Re: [Bacula-users] "Cannot Connect to Client" Error

Hi Jon, can you post the client fd.conf and the director's respective "client", "job" and "director" directives, maybe without obfuscation ? If not, please post the same data with simulated IPs, as if theose were the client and dir IP, and use them as obfuscated IPs in the conf files. Cheers, Mi

Re: [Bacula-users] scsi problems

Hi Michael, tar is not checking while writing, but bacula does. Is the read error on subsequent tests failing at the same block ? 29-Oct 21:27 btape JobId 0: Error: block.c:995 Read error on fd=3 at file:blk 0:1000 I'd suggest cleaning the tape head anyway (how frequently do you do it ?), reform

[Bacula-users] scsi problems

seem to be having some scsi problems with btape test. this test is with a spectra T50/LTO-4 attached via an LSI LSIU320 controller. i ran 100GB of data onto the drive with tar with no issue. but when i run this: ./btape -c bacula-sd.conf /dev/nst0 test i get: *test === Write, rewind, and re-re

Re: [Bacula-users] "Cannot Connect to Client" Error

Hi, I'm not using localhost anywhere in the conf. I am just using it to telnet. Thanks Jon Michael Lewinger wrote: > Hi Jon, > > I read somewhere (in the conf file ?) that localhost should not be used. > Add an alias to 127.0.0.1 in your /etc/hosts file > and use it instead

Re: [Bacula-users] TSM-style perpetual-full?

Michael Lewinger wrote: > Hi Mike, > > It looks all things are covered in Bacula: retention times, > incremental backup. But then I'm not a TSM expert. > > Michael > > On 10/29/07, * Mike Eggleston* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > I like bacula and what it does f

Re: [Bacula-users] error with 2.2.5

On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 10:55 -0700, Craig White wrote: > CentOS 5 - MySQL 5 > > # uname -r -v -m -p -o > 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 18:58:54 EDT 2007 i686 i686 > GNU/Linux > > # rpm -qa |grep bacula > bacula-mtx-2.2.5-1 > bacula-mysql-2.2.5-1 > > # rpm -qa |grep mysql > mysql-devel-5.0.2

Re: [Bacula-users] TSM-style perpetual-full?

Hi, 29.10.2007 23:03,, Michael Lewinger wrote:: > Hello Mike, > > What you are talking about is regular practice, and is what is attained > by the "incremental" feature, so I guess that TSM and bacula are the > same there. The first time it is run, an inc. backup will be promoted to > full, an

Re: [Bacula-users] TSM-style perpetual-full?

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Michael Lewinger might have said: > Hello Mike, > > What you are talking about is regular practice, and is what is attained by > the "incremental" feature, so I guess that TSM and bacula are the same > there. The first time it is run, an inc. backup will be promoted to full,

Re: [Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk-tape backups

Sure, here it is. Everything derived from pp 423 of the manual. on the storage daemon: Device { Name = disk# Media Type = file Device Type = file Archive Device = C:/bacula/backup_data AutomaticMount = yes # when device opened, read it AlwaysOpen = yes

Re: [Bacula-users] TSM-style perpetual-full?

Hello Mike, What you are talking about is regular practice, and is what is attained by the "incremental" feature, so I guess that TSM and bacula are the same there. The first time it is run, an inc. backup will be promoted to full, and afterwards, only inc. will be performed. Good backup practices

Re: [Bacula-users] File table empty?

Hi, 29.10.2007 19:41,, Eric Bollengier wrote:: > Hi, > >> 25.10.2007 18:25,, David Fix wrote:: >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> I went to restore some of my data, but the file table is empty! I've >>> never seen this before... The filename table has the filename I'm >>> looking for, and the path table has

Re: [Bacula-users] python support

Hi, 29.10.2007 18:09,, Rich wrote:: > On 2007.10.27. 17:27, Arno Lehmann wrote: > ... >>> 2. if "Scripts Directory" is specified in director configuration file, >>> director can't be stopped with ctrl+c, when run in foreground; >> I don't know if this qualifies as a bug - because, in normal >> c

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore Problems

Hi Michael, obrigado! I found the files now! My fault not reading the docs completely... thanks a lot, Luiz Nogueira 2007/10/29, Michael Lewinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Luis, bom dia, como vai ? > > The files are restored by default to the client, not to the server. Use > "mod" for changing

Re: [Bacula-users] Device blocked.

