Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Project Status Report

2009-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello Craig, Thanks for the very kind email, and the well balanced presentation of some of Bacula's features that can be improved :-) Concerning automatic handling of LVMs: I think it would be a nice feature, where I hesitate is that it is OS dependent, and 99% of the directives we have (not a

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Project Status Report

2009-04-07 Thread Craig Ringer
Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Tuesday 07 April 2009 17:32:27 Reynier Perez Mira wrote: >>> 1.Bacula Release 3.0 >> When will be Bacula 3.0 released during this week? > > Since I am working 12-16 hours a day, and I as well as the other developers > are doing it all for free: It will be ready when it i

[Bacula-users] My experience with Bacula error reports around a summer time change 'incident'

2009-04-07 Thread Mark V
Hi group, Following up on my run in with backing up around a daylight saving time change, the following sets out what the error reports were and why I found it difficult to work out exactly what was causing the problem, and this a discovered by accident via bat. A Bacula (v 2.4.4) job blocks

Re: [Bacula-users] PG database error

2009-04-07 Thread Craig Ringer
T. Plancon wrote: > Hello, > > I'm setting up bacula 2.4.2 on a CentOS 5 system using postgresql as the > db. I've used the scripts in /usr/lib/bacula, running as user > 'postgres' Whoops. You should create the tables under user `bacula' if that's the user ID your director runs under. > create_

Re: [Bacula-users] I really need some help with bscan and trying to restore (repost)

2009-04-07 Thread John Drescher
> John, > > The out put of netstat -a -n | grep 9103 ... > > tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:9103          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN > > Now how do I correct this? > Edit bacula-sd.conf and put the real ip address in SDAddress instead of 127.0.0.1 or localhost. John --

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: relative rentention times

2009-04-07 Thread Dan Langille
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kevin Keane wrote: > Item n: implement retention times specified as number of copies. > Date: 4/6/2009 > Origin: Kevin Keane - subscription at kkeane dot com > Status: > > What: Currently, the retention time for a volume/job etc. is a >

Re: [Bacula-users] Howto recover from a job being rerun around a summer time change

2009-04-07 Thread Dan Langille
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Foo wrote: > On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:41:52 +0200, Martin Simmons > wrote: > >>> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:34:09 +0200, Foo said: >>> The best solution would be for Bacula to translate time to UTC >>> internally >>> for scheduling, everything ext

Re: [Bacula-users] backup speed is slow

2009-04-07 Thread Dan Langille
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pascal Clermont wrote: > Hi, > I was reading the archives and stumbled upon "[Bacula-users] Improving Backup > speed" thread which caught my eye since I am having issues. > we backup over 6TB of small files during a full usually started on Friday > n

Re: [Bacula-users] Howto recover from a job being rerun around a summer time change

2009-04-07 Thread Mark V
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: >> On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:45:54 +0200, Foo  said: >> >> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:41:52 +0200, Martin Simmons >> wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:34:09 +0200, Foo  said: >> >> >> >> The best solution would be for Bacula to translate

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bulk] Re: thannyd earthlink.net

2009-04-07 Thread Mike Holden
Dan Langille wrote: > This can be set by each user, on a list by list basis, or applied > globally to all Bacula lists. That option would appear to be set to Yes by default, so it probably wasn't my MTA saving me from duplicates earlier on! I did wonder, because I get duplicates that way from othe

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bulk] Re: thannyd earthlink.net

2009-04-07 Thread Dan Langille
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Foo wrote: > On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:44:26 +0200, James Harper > wrote: > >> Mike Holden writes: >> >>> Dan Langille wrote: This is standard practice on this list. If you wish to participate, please ensure you account for this practice. >

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: relative rentention times

2009-04-07 Thread Mike Ruskai
On 04/07/2009 04:21, Kevin Keane wrote: > Item n: implement retention times specified as number of copies. > Date: 4/6/2009 > Origin: Kevin Keane - subscription at kkeane dot com > Status: > > I very much like this idea. I have pretty much enough storage for two full backups plus in

