Re: [Bacula-users] Enable/disable spooling when starting jobs with "run" ?

2008-11-06 Thread Bastian Friedrich
Hi, On Sunday 02 November 2008, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > usually I like to disable spooling for full dumps, but enable it for > differential and incremental ones. > > This works fine by selecting one default setting (say: spooling > enabled) in the global configuration and overwriting it for

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-06 Thread Dan Langille
On Nov 6, 2008, at 10:55 PM, John Drescher wrote: >>> I'm sorry but I'm starting to have serious doubts about that. >>> I have been trying for a long time and in many different ways >>> to get that to work, and each time I ask a question here why >>> my latest attempt doesn't work either, the ans

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-06 Thread John Drescher
>> I'm sorry but I'm starting to have serious doubts about that. >> I have been trying for a long time and in many different ways >> to get that to work, and each time I ask a question here why >> my latest attempt doesn't work either, the answer is "post >> config", "post log", and then: silence.

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-06 Thread Dan Langille
On Nov 6, 2008, at 5:23 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 05.11.2008 22:03 schrieb Dan Langille: >> - Bacula has known how to use the current tape that is a drive for a >> long time >> now. It is discouraged, but just a matter of configuration. > > I'm sorry but I'm starting to have serious doubts

Re: [Bacula-users] Running different concurrent client backups to different FileStorages

2008-11-06 Thread Crawford Rainwater
- "John Drescher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Crawford Rainwater > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been trying to accomplish the following, and reviewing > similar postings as well as RTFM'ing the Bacula online documentation > as well. > > > > I have one m

Re: [Bacula-users] Running different concurrent client backups to different FileStorages

2008-11-06 Thread John Drescher
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Crawford Rainwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been trying to accomplish the following, and reviewing similar > postings as well as RTFM'ing the Bacula online documentation as well. > > I have one main Bacula system (BK-1) that writes to FileStorage. I have

Re: [Bacula-users] Running different concurrent client backups to different FileStorages

2008-11-06 Thread John Drescher
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Crawford Rainwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been trying to accomplish the following, and reviewing similar > postings as well as RTFM'ing the Bacula online documentation as well. > > I have one main Bacula system (BK-1) that writes to FileStorage. I have

[Bacula-users] Running different concurrent client backups to different FileStorages

2008-11-06 Thread Crawford Rainwater
I have been trying to accomplish the following, and reviewing similar postings as well as RTFM'ing the Bacula online documentation as well. I have one main Bacula system (BK-1) that writes to FileStorage. I have two client systems (Client-1 and Client-2 to keep things simple). What I would li

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore Errors, terminates early

2008-11-06 Thread Roland Roberts
Roland Roberts wrote: > It would appear the problem is in the backend with quoting file names. I > have some configuration files that were created via a Java webstart task. > Who cares? Well, they are arguably misconfigured 'cause they create their > config files as "c:\jobwatch.properties" whi

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-06 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 06.11.2008 17:34, Erik Logtenberg wrote: > I would very much like to see the possibility to make only incremental > backups, no more full backups required. > > The main point is to (dramatically) decrease the needed bandwidth, which > makes the difference between being able or not to use Bac

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore Errors, terminates early

2008-11-06 Thread Roland Roberts
Roland Roberts wrote: > Below is the console log from my failing restore job. As you can see, the > number of files restored is WAY low. I'm trying to figure out how to get > what I can out of this restore. > > I've done small restores before, a file or two, a even a small directory. > This is t

Re: [Bacula-users] RunBeforeJob in background

2008-11-06 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 06.11.2008 11:32, Isabel Bermejo wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to backup a MySQL database and in the Job Resource I define the > command RunBeforeJob with a script that dumps the database to a fifo file. I > need to run both at the same time, I mean I want to run the script while > bacula r

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] MaximumBlockSize Problem and Question

2008-11-06 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Thursday 06 November 2008 22:02:26 Alex Chekholko wrote: > On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:12:51 +0100 > > Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For writing to tape (providing it is LTO-n) I strongly recommend a block > > size not to exceed 256K. > > Hi Kern, > > Why do you say that? It is my exp

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] MaximumBlockSize Problem and Question

2008-11-06 Thread Alex Chekholko
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:12:51 +0100 Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For writing to tape (providing it is LTO-n) I strongly recommend a block size > not to exceed 256K. > Hi Kern, Why do you say that? Is this thread relevant?: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg01246.htm

[Bacula-users] Restore Errors, terminates early

2008-11-06 Thread Roland Roberts
Below is the console log from my failing restore job. As you can see, the number of files restored is WAY low. I'm trying to figure out how to get what I can out of this restore. I've done small restores before, a file or two, a even a small directory. This is the first time I've had to restore

[Bacula-users] Got EOF on tape after reboot

2008-11-06 Thread Carlo Maesen
Hello, I have installed bacula 2.4.3 from source. Now I am testing the tape-unit with mt and btape. The first time I do "btape -c /usr/local/bacula/bin/bacula-sd.conf /dev/nst0", the test runs properly. Then I unload the tape "mt -f /dev/nst0 rewoff" . I reboot the server. I load the same tape