Hi, 29.10.2007 11:41,, Gary Stainburn wrote:: > On Saturday 27 October 2007 14:46, Arno Lehmann wrote: >> At this point, what is the 'sta sd=larry2-leeds' output? >> Normally, things should work now, I think... >> >> Arno > > As you can see below, it still says it's blocked. It also says there's

Re: [Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk-tape backups

Michael, I need the D2D2T feature or at the very least disk spooling because I am stuck using an HP Ext. USB(v2) DAT72 drive and the links between servers are slow. I suppose I could setup Rsync between the servers then fire off the backup I've successfully used the backup to file feature but t

[Bacula-users] Moving volumes to a new

In order to create more space on one of my SD machines, I have created a new Device entry in the sd.conf file: Device { Name = Tank-device Media Type = Tank-file Archive Device = /backup/bacula LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media Random Access = Yes;

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore Problems

Hi Luis, bom dia, como vai ? The files are restored by default to the client, not to the server. Use "mod" for changing the client's destination on the restore console. I'm marking the relevant lines with ^^^ begin--- Connecting to Dire

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

Hi there, Isn't that "migration" ? Chapter 26, pp 377 of the manual (pp 405 on the PDF). Michael On 10/29/07, Russell Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In order to create more space on one of my SD machines, I have created a > new Device entry > in the sd.conf file: > > Device { > Name

[Bacula-users] sql query to list volumes per pool

I believe that someone was asking for an SQL query to report on the assignment of pools to volumes. Perhaps this will help...it lists volumes in each pool, after prompting for the pool name. Suggestions in improving the SQL are welcome. ==

Re: [Bacula-users] Beaten about the head and shoulders with a BAT...

On Friday 26 October 2007 3:52:41 pm Chris Howells wrote: > Flak Magnet wrote: > > h is weird because I told it right where it was with: > > --with-qwt=/usr/local/qwt-5.0.2/lib > > You need '--with-qwt=/usr/local/qwt-5.0.2' Aw geez. Tried it. It worked. Feel kind "d'oh" for not noticing that

Re: [Bacula-users] TSM-style perpetual-full?

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Michael Lewinger might have said: > Hi Mike, > > Yes, I agree that Bacula's method for upgrading an incremental backup to > full if no full backups are found is a good feature (expected though) but it > does not work the way I'd like it to. For instance there is an explicit >

Re: [Bacula-users] TSM-style perpetual-full?

Hi Mike, Yes, I agree that Bacula's method for upgrading an incremental backup to full if no full backups are found is a good feature (expected though) but it does not work the way I'd like it to. For instance there is an explicit "ignore fileset changes" options to circunvent a methodic upgrade-t

[Bacula-users] Restore Problems

hello Christof, yes I looked there ...I tried changing the location to other folders, checked permissions and nothing ... thanks, Luiz Nogueira - Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:45:13 +0100 From: Christof Klaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Restore Problems To: bacula-users@lis

[Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk-tape backups

Hey Gang, Can Bacula handle D2D2T backups? /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ David Gardner email: djgardner(at)yahoo.com Yahoo! IM: djgardner AIM: dgardner09 "Everything is a learning experience, even a mistake." __ Do

Re: [Bacula-users] TSM-style perpetual-full?

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Michael Lewinger might have said: > Hi Mike, > > It looks all things are covered in Bacula: retention times, incremental > backup. But then I'm not a TSM expert. > > Michael > > On 10/29/07, Mike Eggleston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I like bacula and what it does fo

Re: [Bacula-users] TSM-style perpetual-full?

Hi Mike, It looks all things are covered in Bacula: retention times, incremental backup. But then I'm not a TSM expert. Michael On 10/29/07, Mike Eggleston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I like bacula and what it does for me (thank you development team). > One issue I have is not really bacula,

Re: [Bacula-users] "Cannot Connect to Client" Error

Hi Jon, I read somewhere (in the conf file ?) that localhost should not be used. Add an alias to 127.0.0.1 in your /etc/hosts file and use it instead. Michael Lewinger On 10/29/07, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I"m evaluating Bacula for a client. So far I like what I see, but I

Re: [Bacula-users] File table empty?

Hi, > 25.10.2007 18:25,, David Fix wrote:: >> Hey guys, >> >> I went to restore some of my data, but the file table is empty! I've >> never seen this before... The filename table has the filename I'm >> looking for, and the path table has the path of it... But there is NO >> data in the file t

Re: [Bacula-users] How to see which volumes are in which pools?

"list pools" and "list volumes" will help > *list pools > ++--+-+-+--+-+ > | poolid | name | numvols | maxvols | pooltype | labelformat | > ++--+-+-+--+-+ > | 1 | Default | 0 |

[Bacula-users] How to see which volumes are in which pools?

Hi, Is there a way to see which volumes are present/known about by Bacula and which Pool they belong to? Or for that matter which Pools are available, although I can see that from looking at the configuration (but other users without that privilege might not). If this involves SQL statements, how

Re: [Bacula-users] python support

On 2007.10.29. 19:09, Rich wrote: ... >> import datetime > > and this is where it breaks. > just adding that line to the script prevents director from starting at all : > > Fatal Python error: Interpreter not initialized (version mismatch?) > Kaboom! bacula-dir, backup_1-dir got signal 6 - IOT tr

Re: [Bacula-users] python support

On 2007.10.27. 17:27, Arno Lehmann wrote: ... >> 2. if "Scripts Directory" is specified in director configuration file, >> director can't be stopped with ctrl+c, when run in foreground; > > I don't know if this qualifies as a bug - because, in normal > circumstances, you should only run the DIR

Re: [Bacula-users] iSCSI-Tape problems

Wolfgang Denk wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > >> Curious as to why tar worked when btape did not, I found this. For >> portability reasons, tar appears to always use a physical block size of >> 512 bytes. See >> http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/tar_73.

