Re: [Bacula-users] Drive selected by restore?

2007-07-27 Thread Alan Davis
Thanks, John. I'll take a look at my concurrency setup - it may be that it's not high enough. An upgrade is on my ToDo list ... Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavis AIM > -Original Message-

[Bacula-users] Drive selected by restore?

2007-07-27 Thread Alan Davis
utochanger or can it use drive 1 if drive 0 is busy? 2a. If restore can use drive 1, how do I tell it to do that? Thanks! Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavis AIM ---

[Bacula-users] Unhelpful help (was Re: Bacula and HP MSL2024 autochanger)

2007-03-16 Thread Alan Davis
options that are available to users of proprietary products - find another support vendor or use financial incentives with the vendor to improve response from them. /rant mode off/ Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROT

[Bacula-users] Feature Request : Implement NDMP protocol

2007-03-06 Thread Alan Davis
Item n: Implement NDMP protocol support Origin: Alan Davis Date: 06 March 2007 Status: Submitted What: Network Data Management Protocol is implemented by a number of NAS filer vendors to enable backups using third-party software. Why:This would allow NAS filer

[Bacula-users] Feature Request : Implement Catalog directive for Pool resource

2007-03-06 Thread Alan Davis
Item n: Implement Catalog directive for Pool resource in Director configuration Origin: Alan Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 6 March 2007 Status: Submitted What: The current behavior is for the director to create all pools found in the configuration file in all catalogs. Add

Re: [Bacula-users] Watchdog timer killed long-running backup

2007-03-06 Thread Alan Davis
On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:39:35 +0100 Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 05 March 2007 23:57, Alan Davis wrote: >> I understand the sanity check - but the job wasn't idle >>- the FD and SD >> were both working and data was being written to ta

Re: [Bacula-users] Watchdog timer killed long-running backup

2007-03-05 Thread Alan Davis
eemed to indicate that the director was trying to talk to the FD but couldn't, or was expecting a response to the mount that it never got. Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavis AIM > -Original Messag

[Bacula-users] how to recover from Error'd job

2007-03-05 Thread Alan Davis
It's clear that the db record for the job doesn't get updated with the number of files written, etc. Is it possible, given the other data that I have available, to synthesize enough of the job record entry that it could be marked 'T' (termina

[Bacula-users] Watchdog timer killed long-running backup

2007-03-05 Thread Alan Davis
o try to duplicate the problem exactly. I will try to create a reproducer with a smaller backup set once I have the archive backup completed. Any insight on the possible cause(s) would be greatly appreciated. Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m

Re: [Bacula-users] Info on setting up a second catalog?

2007-02-26 Thread Alan Davis
nd create pools there and populate them with volumes first? Are there commands or command options that I'm missing that direct operations to use the catalog other than "use"? Thanks > > > Alan Davis > Senior Architect > Ruckus Network, Inc. > 703.464.6578

[Bacula-users] Info on setting up a second catalog?

2007-02-20 Thread Alan Davis
ng other than the mention that it's possible. The db create scripts hard-code the db name so they aren't much help without modifying them. Is there a write-up anywhere on how to configure a second catalog that would be written with the non-db-savvy admin in mind? Thanks A

Re: [Bacula-users] Issue with multiple drives and autochanger

2007-02-20 Thread Alan Davis
ot;Planning" > Pool = Weekly, Daily >} ># Autochanger Dell PV132T (21x LTO3) >Storage { > Name = Autochanger > Address = srv-mpp-lrs > SDPort = 9103 > Password = "xxx" > Device = Dell-PV132T # must be same as Device in Storage >

Re: [Bacula-users] Single tape drive visible to multiple hosts

2007-02-06 Thread Alan Davis
;co-ordinate the jobs so that the hosts pass the drive around seamlessly >without fighting over it. > >Is this feasible with Bacula ? > >If so, how would you do it ? >If not, any alternate suggestions ? > >Thanks in Adva

Re: [Bacula-users] Authorization Errors after upgrade to 2.0.2

2007-02-01 Thread Alan Davis
copy of job.c Change the 30 to something larger - 90 would make it wait for 90 minutes. In the .../src/stored directory run "make && make install" Start the SD. Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Netw

Re: [Bacula-users] Final update : Experience with extremely large fileset include lists?

2007-01-31 Thread Alan Davis
rmine what, if any, the practical limit of the FD is. Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavis AIM > -Original Message- > From: Alan Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Re: [Bacula-users] Experience with extremely large fileset include lists?

2007-01-30 Thread Alan Davis
a mix of very large db files and many small files - I expect the backup to take at least 12 hours based on prior experience when using a more "normal" fileset specification based on directory names rather than individual files. Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc.

Re: [Bacula-users] Experience with extremely large fileset include lists?

2007-01-30 Thread Alan Davis
6,047 max_bufs=298,836 The SD waited for the FD to connect and is running the job as expected. Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavis AIM > -Original Message- > From: Alan Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: [Bacula-users] Experience with extremely large fileset include lists?

