Re: [Bacula-users] Slow Backups

2007-09-20 Thread Kyle Marsh
client is the same except the disks being backed up are hardware RAID configured as three separate disks through evms. > If you provide this information, you have a much better chance of > someone on the list being able to help you, or at least of being able to > point you in the right dire

[Bacula-users] Slow Backups

2007-09-20 Thread Kyle Marsh
;t see any notable speed increase. I've included one of the messages which was e-mailed to me when a job finished. Could anyone give me some suggestions? Let me know if you need more information. ~Kyle Marsh <--Snip--> 20-Sep 05:38 hoare-dir: Bacula hoare-dir 2.2.4 (14Sep07): 20-Sep-200

Re: [Bacula-users] Optimal setup for large data

2007-09-11 Thread Kyle Marsh
. My solution was to find logical places to split the backup into different filesets and then have multiple schedules that stagger the load. Hope it helps, Kyle Marsh On 8/27/07, Tom Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I was hoping someone had some expert advice regarding a

[Bacula-users] Removing volumes from accidental backup

2007-08-02 Thread Kyle Marsh
;t have the space to hold that. I didn't notice this until it had backed up about 300GB more, and now I'm wondering if there is any way to remove those extra volumes so they're not eating up space on my backup array that won't make Bacula

Re: [Bacula-users] Is there any option to retry backups of powered-off clients?

2007-07-24 Thread Kyle Marsh
One more thing to consider is the Run Before Job directive. I had the problem that a downed client meant Bacula would hang for something like 40 minutes before giving up. I solved that by pinging the client three times with Run Before Job -- if it failed the job rescheduled, if not it ran. ~Kyl

Re: [Bacula-users] start/stop client on demand

2007-07-02 Thread Kyle Marsh
begin with, shut them back down. Hope this helps, Kyle Marsh On 7/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I'm a new user to bacula and I'm trying to start > using this at work to replace the current mix of scripts that do backups (

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-25 Thread Kyle Marsh
are your recommendations. On a personal note, I'd like to thank you for one of the best responses I've seen in the weeks I've been following this list. You were polite, on-topic, helpful, and concise. Thank you for that. ~Kyle Marsh On 6/22/07, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle Marsh
our recommendations. On a personal note, I'd like to thank you for one of the best responses I've seen in the weeks I've been following this list. You were polite, on-topic, helpful, and concise. Thank you for that. ~Kyle Marsh On 6/22/07, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle Marsh
es in the Pool stanzas to reflect the number of clients (a simple multiplication)? I have asked this question at least twice on this list and got a vague answer the first time and blown off the second. If I could find my answers in the manual I would not be asking the list for help. Thank you,

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle Marsh
On 6/22/07, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:44:03 -0700 > > From: "Kyle Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration > > To: bacula-users > > Message-

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-21 Thread Kyle Marsh
en various pool sizes (I'm thinking about one pool for each level of backups with its own retention times running off the basic monthly cycle that comes preconfigured). Thank you, ~Kyle Marsh - This SF.net email is spon

Re: [Bacula-users] Cannot find any appendable volume problem

2007-06-20 Thread Kyle Marsh
not use a maximum number of jobs per volume, but rather a maximum volume size and let Bacula decide what it wants to do. Thanks, Kyle Marsh On 6/20/07, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Yah, just went through this one myself had some help for it. Your > retention periods a

Re: [Bacula-users] Benchmarking Bacula

2007-06-16 Thread Kyle Marsh
I don't know how much information and automation you're looking for, but when I was testing, I ran a full backup of Documents and Settings on a fresh Windows install and got 4.2GB. For me it took about 9.5 minutes for the backup. Haven't tried a full restore. ~Kyle On 6/16/07, Gaurav Pruthi <[

Re: [Bacula-users] Console messages

2007-06-15 Thread Kyle Marsh
oying. ~Kyle Marsh On 6/14/07, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 6/14/2007 3:07 PM, le dahut wrote: > > Must the console messages (bconsole => "messages") be flushed regularly > > or is there a configuration option telling not to st

Re: [Bacula-users] Includes in .conf files

2007-06-12 Thread Kyle Marsh
) but so far it reads from and writes to specific files. If you'd like I'll send you (or the list, if others are interested) an e-mail when it's done. Should be this week or the next. ~Kyle Marsh On 6/12/07, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Yes it is possible.

[Bacula-users] Includes in .conf files

2007-06-12 Thread Kyle Marsh
so how? Thanks, ~Kyle Marsh - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.n

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Waits for 40min When a Client is Down

2007-06-12 Thread Kyle Marsh
w long it was going to run (maybe even > > forever?). > > > > So, good question, Arno, and I hope someone provides the answer. > > Erm, which was the question? > > :-) > > Arno > > > Steve > > > > Arno Lehmann wrote: > >> Hi, > &

Re: [Bacula-users] Multiple Clients Using Disk Example

2007-06-12 Thread Kyle Marsh
ing it, for > example, from a database. Adding a client could be done using a simple > front-end to your database, and then reloading the DIR. What do you mean here by using script output as the conf file? How is this different from what I plan on doing above excep

[Bacula-users] Multiple Clients Using Disk Example

2007-06-12 Thread Kyle Marsh
the same configuration, so is there any way to condense the amount of configuration that needs to change? i know about JobDefs, but is there any BatchJob, say, or a similar ClientDefs? Thanks, Kyle Marsh - This SF.net email is

[Bacula-users] Multiple Clients Using Disk Example

2007-06-08 Thread Kyle Marsh
es to be backed up will change every 4 months or so, and they all will have the same configuration, so is there any way to condense the amount of configuration that needs to change? i know about JobDefs, but is there any BatchJob, say, or a similar ClientDefs? Thanks, Kyle

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Waits for 40min When a Client is Down

2007-06-07 Thread Kyle Marsh
Hello again, On 6/7/07, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 6/7/2007 11:05 PM, Kyle Marsh wrote: > ... > > That's an interesting suggestion -- I could have a Python script that > > gets called and parses the config file to determine the full n

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Waits for 40min When a Client is Down

2007-06-07 Thread Kyle Marsh
On 6/7/07, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 6/7/2007 7:28 PM, Kyle Marsh wrote: > > Sorry if this double posts -- I used the wrong e-mail and the first > > copy is at the mercy of the moderator. You can kill that one, btw. > > > > On

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Waits for 40min When a Client is Down

2007-06-07 Thread Kyle Marsh
from there as far as I can tell. > > As a new user, I didn't know if there is a > > timeout value I could set, or how long it was going to run (maybe even > > forever?). > > > > So, good question, Arno, and I hope someone provides the answer. > > E

[Bacula-users] Bacula Waits for 40min When a Client is Down

2007-06-06 Thread Kyle Marsh
ng. This could become problematic if we have several machines down each night and could cause substantial problems if some backups don't start until people are back working. Is there a directive that allows me to specify something sane as the timeout period, and where does it need to go?