Re: [Bacula-users] Choice of DB for catalog

2011-01-17 Thread Jeremy Maes
Op 17/01/2011 22:39, Rory Campbell-Lange schreef: > On 17/01/11, Devin Reade (g...@gno.org) wrote: >> ... I don't recall having seen anywhere a recommendation of Postgres >> over MySQL (or vice versa) or a statement about significant benefits >> of one vs the other. > This isn't Bacula specific, bu

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Randy Katz
Hi Dan, The link you last provided seems to be the solution to my original question, I will give it a whirl from there, thank you so much: http://www.freebsddiary.org/bacula.php Be well, Randy -- Protect Your Site and C

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Randy Katz
Mark, No sense of entitlement here. I like to run things and then figure them out. If there is nothing available then I'll pick through the docs until I get it, eventually. As for lecturing me about what a web hosting company is supposed to do, save your breath, been hosting a long time and nev

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO-3 tape Not Compressing data and speed

2011-01-17 Thread Jose Antonio Rodriguez Martin
Nothing, it still does not copy more than 417 GB ... The truth is that I dont know what else to look, if I see no option but what does is try to mount the device copies LTO-3 in windows to see if the backup software that comes with the product I may use the hardware compression ... Honestly, I do

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
> On 1/17/2011 2:00 PM, Dan Langille wrote: >> On 1/17/2011 4:35 PM, Randy Katz wrote: >>> Dan, if you don't want me on the list I understand, I know where the >>> On 1/17/2011 7:52 AM, Dan Langille wrote: On 1/17/2011 10:42 AM, Randy Katz wrote: > Hi, new to list, saw a bunch of docs, can

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Mark
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Randy Katz wrote: > Dan, I said I compiled and installed the program but had not done > configuration, implies > I had some exposure to some docs somewhere. If you care to help here is > a reply to a > guy that gave me an off-list reply of sorts, as of yet I have

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Randy Katz
Dan, I said I compiled and installed the program but had not done configuration, implies I had some exposure to some docs somewhere. If you care to help here is a reply to a guy that gave me an off-list reply of sorts, as of yet I have not received what he spoke about which might prove to be par

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 4:35 PM, Randy Katz wrote: > Dan, if you don't want me on the list I understand, I know where the > On 1/17/2011 7:52 AM, Dan Langille wrote: >> On 1/17/2011 10:42 AM, Randy Katz wrote: >>> Hi, new to list, saw a bunch of docs, can anyone recommend a quick >>> start, with mysql, that i

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Randy Katz wrote: > Dan, if you don't want me on the list I understand, I know where the > docs are, if they told me > how to get a quick start test up and running I wouldn't have asked the > stupid newbie question, this > guide tells me about doing it but not what

Re: [Bacula-users] Choice of DB for catalog

2011-01-17 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 17/01/11, Devin Reade (g...@gno.org) wrote: > ... I don't recall having seen anywhere a recommendation of Postgres > over MySQL (or vice versa) or a statement about significant benefits > of one vs the other. This isn't Bacula specific, but there is an interesting page on the Postgresql wiki ab

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Randy Katz
Dan, if you don't want me on the list I understand, I know where the docs are, if they told me how to get a quick start test up and running I wouldn't have asked the stupid newbie question, this guide tells me about doing it but not what to do just says I need to modify the conf files but does'n

[Bacula-users] Choice of DB for catalog

2011-01-17 Thread Devin Reade
--On Monday, January 17, 2011 10:50:39 AM -0500 Dan Langille wrote: (In another thread) > Even though you are doing migrate, this might help, because Migrate and > Copy are so similar. > >http://www.freebsddiary.org/bacula-disk-to-tape.php I started to scan that document, and I saw this s

Re: [Bacula-users] WORM Media (LTO)

2011-01-17 Thread John Drescher
2011/1/17 Kianusch Sayah Karadji : > Hi, > > 2011/1/17 Radosław Korzeniewski >> >> Bacula do not support WORM media by default. The only way to use a worm >> type media is to use disk volumes with size limited to size of destination >> media and copy/write it manually. > > I did some tests with MH

Re: [Bacula-users] WORM Media (LTO)

2011-01-17 Thread Kianusch Sayah Karadji
Hi, 2011/1/17 Radosław Korzeniewski > Bacula do not support WORM media by default. The only way to use a worm > type media is to use disk volumes with size limited to size of destination > media and copy/write it manually. > I did some tests with MHVTL simulating WORM media - writing (and readin

Re: [Bacula-users] I have one 750G volume - How to migrate all the jobs off this volume into split volumes?