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-06 Thread Erik Logtenberg
I would very much like to see the possibility to make only incremental backups, no more full backups required. The main point is to (dramatically) decrease the needed bandwidth, which makes the difference between being able or not to use Bacula for relatively large storage devices on relatively s

Re: [Bacula-users] slow performance copy/migrate disk to tape

2008-11-06 Thread Ulrich Leodolter
On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 16:18 +0100, Sebastian Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > Am Do 06.11.2008 15:54 schrieb Ulrich Leodolter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, > > > > On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 14:57 +0100, Sebastian Lehmann wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Am Di 04.11.2008 21:02 schrieb Ulrich Leodolter > > >

Re: [Bacula-users] slow performance copy/migrate disk to tape

2008-11-06 Thread Sebastian Lehmann
Hi, Am Do 06.11.2008 15:54 schrieb Ulrich Leodolter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 14:57 +0100, Sebastian Lehmann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Am Di 04.11.2008 21:02 schrieb Ulrich Leodolter > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Problem: Migrate/Copy jobs from di

Re: [Bacula-users] slow performance copy/migrate disk to tape

2008-11-06 Thread Ulrich Leodolter
Hi, On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 14:57 +0100, Sebastian Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > Am Di 04.11.2008 21:02 schrieb Ulrich Leodolter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, > > > > Problem: Migrate/Copy jobs from disk pool (DiskBackup) > > to tape (DiskCopy) only get overall speed of 10-20MB/s. > > > > full ba

Re: [Bacula-users] slow performance copy/migrate disk to tape

2008-11-06 Thread Sebastian Lehmann
Hi, Am Di 04.11.2008 21:02 schrieb Ulrich Leodolter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > Problem: Migrate/Copy jobs from disk pool (DiskBackup) > to tape (DiskCopy) only get overall speed of 10-20MB/s. > > full backup job size varies from 10-50GB. > > Pool setup is simple, just one pool for full an

[Bacula-users] Different Catalogs for different Jobs

2008-11-06 Thread Dan Langille
> > Dan Langille wrote: > >> - Bacula supports different catalogs for different jobs (I think from >> the very >> beginning). My setup uses two different catalogs on the same server, >> but you >> can even use them on different servers. > > Dan, > > Any chance you could provide some config examples

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-06 Thread Ralf Gross
Doytchin Spiridonov schrieb: > By the way I am curious what percentage of users using Bacula are > aware of your experience. It is mentioned in the docs but I am sure > a lot of people miss that info. > > We also run a find script - this helps to remove the revived deleted > files after restore...

Re: [Bacula-users] copy/migrate uncopied jobs from disk to tape

2008-11-06 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 01:14:44PM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 01:00:19PM +0100, Ulrich Leodolter wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 13:38 +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:21:54PM +0100, Ulrich Leodolter wrote: > > > > > > > > Job { > > > >

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-06 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, I'm writing as a Bacula Systems founder here. 06.11.2008 03:45, Dan Langille wrote: > On Nov 5, 2008, at 6:23 PM, Florian Heigl wrote: >> If Kern's "Bacula Inc." would release a real, professional guy that >> doesn't bloat my configs I'd pay for that any day. But bloating the >> configs just

Re: [Bacula-users] slow performance copy/migrate disk to tape

2008-11-06 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 01:00:19PM +0100, Ulrich Leodolter wrote: > On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 13:38 +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:21:54PM +0100, Ulrich Leodolter wrote: > > > > > > Job { > > > Name = "CopyDiskToTape" > > > Type = Copy > > > Client = dir-fd > > >

Re: [Bacula-users] file dir computer restarts resulting in mismatched file count error on tape

2008-11-06 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 05.11.2008 21:48, Bob Hetzel wrote: > I think I may have found a bug or perhaps at least a design limitation > in Bacula. I'm running version 2.4.3. I use spooling and I back up to > tape. I seem to get periodic errors logged about a file count mismatch > resulting in a tape getting mark

[Bacula-users] RunBeforeJob in background

2008-11-06 Thread Isabel Bermejo
Hi all, I'm trying to backup a MySQL database and in the Job Resource I define the command RunBeforeJob with a script that dumps the database to a fifo file. I need to run both at the same time, I mean I want to run the script while bacula runs the job. With RunBeforeJob, first dumps the database

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-06 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 05.11.2008 22:03 schrieb Dan Langille: > - Bacula has known how to use the current tape that is a drive for a > long time > now. It is discouraged, but just a matter of configuration. I'm sorry but I'm starting to have serious doubts about that. I have been trying for a long time and in many

Re: [Bacula-users] Fatal error: File daemon at "192.168.0.13:9102"rejected Hello command

2008-11-06 Thread Stefan Eriksson
I dont think it has anything to do with the networkconnection, I've tried to disable the firewall but still had the same issue. Is there someone who know how the hello code work? -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Kevin Keane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 4 november 2008 20:59 Kop