Re: [Bacula-users] Exclude file contents

2009-01-12 Thread John Drescher
>> Have you tested a restore? If you are restoring to 'baremetal', then you >> might actually need something in /dev before udev starts, which is a bit >> tricky as it's 'under' udev... > > Not necessarily. If you're doing a baremetal restore, you already have to > have to boot some minimum OS bef

Re: [Bacula-users] Exclude file contents

2009-01-12 Thread Frank Sweetser
James Harper wrote: >> Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up > a >>> file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux > /dev/ >>> tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored >>> there - s

Re: [Bacula-users] Exclude file contents

2009-01-12 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:03 PM, James Harper wrote: >> Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up > a >> > file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux > /dev/ >> > tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The

Re: [Bacula-users] Exclude file contents

2009-01-12 Thread James Harper
> Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a > > file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/ > > tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored > > there - somethig that I can very w

Re: [Bacula-users] Exclude file contents

2009-01-12 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote: > Hi, > > I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a > file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/ > tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored > there - someth

Re: [Bacula-users] Volume Relabelling

2009-01-12 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 08:54:14AM +0200, Alex Ehrlich wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can a (disk) volume be automatically relabelled when it is recycled? >> > > I don't think that's supported atm.. > > I'd like to have that feature too. It shouldn

Re: [Bacula-users] Exclude file contents

2009-01-12 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 12.01.2009 19:36, Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote: > Hi, > > I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a > file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/ > tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored > there - somethig th

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape utilization

2009-01-12 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Walter den Besten wrote: > Running the dd test right now. > Only domain info in dmesg is following: > [ 25.290263] scsi 0:0:3:0: Sequential-Access HP Ultrium 2-SCSI > S53D PQ: 0 ANSI: 3 > [ 25.290263] target0:0:3: Beginning Domain Validation > [ 25.290

Re: [Bacula-users] Volume Relabelling

2009-01-12 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 08:54:14AM +0200, Alex Ehrlich wrote: > Hello, > > Can a (disk) volume be automatically relabelled when it is recycled? > I don't think that's supported atm.. I'd like to have that feature too. It shouldn't be too hard to implement.. -- Pasi -

Re: [Bacula-users] Exclude file contents

2009-01-12 Thread Bruno Friedmann
Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote: > Hi, > > I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a > file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/ > tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored > there - somethig that I can very well live

Re: [Bacula-users] 2.4.4 rpm binary build problem

2009-01-12 Thread Matthew Conley
I always had issues installing on CentOS 64bit. Debian 64bit works fine, so does just using the tarballs. I hope someone sheds some light to that. Timo Neuvonen wrote: > I'm trying to build Bacula rpm binaries on 64-bit Centos 5.2 > > Script I'm using: > > > #!/bin/bash > rpmbuild --rebuild

[Bacula-users] Exclude file contents

2009-01-12 Thread Stefan Sorin Nicolin
Hi, I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/ tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored there - somethig that I can very well live without in case I have to restore a s

Re: [Bacula-users] External "recylable" hard drives as Bacula storage -how?

2009-01-12 Thread John Drescher
This discussion comes up every few weeks so I would search the archives. Also look into the disk-changer script as it may help a lot. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Martin Schmid wrote: > Kevin is right stating that there's some room for improvments. I'm using > bacula for both tape and disk b

[Bacula-users] Fwd: Can bacula recognise newly added volumes while waiting for another volume?

2009-01-12 Thread John Drescher
-- Forwarded message -- From: John Drescher Date: Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Can bacula recognise newly added volumes while waiting for another volume? To: Alan Brown On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Alan Brown wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Nils

Re: [Bacula-users] Questions about slow migration to tape (again)

2009-01-12 Thread Sebastian Lehmann
Hi, Am Do 08.01.2009 22:22 schrieb Ulrich Leodolter : > Hello, > > On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 12:21 -0500, J-P wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I wrote an e-mail regarding this issue before Christmas and had some > > good > > replies - Thanks to all. However, we were still unable to solve the > > is

Re: [Bacula-users] Can bacula recognise newly added volumes while waiting for another volume?