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 12:39 PM, Mister IT Guru wrote: > On 17/01/2011 16:16, Dan Langille wrote: >> On 1/17/2011 11:08 AM, Mister IT Guru wrote: >>> On 17/01/2011 15:50, Dan Langille wrote: On 1/17/2011 10:44 AM, Mister IT Guru wrote: > Due to a typo in my configuration, I have one 750G volume! (ar

Re: [Bacula-users] WORM Media (LTO)

2011-01-17 Thread Radosław Korzeniewski
2011 1 17 17:30 użytkownik "Kianusch Sayah Karadji" < kianusch+bac...@gmail.com > napisał: > ... Archive ... actually I'm using Bacula not for backup - but for archiv purposes - the difference to me is - backed up data can be deleted after a defined (retention) time and can be recycled - and archiv

Re: [Bacula-users] I have one 750G volume - How to migrate all the jobs off this volume into split volumes?

2011-01-17 Thread Mister IT Guru
On 17/01/2011 16:16, Dan Langille wrote: > On 1/17/2011 11:08 AM, Mister IT Guru wrote: >> On 17/01/2011 15:50, Dan Langille wrote: >>> On 1/17/2011 10:44 AM, Mister IT Guru wrote: Due to a typo in my configuration, I have one 750G volume! (arrgh!) I forgot to add Maximum Volume

[Bacula-users] [SOLVED] Re: changed exclude list doesn't get recognized

2011-01-17 Thread Paulo Martinez
Am 03.01.2011 um 21:21 schrieb Paulo Martinez: > Am 03.01.2011 um 10:42 schrieb Geert Stappers: >> Op 20101220 om 22:49 schreef Paulo Martinez: >>> >>> First i had done a full backup with following fileset: >>> (the job have Accurate = yes ) >>> >>> FileSet { >>> Name = "appserver" >>> Include {

Re: [Bacula-users] WORM Media (LTO)

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 11:26 AM, Kianusch Sayah Karadji wrote: > Hi, > > > Please, not do top post. > > Why do you think you need ARCHIVE? > > > Sorry - but what do you mean by "TOP POST"? https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Posting_style > ... Archive ... actually I'm using Bacula not f

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula help

2011-01-17 Thread John Drescher
> You will want that tape drive on the same system as your bacula-sd, which in > your case is Ubuntu.  Start with bacula-dir, bacula-sd, and the database all > on one server.  You will also want bacula-fd on that server so you can > backup that server. Also for ubuntu make sure that none of the ip

Re: [Bacula-users] WORM Media (LTO)

2011-01-17 Thread Kianusch Sayah Karadji
Hi, > Please, not do top post. > > Why do you think you need ARCHIVE? > Sorry - but what do you mean by "TOP POST"? ... Archive ... actually I'm using Bacula not for backup - but for archiv purposes - the difference to me is - backed up data can be deleted after a defined (retention) time and c

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula help

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 11:06 AM, Laxansh K. Adesara wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Dan Langille [mailto:d...@langille.org] > Sent: 17 January 2011 16:01 > To: John Drescher > Cc: j...@schaubroeck.be; Laxansh K. Adesara; > bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula he

Re: [Bacula-users] I have one 750G volume - How to migrate all the jobs off this volume into split volumes?

