[Bacula-users] director Server Selection for 225 machines

2008-10-13 Thread mehma sarja
AWESOME: Total newbie. Great software! I just came up with an alternate to "it comes in the night..." - "Works great, less filling" VERSIONS: On FreeBSD 7.0, installed bacula 2.2.5 and trying to veer away from Networker. 225 CLIENTS: About 100 of my users are on Linux and 100 on OS X with a coup

Re: [Bacula-users] Alert: TapeAlert[25]:Undefined.

2008-10-13 Thread Danz Aurora
Hi Arno: >As you actually get TapeAlterts regarding the SCSI interfaces, I would >recommend trying a different cable and terminator anyway. Firstly, sorry for late replies. I was busy with other stuffs. I've asked for an exchange of the cable and terminator, the problem still doesn't seem to go a

Re: [Bacula-users] waiting on max storage jobs

2008-10-13 Thread Dan Langille
Dave Poirier wrote: > Brand spankin new to Bacula... I like what I see so far. > I googled and looked through the archives and couldn't find anything > helpful. Anyway, I have a autochanger with 4 AIT-3 drives but it seems > if I start multiple jobs it will only run one job on the first drive and

[Bacula-users] waiting on max storage jobs

2008-10-13 Thread Dave Poirier
Brand spankin new to Bacula... I like what I see so far. I googled and looked through the archives and couldn't find anything helpful. Anyway, I have a autochanger with 4 AIT-3 drives but it seems if I start multiple jobs it will only run one job on the first drive and any job after will sit with a

Re: [Bacula-users] Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for..

2008-10-13 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 13.10.2008 23:32, subbustrato wrote: > Arno Lehmann its-lehmann.de> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> 13.10.2008 22:38, subbustrato wrote: >>> When i try to connect bconsole to storage data i have this replay: >>> >>> Device "FileStorage" (/media/sdb1/bacula) is not open. >>> Device is BLOCKED wait

Re: [Bacula-users] Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a vo lume for..

2008-10-13 Thread subbustrato
Arno Lehmann its-lehmann.de> writes: > > Hi, > > 13.10.2008 22:38, subbustrato wrote: > > When i try to connect bconsole to storage data i have this replay: > > > > Device "FileStorage" (/media/sdb1/bacula) is not open. > > Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for: > >Pool:

Re: [Bacula-users] Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for..

2008-10-13 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 13.10.2008 22:38, subbustrato wrote: > When i try to connect bconsole to storage data i have this replay: > > Device "FileStorage" (/media/sdb1/bacula) is not open. > Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for: >Pool:Default >Media type: File > > What does

[Bacula-users] Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for..

2008-10-13 Thread subbustrato
When i try to connect bconsole to storage data i have this replay: Device "FileStorage" (/media/sdb1/bacula) is not open. Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for: Pool:Default Media type: File What does it means??

Re: [Bacula-users] automatically pruning the loaded volume

2008-10-13 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I would strongly recommend not pursuing workarounds. This part of the software works just fine. I believe if your retention settings are correct, the pruning will happen by itself after a mount, and if they aren't no amount of manual pruning will save

Re: [Bacula-users] Catalog backup retention

2008-10-13 Thread Radek Hladik
John Drescher napsal(a): >> I have no problem with backing up catalog on other server with less >> expensive storage space. But I do not see any use of old catalog backups at >> all. I would do "bscan into new catalog" in all cases except the one, where >> I have catalog backup newer than last data

Re: [Bacula-users] Deleting from disk based pool

2008-10-13 Thread John Drescher
>>> However I need sometimes to delete some older backups by hand, >>> because >>> of low disk space, or because we sometimes manually run the backup and >>> it breaks the schema (the last backup is not old enough to be recycled). >>> I would like to ask whether there is a possibility to manu

Re: [Bacula-users] Catalog backup retention

2008-10-13 Thread John Drescher
> I have no problem with backing up catalog on other server with less > expensive storage space. But I do not see any use of old catalog backups at > all. I would do "bscan into new catalog" in all cases except the one, where > I have catalog backup newer than last data backed up and I need to reco

Re: [Bacula-users] Catalog backup retention

2008-10-13 Thread Radek Hladik
John Drescher napsal(a): > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Radek Hladik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >>I would like to ask how should I recycle catalog backups. >> I am using disk based storage and catalog pool is by default set to >> half-year or so long retention period. I would thi

Re: [Bacula-users] Deleting from disk based pool

2008-10-13 Thread Radek Hladik
John Drescher napsal(a): > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Radek Hladik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >>I'm backing to disk based storage, every volume has maximum count set >> to one job, so every pool has one file per job. Each pool is configured >> with recycle period and volume cou

Re: [Bacula-users] Catalog backup retention

2008-10-13 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Radek Hladik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, >I would like to ask how should I recycle catalog backups. > I am using disk based storage and catalog pool is by default set to > half-year or so long retention period. I would think, that week would be > more

Re: [Bacula-users] Deleting from disk based pool

2008-10-13 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Radek Hladik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, >I'm backing to disk based storage, every volume has maximum count set > to one job, so every pool has one file per job. Each pool is configured > with recycle period and volume count so it can hold just enough >

[Bacula-users] label header problem.