[Bacula-users] backup speed is slow

2009-04-07 Thread Pascal Clermont
Hi, I was reading the archives and stumbled upon "[Bacula-users] Improving Backup speed" thread which caught my eye since I am having issues. we backup over 6TB of small files during a full usually started on Friday night these are far from being finished on Mondays. the transfer on the wire is

[Bacula-users] Bacula client is causing error in Server 2008 eventlog

2009-04-07 Thread Arch Willingham
When I enable " Enable VSS = yes", for Server 2008 machines running the window client (winbacula 2.4.4), I get errors in the eventlog of the client machine. The file set in bacula-dir.conf is as follows: FileSet { Name = "COMPUTER Data only" Enable VSS = yes # IgnoreCase = yes Include {

Re: [Bacula-users] Folder Exclusion... didn't work

2009-04-07 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 23:58:29 +0200, Thomas Manson said: > > /usr/local/bin/scripts/bacula/excludeFolderList/machine.domain_excludeFolderList.txt > > is generated with the following script > > find /home -name .bacula_exclude | sed 's/.bacula_exclude//' > > /root/scripts/bacula/excludeFolder

Re: [Bacula-users] Folder Exclusion... didn't work

2009-04-07 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 06.04.2009 23:58, Thomas Manson wrote: > Hi, > > > I'm trying to exclude a list of folder from the backup, but it didn't > work (my backup is still huge as before) > > > The fileset is defined like this : > > FileSet { > Name = "machine.domain.fr.FileSet" > Include { > Options { >

[Bacula-users] ioctl MTEOM error. ERR=Input/output error.

2009-04-07 Thread mailing
Hello, I have a similar problem to: http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg26187.html but in my situation the MTEOM error seems not caused by a reboot of the autoloader. My system is: - Debian 5.0 - Bacula 2.5.42-b2 - Autoloader: Dell TL2000 (24 slot, 1 drive) Dev

[Bacula-users] Bacula VZ backup error

2009-04-07 Thread Heitor Medrado de Faria
Guys, Im having this messages on several files (and clients) that have virtual machines: "2009-03-31 20:52:39 alisa-fd JobId 10273: Could not follow link /vz/root/1/proc/5/exe: ERR=No such file or directory" How can I solve this? Regards, Heitor Faria "Esta mensagem do SERVIÇO FEDERAL

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula VZ backup error

2009-04-07 Thread John Drescher
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Heitor Medrado de Faria wrote: > Guys, > > Im having this messages on several files (and clients) that have virtual > machines: > "2009-03-31 20:52:39   alisa-fd JobId 10273:      Could not follow link > /vz/root/1/proc/5/exe: ERR=No such file or directory" > How ca

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir Segmentation violation - time to upgrade?

2009-04-07 Thread Jeff Dickens
All my backups ran fine last night, so today I come in where I already had a bconsole running, typed "m" and got all the messages, and then typed "status dir" and the directory instantly crashed.. same thing "Segmentation violation". Any suggestions what I should do? Jeff Dickens wrote: My

Re: [Bacula-users] Howto recover from a job being rerun around a summer time change

2009-04-07 Thread Kevin Keane
Foo wrote: > On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:41:52 +0200, Martin Simmons > wrote: > > >>> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:34:09 +0200, Foo said: >>> >>> The best solution would be for Bacula to translate time to UTC >>> internally >>> for scheduling, everything external such as logfil

Re: [Bacula-users] Howto recover from a job being rerun around a summer time change

2009-04-07 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:45:54 +0200, Foo said: > > On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:41:52 +0200, Martin Simmons > wrote: > > >> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:34:09 +0200, Foo said: > >> > >> The best solution would be for Bacula to translate time to UTC > >> internally > >> for scheduling, everyth

