[Bacula-users] Restore from dead client [SOLVED]

2014-09-10 Thread Kenny Noe
All, First I'd like to express my appreciation to this list and all who replied / read my novice ramblings and pleas for help. All responses were a real pick me up while I was in despair. [sorry if this is long winded] Ok now to the fix... It really boiled down to the damn fifo and my lack of

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Restore from dead client

2014-09-09 Thread Kenny Noe
uld remove the > >readfifo=yes > > though I am not 100% sure it is used on a restore. > > Then simply restore the file "mail.tar" making absolutely sure you have > not marked any directories for restore. Do the restore to /tmp. Then you > will have the mail.

[Bacula-users] Fwd: Fwd: Restore from dead client

2014-09-09 Thread Kenny Noe
-- Forwarded message -- From: Kenny Noe Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Restore from dead client To: Kern Sibbald Ana, Hi! Thanks for the reply... I get the same error no matter where I try and write to. I've tried to a remote NAS a

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Restore from dead client

2014-09-08 Thread Kenny Noe
mark only it. Then attempt the restore. When you do the > mark * you are in fact asking Bacula to restore all the directories at a > higher level, and if one is a fifo, that is where there could be problems. > > Best regards, > Kern > > On 09/08/2014 09:53 PM, Kenny Noe wrote:

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Restore from dead client

2014-09-08 Thread Kenny Noe
ease try any other directory? E. g.: /tmp? > NAS can be tricky and its a whole different ACL system. Trying to restore > files directly on a mount point may lead you to this error. > > Regards and good luck, > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Kenny Noe wrote: > >> I&#x

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Restore from dead client

2014-09-08 Thread Kenny Noe
match 08-Sep 15:25 BS01-DIR1 JobId 12902: Begin pruning Jobs older than 15 days . 08-Sep 15:25 BS01-DIR1 JobId 12902: No Jobs found to prune. 08-Sep 15:25 BS01-DIR1 JobId 12902: Begin pruning Files. 08-Sep 15:25 BS01-DIR1 JobId 12902: No Files found to prune. 08-Sep 15:25 BS01-DIR1 JobId 12902: End

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Restore from dead client

2014-09-08 Thread Kenny Noe
Is this path (/nas/bacula/bluewhale) a path to a NAS mount point in besc-bs01 > client? If yes, this might be the cause of the writing error. > Did you try to restore to a local client directory? E. g.: /tmp? > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Kenny Noe wrote: >

[Bacula-users] Fwd: Restore from dead client

2014-09-08 Thread Kenny Noe
Sorry, failed to include the list... ---Kenny -- Forwarded message -- From: Kenny Noe Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from dead client To: Dan Langille Gents Following instructions. Appreciate your time... --Kenny

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from dead client

2014-09-08 Thread Kenny Noe
t; 1. Could you reproduce the input you used at the restore submission? > 2. Can you tell the client bluewhale version? > > Regards, > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Kenny Noe wrote: > >> Heitor, >> >> Hi! Thanks for the reply I'm utilizing a console and t

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from dead client

2014-09-08 Thread Kenny Noe
ly the "restore" command can fetch. > Did you try to restore the same file with the restore command? > > Regards, > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Kenny Noe wrote: > >> Dan, >> >> Thanks for the reply. I tried this this morning and still failed t

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from dead client

2014-09-08 Thread Kenny Noe
#readfifo=yes } File="/mail.tar" } } Thanks for the help. I appreciate all the input. --Kenny On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Dan Langille wrote: > I suggest removing the before & after scripts. > > -- > Dan Langille > http:

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from dead client

2014-09-06 Thread Kenny Noe
lle wrote: > > On Sep 5, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Kenny Noe wrote: > > 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 dir

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: >&

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from dead client

2014-09-05 Thread Kenny Noe
buildFifoDir ${MKFIFO} ${fifoDir}/mail${EXTENSION} ${TAR} -xpf ${fifoDir}/mail${EXTENSION} 2>&1 wrote: > 2014-09-05 17:56, Kenny Noe skrev: > > > > I get a zero size mail.tar file in the destination location, so I know > > the changes in location works. Should I po

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from dead client

2014-09-05 Thread Kenny Noe
Restore OK -- warning file count mismatch I get a zero size mail.tar file in the destination location, so I know the changes in location works. Should I post mf conf files?? Please advise... Thanks--kenny On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Kenny Noe wrote: > Hi again Apol

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from dead client

2014-08-12 Thread Kenny Noe
le? Thanks --Kenny On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 08/11/14 20:22, Kenny Noe wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am in desperate need of help. I have a server that had died. It was > > a faithful bacula client and I have backups I wish to

[Bacula-users] Restore from dead client

2014-08-11 Thread Kenny Noe
Hi all, I am in desperate need of help. I have a server that had died. It was a faithful bacula client and I have backups I wish to recover. However when I run the restore command bacula waits on the "Client". What am i failing to understand? can I not restore files to a /tmp location from

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Client Status

2013-04-15 Thread Kenny Noe
p. I didn't do anything, Bacula house keeping seems to have finally deleted the old jobs. Just wanted to give you a followup and thanks for the reply. I'm sure to post again. --Kenny On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Dan Langille wrote: > On 2013-04-08 09:16, Kenny Noe wrot

[Bacula-users] Bacula Client Status

2013-04-08 Thread Kenny Noe
Hello, When I check my client status on my server it reports multiple instance of the same job running. These jobs span back several days. However when I lookup the job via the "list jobid={id number] the job is shown as "A" (canceled) How can I clean up the client status list? Or should I eve

Re: [Bacula-users] Client Config file

2012-08-06 Thread Kenny Noe
ok, just wanted to understand what I missed after I changed the file.. I'm still a noobie with Bacula but am trying to learn fast. Thank you On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > > I modified one of my client config files to add in some additional > "exclude" statements. > >

[Bacula-users] Client Config file

2012-08-06 Thread Kenny Noe
Hello, I modified one of my client config files to add in some additional "exclude" statements. Do I need to restart the Bacula services to get the modified cfg to become effective?? Thanks --Kenny -- Live Security Vir

[Bacula-users] Bacula and logrotate

2012-08-03 Thread Kenny Noe
Hello, I'm looking to add my bacula log file to the logrotate cron. An example file isn't in my scripts directory, but searching on the internet has show that it's not too hard. The one question I do have is do I need a postrotate line to bounce the bacula process? How does the log get zeroed o

Re: [Bacula-users] Delete Backup file w/o killing Bacula

2012-07-27 Thread Kenny Noe
OK Thanks you for your help!! --Kenny On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 2:01 PM, John Drescher wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Kenny Noe wrote: > > John, > > > > Thanks, ok I did this for all the pools that I mod. Do I need to bounce > any > > of the Bacu

Re: [Bacula-users] Delete Backup file w/o killing Bacula

2012-07-27 Thread Kenny Noe
upt the catalog. Thanks again for all the help. It's most appreciated. --Kenny On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:47 AM, John Drescher wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Kenny Noe wrote: > > John, > > > > Thanks for the reply. I have "inherited" this instance

[Bacula-users] Delete Backup file w/o killing Bacula

2012-07-27 Thread Kenny Noe
Hello, I need to free up space on the server holding the backup files. I've read about changing retention periods (current is 30d and I want to change to 15d) and I've changed the File, Job, and Volume Retention periods in the client config file for my clients, and stopped / started the Bacula se