. > > 1) the monthly job - marks media as not app

Re: [Bacula-users] Terminated jobs and translating email messages

2007-06-22 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, Juan Asensio Sánchez schrieb: > Hi > > I am trying to delete all data from bacula to start again. I have > dropped the mysql database and when i run "status director", it is > empty, but when I run "status storage" i have the old terminated jobs. > I have deleted too /var/lib/bacula/*.state,

Re: [Bacula-users] Client disconnect

2007-06-22 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, Support schrieb: > Dear All > > I am running Bacula 2.0.3 on a linux 2.6.21.1 server and backing up XP > clients. > > There is a problem when the client is disconnected in the middle of a > backup - powered off or cable disconnected. > > The storage daemon sits and waits for the client. >

[Bacula-users] one job waiting for media - halts other jobs, using other pools

2007-06-22 Thread Klavs Klavsen
Hi guys, I have setup bacula according to this: http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Automated_Disk_Backup.html (with my changes - as I only want 3 months of full backup). However, I just saw an odd problem. 1) the monthly job - marks media as not appendable too soon (I've set it to set them to not

[Bacula-users] Bacula BETA 2.1.20 released to Source Forge

2007-06-22 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, Wednesday, I released Bacula BETA 2.1.20 source tar files and the Win32 binaries to the Source Forge bacula-beta download area. In that release you will find: bacula-2.1.20.tar.gz bacula-gui-2.1.20.tar.gz bacula-rescue-2.1.20.tar.gz winbacula-2.1.20.exe and their corresponding signat

Re: [Bacula-users] bextract - extracted files with a wrong encoding?

2007-06-22 Thread Marco Strullato
Do you mean that now it's too late and I can not extract useable data from the volume? Marco 2007/6/22, Martin Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:41:28 +0200, Marco Strullato said: > > > > Hi all! > > I found an old thread about the same problem: > > > > http://www.mail-

Re: [Bacula-users] Cannot find any appendable volumes ???

2007-06-22 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:58:43 +0200, Wolfgang Powisch (privat) said: > > Am 22.06.2007 00:05, Martin Simmons schrieb: > >> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:33:27 +0200, Wolfgang Powisch (privat) said: > >> Hello, > >> > >> My setup is as follows: > >> > >> - Bacula 1.38.0 > >> - One large Pool with

Re: [Bacula-users] bextract - extracted files with a wrong encoding?

2007-06-22 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:41:28 +0200, Marco Strullato said: > > Hi all! > I found an old thread about the same problem: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg10945.html > > between Kern Sibbald and Timo Eissler > > That thread finished with that sentece of Ke

[Bacula-users] Terminated jobs and translating email messages

2007-06-22 Thread Juan Asensio Sánchez
Hi I am trying to delete all data from bacula to start again. I have dropped the mysql database and when i run "status director", it is empty, but when I run "status storage" i have the old terminated jobs. I have deleted too /var/lib/bacula/*.state, *.bsr and *.connmsg without success. How can i

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula through natd

2007-06-22 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:01:26 -0700 (MST), RYAN M vAN GINNEKEN said: > > nothing seems to be happening the command you suggest bacula-fd -f -d50 on > the machine behind the firewall never responds just waits for > connection. However the server that is the filewall is giving this error > when

Re: [Bacula-users] bextract - extracted files with a wrong encoding?

2007-06-22 Thread Marco Strullato
Hi all! I found an old thread about the same problem: http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg10945.html between Kern Sibbald and Timo Eissler That thread finished with that sentece of Kern: It looks like the BackupRead header information is not being correctly parsed.