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 11:08 AM, Mister IT Guru wrote: > On 17/01/2011 15:50, Dan Langille wrote: >> On 1/17/2011 10:44 AM, Mister IT Guru wrote: >>> Due to a typo in my configuration, I have one 750G volume! (arrgh!) I >>> forgot to add >>> >>> Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G # Limit Volume size to something >>>

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula help

2011-01-17 Thread Laxansh K. Adesara
Hi, Firstly, I would like to say thank you so much for your response. So If I install bacula server on ubuntu (As I have got Ubuntu machine at my workplace) and client on windows machine and if I follow steps from the following website http://www.devtoolshed.com/content/how-back-windows-bacula

Re: [Bacula-users] I have one 750G volume - How to migrate all the jobs off this volume into split volumes?

2011-01-17 Thread Mister IT Guru
On 17/01/2011 15:50, Dan Langille wrote: > On 1/17/2011 10:44 AM, Mister IT Guru wrote: >> Due to a typo in my configuration, I have one 750G volume! (arrgh!) I >> forgot to add >> >> Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G # Limit Volume size to something >> reasonable >> Maximum Volumes = 50

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula help

2011-01-17 Thread John Drescher
> One exception to that: the database server could run on anything.  It's a > client-server relationship.  I see no technical issue with running the > database (i.e. Catalog) on a remote system, which could be anything > For 6+ years with bacula at work we run database, director and main stora

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Jeremy Maes
Op 17/01/2011 16:42, Randy Katz schreef: Hi, new to list, saw a bunch of docs, can anyone recommend a quick start, with mysql, that includes a run through of backing up a remote server. I have already compiled and installed bacula with mysql, have not done any configuration yet. Thank you in adva

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula help

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 10:52 AM, John Drescher wrote: >> Bacula consists of 3 different parts. A client (for the servers/pc's you >> want to backup), a storage daemon (to control the storage device) and a >> director (the controlling daemon). >> >> Only the client is officially supported and released for win

Re: [Bacula-users] WORM Media (LTO)

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 10:51 AM, Kianusch Sayah Karadji wrote: > 2011/1/17 Dan Langille mailto:d...@langille.org>> > > On 1/17/2011 8:44 AM, Kianusch Sayah Karadji wrote: > > Hi, > > > > From: Bruno Friedmann

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 10:42 AM, Randy Katz wrote: > Hi, new to list, saw a bunch of docs, can anyone recommend a quick > start, with mysql, that includes a run > through of backing up a remote server. I have already compiled and > installed bacula with mysql, have not done > any configuration yet. Thank you

Re: [Bacula-users] WORM Media (LTO)

2011-01-17 Thread Kianusch Sayah Karadji
Yes - but - BACULA does already support ARCHIVE as a MEDIA STATUS - currently this STATUS has to be set by manual Update. Still it would be nice, if BACULA did this by itself. :) 2011/1/17 Dan Langille > On 1/17/2011 8:44 AM, Kianusch Sayah Karadji wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> > From: Bruno Friedm

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula help

2011-01-17 Thread John Drescher
> Bacula consists of 3 different parts. A client (for the servers/pc's you > want to backup), a storage daemon (to control the storage device) and a > director (the controlling daemon). > > Only the client is officially supported and released for windows. The > director and storage daemon are not,

Re: [Bacula-users] I have one 750G volume - How to migrate all the jobs off this volume into split volumes?

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 10:44 AM, Mister IT Guru wrote: > Due to a typo in my configuration, I have one 750G volume! (arrgh!) I > forgot to add > > Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G # Limit Volume size to something > reasonable > Maximum Volumes = 50 # Limit number of Volumes in Pool > > Now,

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula help

2011-01-17 Thread Michel Meyers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17/01/2011 15:32, Laxansh K. Adesara wrote: > Hi, > > As I am new user for Bacula, I am not much aware about it. I am trying > to setup bacula on windows platform (win 32) but I don?t know how to > setup bacula configuration files. Hello, You sho

[Bacula-users] I have one 750G volume - How to migrate all the jobs off this volume into split volumes?