2008-10-13 Thread Marco Lertora
Hi all, I have to recover some files from a tape but, after loading the tape, bacula cannot mount it. Opening the device with hexer I find in beginning of tape a session/jobs headers but no volume header this is the output of strings command with device in position 0: > BB02 > 4Bacula

Re: [Bacula-users] aximum size for LTO4

2008-10-13 Thread Alan Brown
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Richerland Medeiros wrote: > How do I use the default compression hardware native of LTO4? > I have 1.4 TB of data and the tape is full when it comes to 900GB. You are using the default compression already, else it would be full at ~795Gb Compression only works on compressab

Re: [Bacula-users] aximum size for LTO4

2008-10-13 Thread Simon Gray
Richerland Medeiros wrote: > Hi everyone ! > > How do I use the default compression hardware native of LTO4? > I have 1.4 TB of data and the tape is full when it comes to 900GB. LTO4 tapes are 800gb. If you're already getting 900gb out of a tape, you may find that you're already using compression

Re: [Bacula-users] aximum size for LTO4

2008-10-13 Thread Chris Howells
Richerland Medeiros wrote: > Hi everyone ! > > How do I use the default compression hardware native of LTO4? I believe this down to your drive, not bacula, so you should check the documentation for the drive. > I have 1.4 TB of data and the tape is full when it comes to 900GB. As the uncompres

[Bacula-users] aximum size for LTO4

2008-10-13 Thread Richerland Medeiros
Hi everyone ! How do I use the default compression hardware native of LTO4? I have 1.4 TB of data and the tape is full when it comes to 900GB. Sorry for my bad English. Thank you. - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Mob

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2008-10-13 Thread Richerland Medeiros
Hi everyone ! How do I use the default compression hardware native of LTO4? I have 1.4 TB of data and the tape is full when it comes to 900GB. Sorry for my bad English. Thank you. - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Mob

Re: [Bacula-users] Command on media change request from SD

2008-10-13 Thread Adrian Moisey
Hi > 13-Oct 14:08 lexington-dir JobId 109: Start Backup JobId 109, > Job=Lexington_Dayly.2008-10-13_14.08.03 > 13-Oct 14:08 lexington-dir JobId 109: Using Device "IOMEGA-REV-DISK" > 13-Oct 14:08 lexington-sd JobId 109: Please mount Volume "TAG-4" or > label a new one for: > Job: L

[Bacula-users] automatically pruning the loaded volume

2008-10-13 Thread Tilman Schmidt
I'm still wrestling with my problem of Bacula requesting a different volume although the one already loaded is eligible to be recycled. [1] As I cannot find a solution to the root problem I am now thinking about workarounds. One idea I'm currently pursuing is to preventively prune every volume aft

[Bacula-users] Command on media change request from SD

2008-10-13 Thread Felix Brack
The storage daemon has some possibilities to run external commands such as 'Mount Command', 'Alert Command', etc. Is there an option that allows to run an external command when the storage daemon requires change of media? Example: I get the following message from the storage daemon asking to cha

[Bacula-users] Catalog backup retention

2008-10-13 Thread Radek Hladik
Hi, I would like to ask how should I recycle catalog backups. I am using disk based storage and catalog pool is by default set to half-year or so long retention period. I would think, that week would be more than sufficient. What is old catalog backup good for? I mean if I have catalog

[Bacula-users] Deleting from disk based pool

2008-10-13 Thread Radek Hladik
Hi, I'm backing to disk based storage, every volume has maximum count set to one job, so every pool has one file per job. Each pool is configured with recycle period and volume count so it can hold just enough volumes/jobs. For example for 7 daily full backups I have pool with maximum 7

Re: [Bacula-users] filesystem for disk backups

2008-10-13 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 13.10.2008 11:01, Lucio Crusca wrote: > Hello *, > > I'm about to configure Bacula 2.4.2 on a Debian Lenny server. It will backup > on external usb disks (500GB each, the full backup is 60GB more or less). > What's the best choice for the filesystem? A question you can discuss forever :-) or

[Bacula-users] filesystem for disk backups

2008-10-13 Thread Lucio Crusca
Hello *, I'm about to configure Bacula 2.4.2 on a Debian Lenny server. It will backup on external usb disks (500GB each, the full backup is 60GB more or less). What's the best choice for the filesystem? Is there one that maximizes available space? Can I just give bacula the whole partition /dev/sd

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula recycles Volumes instead of creating new ones

2008-10-13 Thread Marc Richter
Hi List! John Drescher schrieb: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:39 AM, John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Kjetil Torgrim Homme >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Marc Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Further, I want to know, why bacula recycles Vo