[Bacula-users] PG database error

2009-04-07 Thread T. Plancon
Hello, I'm setting up bacula 2.4.2 on a CentOS 5 system using postgresql as the db. I've used the scripts in /usr/lib/bacula, running as user 'postgres', create_postgresql_database, make_postgresql_tables, grant_postgresql_privileges in that order. An initial backup ran fine, but I got this error

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore - There were no files inserted into the tree, so file selection, is not possible

2009-04-07 Thread Doug Forster
-Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:33 AM To: James; bacula-users Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Restore - There were no files inserted into the tree, so file selection, is not possible On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:49 AM, James

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Project Status Report

2009-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 17:32:27 Reynier Perez Mira wrote: > > 1.Bacula Release 3.0 > > When will be Bacula 3.0 released during this week? Since I am working 12-16 hours a day, and I as well as the other developers are doing it all for free: It will be ready when it is ready (during this week)

Re: [Bacula-users] I really need some help with bscan and trying to restore (repost)

2009-04-07 Thread John Drescher
>> Okay, what is the output of >> >> netstat -a -n | grep 9103 >> >> John >> > > OK John, I'll try that tonight and report back here. > My suspicion is that your bacula-sd is listening only on 127.0.0.1 or localhost and bacula is trying to connect on 172.16.88.232 These are seen as totally differ

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore - There were no files inserted into the tree, so file selection, is not possible

2009-04-07 Thread John Drescher
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:49 AM, James wrote: > I am attempting to restore from bconsole and doing the following > http://fpaste.org/paste/8253 > > As you can see I get the following message: > > Select item:  (1-12): 3 > Enter JobId(s), comma separated, to restore: 350 > You have selected the fol

[Bacula-users] Restore - There were no files inserted into the tree, so file selection, is not possible

2009-04-07 Thread James
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Re: [Bacula-users] I really need some help with bscan and trying to restore (repost)

2009-04-07 Thread John Drescher
>> Are you sure bacula-sd is currently running? >> >> # ps -ef | grep bacula >> >> >> John >> > > John, > > Yes, bacula-sd, bacula-fd and bacula-director are all running as user > bacula. > Okay, what is the output of netstat -a -n | grep 9103 John --

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bulk] Re: thannyd earthlink.net

2009-04-07 Thread Foo
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:44:26 +0200, James Harper wrote: > Mike Holden writes: > >> Dan Langille wrote: >> > This is standard practice on this list. If you wish to participate, >> > please ensure you account for this practice. >> >> You may see it as "standard" practice, but it's certainly not

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Project Status Report

2009-04-07 Thread Reynier Perez Mira
> 1.Bacula Release 3.0 When will be Bacula 3.0 released during this week? Is the SVN release ready for production? Ing. Reynier Pérez Mira Dirección Técnica IP -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Require

[Bacula-users] archiving a single one of several backups on a tape

2009-04-07 Thread Tilman Schmidt
We're doing periodic backups of about a dozen servers to a single tape drive with Bacula 2.2.8. (Upgrading Real Soon Now ;-) Now the need has arisen to retain one of these backups, of a specific server on a specific date, beyond its regular retention period. Questions: 1. How do I make sure that

Re: [Bacula-users] Howto recover from a job being rerun around a summer time change

2009-04-07 Thread Foo
On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:38:38 +0200, John Lockard wrote: > The time jumps at 2am, either forward or backward depending on > whether you're switching to or from DST. Most admins I know > just completely avoid the time period from 1:00am to 3:00am. > entirely because of the Daylight Saving Time s

Re: [Bacula-users] I really need some help with bscan and trying to restore (repost)

2009-04-07 Thread John Drescher
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Dan Langille wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Rick Knight wrote: >> Dan Langille wrote: >>> << snipped> >>> >> >>> Don't do run.  Do restore. >>> >>> $ bconsole >>> Connecting to Director bacula.unixathome.org:9101 >>> 1000 OK: bacula-di

Re: [Bacula-users] Howto recover from a job being rerun around a summer time change

