Re: [Bacula-users] mtx-changer load timeout

2011-07-15 Thread Ron King
-> Hi All, -> -> I'm wondering if anyone else has run across this. I'm running bacula5.0.2 on Linux (Centos 5) and I'm getting a timeout whenever I use the mtx-changer script to load a tape. -> -> I looked at the script and it determines tim

Re: [Bacula-users] Python Startup Script

2011-07-15 Thread Joris Heinrich
Ok, at his time no answer received... i played with this script: 1# 2# Bacula Python interface script for the Director 3# 4 5# You must import both sys and bacula 6import sys, bacula 7 8class globalVars(): 9def __init_

Re: [Bacula-users] All Pruned Jobs don't make the Volume Used/Purged

2011-07-15 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:30:58 -0300, Rickifer Barros said: > > Hello Users... > > Just to confirm one little thing...I've read that Bacula will try keep your > data as maximum as possible before overwrite them. So, even when my Volume > Retention Time is expired after the last job, the volum

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Jobs

2011-07-15 Thread Rickifer Barros
Wellhow I could see...Verify is useless for checking my backups on tape, is that right? On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Rickifer Barros wrote: > Very important information John. > > Thank you very much. > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:36 PM, John Drescher wrote: > >> >> I was using /dev/nst0

Re: [Bacula-users] All Pruned Jobs don't make the Volume Used/Purged

2011-07-15 Thread John Drescher
> SoShould I set up (n - 1) days for my retention times? > Some users do that or an hour more than (n -1) days. In that case you have to specify the retention in hours instead of days.. John -- AppSumo Presents a FRE

Re: [Bacula-users] All Pruned Jobs don't make the Volume Used/Purged

2011-07-15 Thread Rickifer Barros
SoShould I set up (n - 1) days for my retention times? On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:39 PM, John Drescher wrote: > 2011/7/15 Rickifer Barros : > > Hello Users... > > > > Just to confirm one little thing...I've read that Bacula will try keep > your > > data as maximum as possible before overwrite

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Jobs

2011-07-15 Thread Rickifer Barros
Very important information John. Thank you very much. On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:36 PM, John Drescher wrote: > >> I was using /dev/nst0 but I'm trying the /dev/st0 just for testing, > because > >> I've notice that even with any of them, Bacula controls if it will > rewind or > >> not. At least,

Re: [Bacula-users] All Pruned Jobs don't make the Volume Used/Purged

2011-07-15 Thread John Drescher
2011/7/15 Rickifer Barros : > Hello Users... > > Just to confirm one little thing...I've read that Bacula will try keep your > data as maximum as possible before overwrite them. So, even when my Volume > Retention Time is expired after the last job, the volume don't become Used > or Purge, but it s

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Jobs

2011-07-15 Thread Rickifer Barros
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Martin Simmons wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:27:51 -0300, Rickifer Barros said: > > > > I was using /dev/nst0 but I'm trying the /dev/st0 just for testing, > because > > I've notice that even with any of them, Bacula controls if it will rewind > or > > not.

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Jobs

2011-07-15 Thread John Drescher
>> I was using /dev/nst0 but I'm trying the /dev/st0 just for testing, because >> I've notice that even with any of them, Bacula controls if it will rewind or >> not. At least, this was I could to notice. > > OK, but why risk it?  What is the advantage of /dev/st0, other than extra > danger? :-) >

[Bacula-users] All Pruned Jobs don't make the Volume Used/Purged

2011-07-15 Thread Rickifer Barros
Hello Users... Just to confirm one little thing...I've read that Bacula will try keep your data as maximum as possible before overwrite them. So, even when my Volume Retention Time is expired after the last job, the volume don't become Used or Purge, but it still Append. Thereby, for example, in a

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Jobs

2011-07-15 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:27:51 -0300, Rickifer Barros said: > > I was using /dev/nst0 but I'm trying the /dev/st0 just for testing, because > I've notice that even with any of them, Bacula controls if it will rewind or > not. At least, this was I could to notice. OK, but why risk it? What is

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Jobs

2011-07-15 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:28:40 -0300, Rickifer Barros said: > > I'm running Verify Tests with the VolumeToCatalog list and nothing is making > sense. > > For example, I've configured my FileSet to use the MD5 signature and in the > Verify Job I've also used MD5 but with the "verify=pins1" int

Re: [Bacula-users] Reliable Backups without Tapes?

