Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from dead client

2014-09-05 Thread Kenny Noe
Birre, There are 2 scripts, one does a make backup and the other is a mail restore. Both scripts are almost exactly the same with one completing a tar cpf and the other a tar xpf --Kenny On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Birger Blixt wrote: > 2014-09-05 23:48, Kenny Noe skrev: >> Birre, >> >> T

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from dead client

2014-09-05 Thread Kenny Noe
Birre, Thanks for the reply. I guess this is where I get lost... The fifo is reading a file that was created in the pre-process called mail.tar. The mail.tar is made from the following directories /opt/zimbra and /var/mail/zimbra. This is where the Zimbra files and mailstore were kept. Thi

[Bacula-users] Bacula Status Report

2014-09-05 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, I have posted a Bacula Status report to the www.bacula.org site. It discusses the following items: 1. Bacula Release Status 2. Windows Binaries 3. Bacula Enterprise 4. Vacation 5. Bareos The following is a link to the report. http://blog.bacula.org/bacula-status-report-30-august-2014

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir stuck trying to mount the wrong volume

2014-09-05 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On 09/05/2014 03:10 PM, Josh Fisher wrote: >> With vchanger I >> - need to manually fix the catalog every time I sneeze, > > Fix the catalog?? Run 'update slots' after 'delete volume'. My impression is "cartridges" in "magazines" are completely disconnected from "volumes" in the media catalog; e

Re: [Bacula-users] Error: block.c:255 Write errors?

2014-09-05 Thread John Drescher
> Huh, maybe this is a misdiagnosis of the end of tape and a write error > only in the sense that there is no tape left. > It certainly could be that. John -- Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://t

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir stuck trying to mount the wrong volume

2014-09-05 Thread Josh Fisher
On 9/5/2014 3:16 PM, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > On 09/05/2014 01:41 PM, Josh Fisher wrote: >> On 9/5/2014 1:48 PM, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: >>> I've another bacula setup that writes to a single filesystem. It's been >>> running with about zero problems (knock on wood) and zero maintenance >>> for years:

Re: [Bacula-users] Error: block.c:255 Write errors?

2014-09-05 Thread Stephen Thompson
Huh, maybe this is a misdiagnosis of the end of tape and a write error only in the sense that there is no tape left. 05-Sep 00:41 SD_L100_ JobId 389348: Error: block.c:255 Write error at 610:412 on device "L100-Drive-0" (/dev/L100-Drive-0). ERR=Input/output error. 05-Sep 00:41 SD_L100_ JobId 3

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir stuck trying to mount the wrong volume

2014-09-05 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On 09/05/2014 01:41 PM, Josh Fisher wrote: > > On 9/5/2014 1:48 PM, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: >> I've another bacula setup that writes to a single filesystem. It's been >> running with about zero problems (knock on wood) and zero maintenance >> for years: auto-labelling works, volume recycling works,

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir stuck trying to mount the wrong volume

2014-09-05 Thread Josh Fisher
On 9/5/2014 1:48 PM, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > I've another bacula setup that writes to a single filesystem. It's been > running with about zero problems (knock on wood) and zero maintenance > for years: auto-labelling works, volume recycling works, the only > problems are spinning rust and lsi's ug

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir stuck trying to mount the wrong volume

2014-09-05 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On 09/05/2014 12:52 PM, John Drescher wrote: >>> There are several ways to control what volumes bacula use. Although I >>> am uncertian how you got in the situation you were in. >> >> That makes two of us. I >> 1. deleted some volumes and didn't run 'update slots', > > I am curious to why you are

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir stuck trying to mount the wrong volume

2014-09-05 Thread John Drescher
>> There are several ways to control what volumes bacula use. Although I >> am uncertian how you got in the situation you were in. > > That makes two of us. I > 1. deleted some volumes and didn't run 'update slots', I am curious to why you are deleting volumes. I mean for my vchanger usage (for 4+

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir stuck trying to mount the wrong volume

2014-09-05 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On 09/05/2014 12:16 PM, John Drescher wrote: > There are several ways to control what volumes bacula use. Although I > am uncertian how you got in the situation you were in. That makes two of us. I 1. deleted some volumes and didn't run 'update slots', 2. got an 'intervention needed' e-mail a day

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir stuck trying to mount the wrong volume

2014-09-05 Thread John Drescher
> 2. Bacula's clever volume selection algorithm is completely unsuitable > for vchanger. If you have multiple disk "magazines" online you probably > want to fill up one disk, then the next. What bacula did here is pick a > volume from the next disk when the "current" one's only 20% full. There are

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir stuck trying to mount the wrong volume

2014-09-05 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On 09/05/2014 11:59 AM, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > So 'update slots kicked' some sense into bacula-dir and it started writing. duh. 'update slots' kicked... -- Dimitri Maziuk Programmer/sysadmin BioMagResBank, UW-Madison -- http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital s

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir stuck trying to mount the wrong volume

2014-09-05 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
So 'update slots kicked' some sense into bacula-dir and it started writing. Summary: 1. You'd think media manipulation commands like delete volume would update bacula's inventory when done. You'd be wrong. You have to manually run 'update slots' every time. This might be documented someplace (do

[Bacula-users] Error: block.c:255 Write errors?

2014-09-05 Thread Stephen Thompson
Hello, I sporadically get these types of alerts for one on my bacula tape libraries... 05-Sep 00:41 lawson-sd_L100_ JobId 389348: Error: block.c:255 Write error at 610:412 on device "L100-Drive-0" (/dev/L100-Drive-0). ERR=Input/output error. Am I correct in assuming that this was indeed a ta

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from dead client

2014-09-05 Thread Kenny Noe
Just to update my plea for help. My Bacula server is hosted on a Ubuntu 11.10 server Bacula Version is 5.2.2 Problem - Unable to perform a restore of a backup to a different client / location The error given is : 05-Sep 09:48 BS01-DIR1 JobId 12852: Start Restore Job Restore_mail_bluewhale.2014-0

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Enterprise Vmware Plugin Cases

2014-09-05 Thread Radosław Korzeniewski
Hello, 2014-09-04 19:33 GMT+02:00 Heitor Faria : > Hi there, > > I think this is kind of off-topic, but does anyone use Bacula Enterprice > Vmware plugin and would be able to write a few lines about its features / > usage to a potential client? > Features: - requires vCenter for backup/restore o