2009-04-07 Thread Foo
On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:41:52 +0200, Martin Simmons wrote: >> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:34:09 +0200, Foo said: >> >> The best solution would be for Bacula to translate time to UTC >> internally >> for scheduling, everything external such as logfiles, scheduling stanzas >> in config etc. woul

Re: [Bacula-users] Folder Exclusion... didn't work

2009-04-07 Thread Foo
On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:58:29 +0200, Thomas Manson wrote: > File = > " Do you see anything wrong ? I would experiment with putting the < outside the quotes, or omitting the quotes if you know the folder doesn't contain spaces. Also in the restore section the manual says something about

Re: [Bacula-users] I really need some help with bscan and trying to restore (repost)

2009-04-07 Thread Dan Langille
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rick Knight wrote: > Dan Langille wrote: >> << snipped> >> > >> Don't do run. Do restore. >> >> $ bconsole >> Connecting to Director bacula.unixathome.org:9101 >> 1000 OK: bacula-dir Version: 2.4.4 (28 December 2008) >> Enter a period to cancel a

Re: [Bacula-users] New Wiki entry - Nagios monitoring

2009-04-07 Thread Silver Salonen
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 15:32:00 Silver Salonen wrote: > PS. The check_bacula.pl script is not uploaded in the wiki, because my user > doesn't appear to have sufficient rights for that. I'll see where I can put it > :) I put it in Nagios Exchange :) http://www.nagiosexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.

Re: [Bacula-users] thannyd earthlink.net

2009-04-07 Thread James Harper
> > > > I grant you that a lot of improperly configured mail servers will create > > such bounce back. However, a properly configured mail server won't > > accept that email in the first place. It will get a message back to the > > connecting "server" indicating "unknown email address" or whatever,

Re: [Bacula-users] New Wiki entry - Nagios monitoring

2009-04-07 Thread Silver Salonen
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 13:50:47 Kevin Keane wrote: > Silver Salonen wrote: > > On Monday 06 April 2009 11:15:43 Kevin Keane wrote: > > > >> Silver Salonen wrote: > >> > >>> Maybe the other approach (Nagios' active checks) should be listed too? > >>> > >> Good idea. How about you wr

Re: [Bacula-users] thannyd earthlink.net

2009-04-07 Thread Kevin Keane
Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > Mike Holden wrote: > >> Eric J. Wisti wrote: >> >> >>> That still doesn't make the "Please verify" messages any more friendly. >>> What if someone forges my email address and sends you a spam. I get a >>> "Please verify" message, but I had nothing to do with the

Re: [Bacula-users] thannyd earthlink.net

2009-04-07 Thread Mike Holden
James Harper wrote: >> Dan Langille wrote: >> > This is standard practice on this list. If you wish to participate, >> > please ensure you account for this practice. >> >> You may see it as "standard" practice, but it's certainly not > encouraged >> practice, and probably only a handful of users d

Re: [Bacula-users] New Wiki entry - Nagios monitoring

2009-04-07 Thread Silver Salonen
On Monday 06 April 2009 11:15:43 Kevin Keane wrote: > Silver Salonen wrote: > > Maybe the other approach (Nagios' active checks) should be listed too? > > Good idea. How about you write a wiki page to describe how you do it? > That's the beauty of Wikis. Done :) http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?i

[Bacula-users] Feature request: relative rentention times

2009-04-07 Thread Kevin Keane
Item n: implement retention times specified as number of copies. Date: 4/6/2009 Origin: Kevin Keane - subscription at kkeane dot com Status: What: Currently, the retention time for a volume/job etc. is a fixed number of seconds from the last time the item (volume, job

Re: [Bacula-users] New Wiki entry - Nagios monitoring

2009-04-07 Thread Silver Salonen
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 01:29:01 Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 06.04.2009 10:15, Kevin Keane wrote: > > Silver Salonen wrote: > >> On Monday 06 April 2009 03:30:56 John Drescher wrote: > ... > >> * check_nagios.pl (by Julian Hein, www.netways.de) - plugin that queries > >> Bacula database. I'm u