2011-01-17 Thread Mister IT Guru
Due to a typo in my configuration, I have one 750G volume! (arrgh!) I forgot to add Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G # Limit Volume size to something reasonable Maximum Volumes = 50 # Limit number of Volumes in Pool Now, that I've added these extra directives - I assuming that

[Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Randy Katz
Hi, new to list, saw a bunch of docs, can anyone recommend a quick start, with mysql, that includes a run through of backing up a remote server. I have already compiled and installed bacula with mysql, have not done any configuration yet. Thank you in advance. -

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula help

2011-01-17 Thread Jeremy Maes
Op 17/01/2011 15:32, Laxansh K. Adesara schreef: Hi, As I am new user for Bacula, I am not much aware about it. I am trying to setup bacula on windows platform (win 32) but I don't know how to setup bacula configuration files. Basically, I have got 1 server (window 2003) and 10 pc and all PC

Re: [Bacula-users] Quick Question on Windows 2003 backup to Debian Director

2011-01-17 Thread Duncan McQueen
From: Mister IT Guru [mailto:misteritg...@gmx.com] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 8:53 AM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Quick Question on Windows 2003 backup to Debian Director On 14/01/2011 19:31, Duncan McQueen wrote: We are backing up a Windows 2003 Sm

Re: [Bacula-users] Quick Question on Windows 2003 backup to Debian Director

2011-01-17 Thread Mister IT Guru
On 14/01/2011 19:31, Duncan McQueen wrote: We are backing up a Windows 2003 Small Business Server using Bacula (5.0.2) with the Director and FD on a Debian Server. It is an incremental backup. However, we have quite a few older files that just keep on getting backed up although nothing is t

[Bacula-users] Bacula help

2011-01-17 Thread Laxansh K. Adesara
Hi, As I am new user for Bacula, I am not much aware about it. I am trying to setup bacula on windows platform (win 32) but I don't know how to setup bacula configuration files. Basically, I have got 1 server (window 2003) and 10 pc and all PCs are in network and now I want to backup all the P

[Bacula-users] Bacula help

2011-01-17 Thread Laxansh K. Adesara
Hi, As I am new user for Bacula, I am not much aware about it. I am trying to setup bacula on windows platform (win 32) but I don't know how to setup bacula configuration files. Basically, I have got 1 server (window 2003) and 10 pc and all PCs are in network and now I want to backup all the P

[Bacula-users] Bacula help

2011-01-17 Thread Laxansh K. Adesara
Hi, As I am new user for Bacula, I am not much aware about it. I am trying to setup bacula on windows platform (win 32) but I don't know how to setup bacula configuration files. Basically, I have got 1 server (window 2003) and 10 pc and all PCs are in network and now I want to backup all the P

Re: [Bacula-users] WORM Media (LTO)

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 8:44 AM, Kianusch Sayah Karadji wrote: > Hi, > > > > From: Bruno Friedmann mailto:br...@ioda-net.ch> > > > > I would put a script putting the media in read-only state after backup > > So bacula knows he can't touch them. > > Well - That's not a good solution - as you can append Dat

Re: [Bacula-users] WORM Media (LTO)

2011-01-17 Thread Kianusch Sayah Karadji
Hi, > From: Bruno Friedmann > I would put a script putting the media in read-only state after backup > So bacula knows he can't touch them. Well - That's not a good solution - as you can append Data to a WORK drive, as long as there is free "space" on the WORM Tape. Maybe (maybe it is already

Re: [Bacula-users] File Set Problem - Compression is ignored [SOLVED]ish

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 6:48 AM, Mister IT Guru wrote: > On 17/01/2011 10:46, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Martin wrote: >> I have in the fileset as follows: >> >> Include {Options {Signature = MD5; compression = GZIP5} >> >> And it works correctly: >> .. >> Software Compression: 39.4% >> .. > I updated my file set

Re: [Bacula-users] File Set Problem - Compression is ignored [SOLVED]ish

2011-01-17 Thread Francisco Javier Funes Nieto
Please don't start a new thread... Maybe the second Options {} statement overwrites the first with Compression = GZIP enabled. Try it without Signature = MD5! 2011/1/17 Mister IT Guru : > On 17/01/2011 10:46, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Martin wrote: > > I have in the fileset as follows: > > Include

