Re: [Bacula-users] Mount issue ?

2009-04-13 Thread John Drescher
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Karel wrote: > > Hi all, > > Recently I recieved the following notification: > > 09-Apr 23:00 sterialux1-sd: Please mount Volume "000103" or label a > new one for: >     Job:          > Mavensib2.2009-04-09_22.00.00 >     Storage:      "Drive0" (Tape0) >     Pool

Re: [Bacula-users] restoring locally

2009-04-13 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:35 AM, thecount wrote: > > hi > i'm a bacula n00b but i've just managed to get the thing up and running > (woo-hoo!) > my slight worry though is that the server and client are running on the same > machine. the backup files are stored on an external hard drive but bacul

[Bacula-users] Mount issue ?

2009-04-13 Thread Karel
Hi all, Recently I recieved the following notification: 09-Apr 23:00 sterialux1-sd: Please mount Volume "000103" or label a new one for:     Job:          Mavensib2.2009-04-09_22.00.00     Storage:      "Drive0" (Tape0)     Pool:         Default     Media type:   HPDAT72x6 I have a tape driv

[Bacula-users] restoring locally

2009-04-13 Thread thecount
hi i'm a bacula n00b but i've just managed to get the thing up and running (woo-hoo!) my slight worry though is that the server and client are running on the same machine. the backup files are stored on an external hard drive but bacula.sql and bacula.db are both on the same disk as the files

Re: [Bacula-users] preparing backups ahead of time

2009-04-13 Thread Dan Langille
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andreas Schuldei wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Dan Langille wrote: >> Andreas Schuldei wrote: >>> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:48 PM, John Drescher >>> wrote: I would just enable concurrency. Use a small spool file (less than 10

Re: [Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk backups and the scratch pool

2009-04-13 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 6:02 PM, James Chamberlain wrote: >>> Why would you ever want such a pool?  The only reason I can think of is >>> if >>> you have more pools than backup devices; >> >> Exactly what you said. I have 20 pools and 2 backup devices with my 2 >> drive 24 slot autochanger. > > Wh

Re: [Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk backups and the scratch pool

2009-04-13 Thread James Chamberlain
>> Why would you ever want such a pool? The only reason I can think >> of is if >> you have more pools than backup devices; > > Exactly what you said. I have 20 pools and 2 backup devices with my 2 > drive 24 slot autochanger. Why so many pools? Are you doing one per client? >> but that's the

Re: [Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk backups and the scratch pool

2009-04-13 Thread John Drescher
> Why would you ever want such a pool?  The only reason I can think of is if > you have more pools than backup devices; Exactly what you said. I have 20 pools and 2 backup devices with my 2 drive 24 slot autochanger. > but that's the opposite of the > problem I'm trying to solve.  I have more bac

Re: [Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk backups and the scratch pool

2009-04-13 Thread James Chamberlain
>> You do not understand idea of scratch pool. this pool is literally >> speaking >> some kind of trash for volumes that were recycled. you cannot use >> volumes in >> scratch pool. they are grabbed from it and placed to the pool which >> needs new >> media so adding new storage for scratch p

Re: [Bacula-users] upgrade to 3.0 from 2.2.8

2009-04-13 Thread John Drescher
2009/4/13 Jeff Dickens : > >From the 2.4.0 release notes: > (http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=604636&group_id=50727) > > This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time, > but they should be compatible with all 2.0.x File daemons, unless you > use some of t

Re: [Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk backups and the scratch pool

2009-04-13 Thread John Drescher
> You do not understand idea of scratch pool. this pool is literally speaking > some kind of trash for volumes that were recycled. you cannot use volumes in > scratch pool. they are grabbed from it and placed to the pool which needs new > media so adding new storage for scratch pool is senseless fo

Re: [Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk backups and the scratch pool

2009-04-13 Thread John Drescher
> You do not understand idea of scratch pool. this pool is literally speaking > some kind of trash for volumes that were recycled. you cannot use volumes in > scratch pool. they are grabbed from it and placed to the pool which needs new > media so adding new storage for scratch pool is senseless fo

Re: [Bacula-users] upgrade to 3.0 from 2.2.8

2009-04-13 Thread Jeff Dickens
From the 2.4.0 release notes: (http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=604636&group_id=50727) This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time, but they should be compatible with all 2.0.x File daemons, unless you use some of the new features that affect

Re: [Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk backups and the scratch pool

2009-04-13 Thread Paweł Madej
You do not understand idea of scratch pool. this pool is literally speaking some kind of trash for volumes that were recycled. you cannot use volumes in scratch pool. they are grabbed from it and placed to the pool which needs new media so adding new storage for scratch pool is senseless for me.

Re: [Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk backups and the scratch pool

2009-04-13 Thread John Drescher
> I'm having trouble with scratch pools.  I have a three main backup > pools configured in Bacula (Desktops, Infrastructure, Servers).  Each > corresponds to a separate RAID device (disk0, disk1, disk2), for disk- > to-disk backups.  I have added a fourth RAID device (disk3) which I > want to act a

[Bacula-users] Disk-to-disk backups and the scratch pool

2009-04-13 Thread James Chamberlain
Hi Bacula Users, I'm having trouble with scratch pools. I have a three main backup pools configured in Bacula (Desktops, Infrastructure, Servers). Each corresponds to a separate RAID device (disk0, disk1, disk2), for disk- to-disk backups. I have added a fourth RAID device (disk3) which I

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

2009-04-13 Thread Victor Hugo dos Santos
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Kevin Keane wrote: [...] >  Notes:  This feature may only makes sense for jobs and files, maybe not for > volumes. >         I haven't fully thought through the implications yet. >         The interaction between "Keep Copies" and "Volume Retention" >         nee

Re: [Bacula-users] options section of exclude in Bacula 3.0

2009-04-13 Thread Silver Salonen
On Monday 13 April 2009 16:28:57 John Drescher wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:59 AM, Silver Salonen wrote: > > Hello. > > > > I upgraded my Bacula on FreeBSD from 2.4.x to 3.0, but running bacula-dir -t > > gives an error: > > = > > 13-Apr 09:53 bacula-dir: ERROR TERMINATION at inc_conf.c

Re: [Bacula-users] options section of exclude in Bacula 3.0

2009-04-13 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:59 AM, Silver Salonen wrote: > Hello. > > I upgraded my Bacula on FreeBSD from 2.4.x to 3.0, but running bacula-dir -t > gives an error: > = > 13-Apr 09:53 bacula-dir: ERROR TERMINATION at inc_conf.c:712 > Config error: Options section not permitted in Exclude > >    

Re: [Bacula-users] getting rid of the base64 encoded lstat field - insert time testing

2009-04-13 Thread Craig Ringer
I've had a chance to do some rough testing to see how expanding the `lstat' field might affect insert times. I've gathered insert times for original `file' table with base64-ish encoded lstat, and new table with expanded lstat. Tests for all databases were done from the same SQL file, which contai

[Bacula-users] options section of exclude in Bacula 3.0

2009-04-13 Thread Silver Salonen
Hello. I upgraded my Bacula on FreeBSD from 2.4.x to 3.0, but running bacula-dir -t gives an error: = 13-Apr 09:53 bacula-dir: ERROR TERMINATION at inc_conf.c:712 Config error: Options section not permitted in Exclude : line 12, col 10 of file /usr/local/etc/bacula/fileset-var.co