2011-07-15 Thread John Stoffel
Ken> We currently backup our department network running Legato Ken> networker with backup to a raided disk array (advanced file Ken> device in their jargon) followed by cloning to a Qualstar/SAIT2 Ken> tape library. Ken> Our backup needs are increasing and we don't want to buy licenses Ken> for m

[Bacula-users] Requesting SVLUG Speaker

2011-07-15 Thread Mehma Sarja
I am the Speaker Coordinator for the Silicon Valley Linux User Group(SVLUG). We would like someone from the Bacula community to speak at one of our monthly meetings in Mountain View, CA. If you are or will be in the Bay Area in December and are willing to share your "enterprise" experiences, we

Re: [Bacula-users] Reliable Backups without Tapes?

2011-07-15 Thread John Drescher
> From: Steve Costaras > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Reliable Backups without Tapes? > To: "Paul Mather" > Cc: "Ken Mandelberg" , > bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Friday, July 15, 2011, 6:44 AM > > > > On 2011-07-15 07:28, Paul Mather wrote: > > On Jul 14, 2011, at 7:56 PM, Ken Mande

Re: [Bacula-users] Reliable Backups without Tapes?

2011-07-15 Thread Joseph Spenner
--- On Fri, 7/15/11, Steve Costaras wrote: From: Steve Costaras Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Reliable Backups without Tapes? To: "Paul Mather" Cc: "Ken Mandelberg" , bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Friday, July 15, 2011, 6:44 AM On 2011-07-15 07:28, Paul

Re: [Bacula-users] Reliable Backups without Tapes?

2011-07-15 Thread Steve Costaras
On 2011-07-15 07:28, Paul Mather wrote: On Jul 14, 2011, at 7:56 PM, Ken Mandelberg wrote: Under Legato the license restriction artificially keep the "file-device" small relative to the tape storage. However, these days disks are cheaper than tapes and license free we could afford a lot of di

Re: [Bacula-users] Reliable Backups without Tapes?

2011-07-15 Thread John Drescher
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Paul Mather wrote: > On Jul 14, 2011, at 7:56 PM, Ken Mandelberg wrote: > >> Under Legato the license restriction artificially keep the "file-device" >> small relative to the tape storage. However, these days disks are >> cheaper than tapes and license free we coul

Re: [Bacula-users] Reliable Backups without Tapes?

2011-07-15 Thread Paul Mather
On Jul 14, 2011, at 7:56 PM, Ken Mandelberg wrote: > Under Legato the license restriction artificially keep the "file-device" > small relative to the tape storage. However, these days disks are > cheaper than tapes and license free we could afford a lot of disk space. I know hard drives are che

Re: [Bacula-users] Bconsole hangs when connecting to SD after upgrade from Fed 14 to Fed 15

2011-07-15 Thread Bill Damage
Hi Jeremy, Since this sounds exactly like the root of the problem any chance of you spelling out to this humble newbie how I'd check and fix that please? Cheers! From: Jeremy Maes To: Bill Damage Cc: a...@skynet.it; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: F

Re: [Bacula-users] Bconsole hangs when connecting to SD after upgrade from Fed 14 to Fed 15

2011-07-15 Thread Jeremy Maes
Op 15/07/2011 8:25, Bill Damage schreef: Hi Allesandro Well ain't that something? I'd have put money on it being something we did. In fact I can add to this - we have another server, which was running the same bacula on F15, which we upgraded using the "preupgrade" method, i.e. entirely via t