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore Problems

hello luiz, you didnt mention where you expect the file to be restored...the restore-location given in the job is /tmp .. did you look there ? christof klaus. Luiz Gustavo R. Nogueira schrieb: > Hello all, > > When I try to restore a file through the console, everything looks fine > and I get a

[Bacula-users] "Cannot Connect to Client" Error

Hi All, I"m evaluating Bacula for a client. So far I like what I see, but I'm having trouble adding a second (remote) client. I am following the Brief Tutorial to become familar with Bacula and have successfully set up the local machine backup and restores. However, setting up a second client is

[Bacula-users] TSM-style perpetual-full?

I like bacula and what it does for me (thank you development team). One issue I have is not really bacula, the issue is the long time required to write backups to tape. Is there anything in bacula like TSM's perpetual full where I can see the most current files from the client in the 'restore' comm

[Bacula-users] Restore Problems

Hello all, When I try to restore a file through the console, everything looks fine and I get a sucessful message and a email saying that file was restored sucessfully, but when I go to the location where the restored file should be, nothing is there. I'm using bacula 2.0.3 with a RedHat AS 4 kern

[Bacula-users] Problem with mtx

Bacula 2.2.4 Solaris 9 Sparc mtx 1.3.9 StorageTek L700 tape library I'm having problems with mtx: once it loads a tape into a drive, "mtx status" then incorrectly reports the slot from which the tape came, e.g. (using mtx via mtx-changer) : $ mtx-changer /dev/changer load 388 /dev/rmt/0cbn 16 L

[Bacula-users] "Connection reset by peer" after backup finishes

Hi, I'm having some trouble with one particular client on my Bacula server. I've been running Bacula for over a year now and for this particular client I'm seeing an odd sequence of events: 29-Oct 03:36 client: DIR and FD clocks differ by 402 seconds, FD automatically adjusting. ... 29-Oct

Re: [Bacula-users] Device blocked.

Hi Gary, It seems jobid 491 is stuck. Maybe you should cancel it is the director. Wait a couple of minutes (at least in the latest bacula version) to release the volume. If after 10 minutes the job hasn't been effectively cancelled, restart the storage daemon. PS: You may lose the jobs currently w

Re: [Bacula-users] Device blocked.

On Saturday 27 October 2007 14:46, Arno Lehmann wrote: > At this point, what is the 'sta sd=larry2-leeds' output? > Normally, things should work now, I think... > > Arno As you can see below, it still says it's blocked. It also says there's 4 jobs writing to it too which I don't understand. I th

Re: [Bacula-users] Using bsr files to restore / re-catalog DB

Thanks guys, I'll try and let you know how it worked out. > Hello, > > 29.10.2007 09:34,, Janco van der Merwe wrote:: >> Hi, >> >> I hope someone can help me with this one. >> >> Someone approached me to help with their Bacula but the guy who set it >> up has left and they are in a bit of a sticky

[Bacula-users] win98 and unicode

Hi there, I have recently confirmed a FEATURE/BUG of bacula - not a serious bug, but nevertheless it made me worry for a while. It happened on a bacula testbed I installed locally on my machine. Setup: server version 2.2.5 on winxp, local mysql dbase on xampp. The same machine also runs the stora

Re: [Bacula-users] prevent bacula to backup recently restored files

For the sake of completeness, as I mentioned in my first posting we're using bacula version 1.38.x. So "noatime = yes" is removed from my config file. On 10/29/07, Martin Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > added following two options to conf file: > noatime = yes > mtimeonly = yes >

Re: [Bacula-users] prevent bacula to backup recently restored files

Thanks a lot, it perfectly fits my needs. added following two options to conf file: noatime = yes mtimeonly = yes RTFM may help sometimes ;) But I was unsure about which ressource has got needed options, now it's clear as mud. kind regards Martin On 10/28/07, Chris Howells <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Bacula-users] Using bsr files to restore / re-catalog DB

Hi janco, I think the right command are bscan and bextract, pp 485 on the latest printed manual, pp 513 on the PDF. Cheers' michael lewinger On 10/29/07, Janco van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I hope someone can help me with this one. > > Someone approached me to help with t

Re: [Bacula-users] Using bsr files to restore / re-catalog DB

Hello, 29.10.2007 09:34,, Janco van der Merwe wrote:: > Hi, > > I hope someone can help me with this one. > > Someone approached me to help with their Bacula but the guy who set it > up has left and they are in a bit of a sticky situation. Always a bad thing, especially if they don't have good

[Bacula-users] Using bsr files to restore / re-catalog DB

Hi, I hope someone can help me with this one. Someone approached me to help with their Bacula but the guy who set it up has left and they are in a bit of a sticky situation. First the nitty gritty: Bacula 1.38.1 with MySQL RHEL 4 Using a Dell PV-124T with LTO3 These people have different backup