2009-01-12 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Nils Blanck-Wehde wrote: > Hello everyone! > > Please excuse the crappy topic, I couldn't think of a better one... The answer is "yes" - as long as you add them to the database and run "update slots" to ensure it knows they're in the changer (if applicable) AB ---

Re: [Bacula-users] External "recylable" hard drives as Bacula storage -how?

2009-01-12 Thread Martin Schmid
Kevin is right stating that there's some room for improvments. I'm using bacula for both tape and disk backups and I'm still searching for 'the best' solution to implement swapable drives. Bacula needs to know the devices and this is difficult for drives that are hot-swapped. I'm using a workarou

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape utilization

2009-01-12 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Walter den Besten wrote: > Happy new year, to start with.. > > Took some time to get back to the tape problems, is not the only one we are > having :( (enough to do here..) > > But, checked cables, inserted the scsi controller card in an full PCI-X > slot, and reru

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape utilization

2009-01-12 Thread Walter den Besten
Happy new year, to start with.. Took some time to get back to the tape problems, is not the only one we are having :( (enough to do here..) But, checked cables, inserted the scsi controller card in an full PCI- X slot, and rerun the btape after reconfig to use /dev/nst0.. test command doesn't

Re: [Bacula-users] schedule issue

2009-01-12 Thread Carlo Maesen
Ok now I understand. I though the schedule was running 1234512345... Thanks for the response. - Oorspronkelijk bericht - Van: "Graham Keeling" Aan: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Verzonden: Maandag 12 januari 2009 11:19:18 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlijn / Bern / Rome / Stockholm /

[Bacula-users] Changes between 2.4.3 and 2.4.4 regarding 'status director' output

2009-01-12 Thread Frank Altpeter
Hi list, does anyone reproduce this difference within the "status director" output: With 2.4.3: Terminated Jobs: JobId LevelFiles Bytes Status FinishedName 224 Incr 19,146871.3 M OK 07

Re: [Bacula-users] backup slow on local machine but fast from remote machine

2009-01-12 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 12.01.2009 11:26, Ralf Brinkmann wrote: > our onfiguration > > - 2 DELL servers each with four AMD Quadcore CPUs. > - Suse Linux 11.0 - Kernel 2.6.25 > - The servers are coupled over a fibre channel >by heartbeat > - Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library (LTO4) >attached over SAS to Ser

[Bacula-users] backup slow on local machine but fast from remote machine

2009-01-12 Thread Ralf Brinkmann
our onfiguration - 2 DELL servers each with four AMD Quadcore CPUs. - Suse Linux 11.0 - Kernel 2.6.25 - The servers are coupled over a fibre channel by heartbeat - Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library (LTO4) attached over SAS to Server #2 - Bacula release 2.4.2 Director is running on Server #

Re: [Bacula-users] schedule issue

2009-01-12 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:04:49AM +0100, Carlo Maesen wrote: > Can someone explain the following: > (bacula 2.4.3 on Centos 5.2) > > Schedule { > Name = aca-windows-cycle > Run = Level=Differential Pool=aca tue-fri at 00:01 > Run = Level=Full Pool=aca-week 1st-4th sat at 00:01 > Run = Lev

[Bacula-users] schedule issue

2009-01-12 Thread Carlo Maesen
Can someone explain the following: (bacula 2.4.3 on Centos 5.2) Schedule { Name = aca-windows-cycle Run = Level=Differential Pool=aca tue-fri at 00:01 Run = Level=Full Pool=aca-week 1st-4th sat at 00:01 Run = Level=Full Pool=aca-month 5th sat at 00:01 } +-++--

Re: [Bacula-users] possible feature request - eject job

2009-01-12 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 12.01.2009 00:04, James Harper wrote: > I'm not sure exactly what form this should take so this is a discussion > and not an actual feature request... Sure... no problem. We'll see if it evolves into a feature request by this discussion... > Basically I need to be able to run a job to eject