2007-01-30 Thread Alan Davis
;jcr->job_start_wait, &mutex, &timeout); if (errstat == 0 || errstat == ETIMEDOUT) { break; } } V(mutex); Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavis AIM > -Original Messa

Re: [Bacula-users] Experience with extremely large fileset include lists?

2007-01-29 Thread Alan Davis
would be the FD's capability of handling a file list of 10K+ entries. Thanks. Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavis AIM > -Original Message- > From: Kern Sibbald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: M

[Bacula-users] Experience with extremely large fileset include lists?

2007-01-29 Thread Alan Davis
s the potential to return tens of thousands of files stored in hundreds of directories. Thanks ---- Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavi

Re: [Bacula-users] Optimizing bacula in large filesystems

2007-01-11 Thread Alan Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Kern Sibbald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:26 AM > To: Alan Davis; bacula-users; bacula-devel > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Optimizing bacula in large filesystems > > On Thursday 11 January 2

[Bacula-users] Optimizing bacula in large filesystems

2007-01-10 Thread Alan Davis
mention here on the list of others backing up multi-terabyte servers - I'm looking for suggestions on how to optimize and speed up the backup process. Thanks! Alan Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Bacula-users] NDMP?

2007-01-09 Thread Alan Davis
o show an interest, and though it has been mentioned, >there doesn't seem to be much interest. In addition, we need someone to >implement it -- it is unlikely to be me as I have already defined my >priorities for the next release (next 9 months at least). > >Regards,

[Bacula-users] SD reading of volfiles and catalog don't match

2007-01-03 Thread Alan Davis
Storage Element 8:Full :VolumeTag=EJB059 Storage Element 9:Full :VolumeTag=DAI259 Storage Element 10:Full # mtx load 1 0 Loading media from Storage Element 1 into drive 0...done # mt status DEC DLT TZ89 tape dr

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula-users Digest, Vol 8, Issue 93

2006-12-21 Thread Alan Davis
tape volume and load a new one if a job specifies a separate pool rather than just using the most available drive. Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavis AIM > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:40:54 +01

[Bacula-users] Summary: RE: concurrent jobs on 2 drives

2006-10-11 Thread Alan Davis
refer Mounted Volumes = no You will also need to increase 'Maximum Concurrent Jobs' appropriately. Keywords: bacula simultaneous jobs autochanger concurrent interleave multiple drives Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Bacula-users] Summary RE: tape positioning error TL892/TZ89 drives

2006-10-10 Thread Alan Davis
are: Offline On Unmount = no Hardware End of Medium = yes BSF at EOM = yes Backward Space Record = yes Backward Space File = yes Fast Forward Space File = yes Use MTIOCGET= yes TWO EOF = yes Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc

[Bacula-users] concurrent jobs on 2 drives

2006-10-10 Thread Alan Davis
ther sections of the manual and FAQ it suggests that you should allow bacula to choose the volume that it wants to use, this seems counter-intuitive. I've looked at Use Volume Once, Maximum Volume Jobs and retention and recycle times directives but none of them seem appropriate. Alan Da

[Bacula-users] tape positioning error TL892/TZ89 drives

2006-10-05 Thread Alan Davis
info -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'" Offline On Unmount  = no Hardware End of Medium  = no BSF at EOM  = yes Backward Space Record   = no Fast Forward Space File = no TWO EOF     = yes   LabelMedia = yes;   # lets Bacula label unlabeled

Re: [Bacula-users] btape won't autoload for TL892 on Solaris 10?

2006-10-03 Thread Alan Davis
out how to reserve/mount the device yet. I'll be digging into the developer's manual but if anyone wants to take a look at it I'd certainly appreciate it. The bottom line is that I think I've convinced myself that the btape error is specific to btape and bacula_sd will function as

Re: [Bacula-users] btape won't autoload for TL892 on Solaris 10?

2006-10-03 Thread Alan Davis
e "list" command #cat ${TMPFILE} | grep " *Storage Element [0-9]*:.*Full" | awk "{print \$3 #\$4}" | sed "s/Full *\(:VolumeTag=\)*//" cat ${TMPFILE} | grep ' *Storage Element [0-9]*:.*Full' | awk '{print $3 $4}' | sed 's/F

Re: [Bacula-users] btape won't autoload for TL892 on Solaris 10?

2006-10-02 Thread Alan Davis
"Use the Autochanger-Directive in the SD configuration. Use that device with btape and (usually) in the DIR config." Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavis AIM -Original Message----- From: Alan Davis [mai

[Bacula-users] btape won't autoload for TL892 on Solaris 10?

2006-10-02 Thread Alan Davis
r Device = /dev/changer # Enable the Alert command only if you have the mtx package loaded Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'" Offline On Unmount = no Hardware End of Medium = no BSF at EOM = yes Backward Space Record =