Re: [Bacula-users] File Set Problem - Compression is ignored [SOLVED]ish

2011-01-17 Thread Mister IT Guru
On 17/01/2011 10:46, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Martin wrote: I have in the fileset as follows: Include {Options {Signature = MD5; compression = GZIP5} And it works correctly: .. Software Compression: 39.4% .. I updated my file set to include, signature as well as compression - ran an incremental,

Re: [Bacula-users] File Set Problem - Compression is ignored

2011-01-17 Thread Mister IT Guru
On 17/01/2011 10:31, Francisco Javier Funes Nieto wrote: > Why do you use two Options { } statements? I hope that it was a typo, I'm going to remove one of them now. -- The Solo System Admin - Follow me - I follow you http://solosysad.blogspot.com/ Latest Entry: Bacula - Building from source --

Re: [Bacula-users] File Set Problem - Compression is ignored

2011-01-17 Thread Guy
FileSet { Name = "MacUsersDir" Include { Options { compression = GZIP sparse = yes signature = MD5 } File = /Users Exclude Dir Containing = .svn

Re: [Bacula-users] File Set Problem - Compression is ignored

2011-01-17 Thread Jose Antonio Rodriguez Martin
I have in the fileset as follows: Include {Options {Signature = MD5; compression = GZIP5} And it works correctly: .. Software Compression: 39.4% .. 2011/1/17 Guy : > > > On 17 Jan 2011, at 10:20, Mister IT Guru wrote: > >> Dear List, >> >> I have the following fileset definition >> >> FileSet {

Re: [Bacula-users] File Set Problem - Compression is ignored

2011-01-17 Thread Guy
On 17 Jan 2011, at 10:20, Mister IT Guru wrote: > Dear List, > > I have the following fileset definition > > FileSet { > Name = CD-Windows > Include { > Options { > Compression=GZIP > } > File = C:/ > File = D:/ > Options { > } > } > } > > Notice the

Re: [Bacula-users] File Set Problem - Compression is ignored

2011-01-17 Thread Francisco Javier Funes Nieto
Why do you use two Options { } statements? 2011/1/17 Mister IT Guru : > Dear List, > > I have the following fileset definition > > FileSet { >   Name = CD-Windows >   Include { >     Options { >         Compression=GZIP >         } >     File = C:/ >     File = D:/ >     Options { >     } >   } >

[Bacula-users] File Set Problem - Compression is ignored

2011-01-17 Thread Mister IT Guru
Dear List, I have the following fileset definition FileSet { Name = CD-Windows Include { Options { Compression=GZIP } File = C:/ File = D:/ Options { } } } Notice the compression option Below is a snippet of the output from a job that just co

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO-3 tape Not Compressing data and speed

2011-01-17 Thread Jose Antonio Rodriguez Martin
So if I have understood correctly 1 .- # mt-f / dev/nst0 WEOF 2 .- # mt-f / dev/nst0 compression 1 3 .- verify that compression is enabled -> tapeinfo-f / dev/sg5 .. Product Type: Tape Drive Vendor ID: 'HP' Product ID: "Ultrium 3-SCSI" Review: 'Q24D' Attached Changer: No SerialNumber: 'HU11039DWP'

Re: [Bacula-users] Quick Question on Windows 2003 backup to Debian Director

2011-01-17 Thread Jeremy Maes
Op 14/01/2011 20:31, Duncan McQueen schreef: We are backing up a Windows 2003 Small Business Server using Bacula (5.0.2) with the Director and FD on a Debian Server. It is an incremental backup. However, we have quite a few older files that just keep on getting backed up although nothing is

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape compression not working LTO-5

2011-01-17 Thread Jose Antonio Rodriguez Martin
OK, I ignored that you can not do two compressions. In my case, all I have FileSet "Include {Options {Signature = MD5; compression = GZIP5} Either way, this compression in hardware, in addition to not work through the Bacula, copy does not work when I try through the command: "tar-cvf / dev/nst