Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-dir can't open database

2012-02-26 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 02/26/2012 01:44 PM, Lucas B. Cohen wrote: > On 2012.02.26 21:01, Stuart McGraw wrote: >> I just updated to bacula-5.2.6 (from 5.2.5) using the Fedora-15 >> rpms at repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/slaanesh/bacula/. >> >> However, when I try to start the bacula-dir, it

[Bacula-users] bacula-dir can't open database

2012-02-26 Thread Stuart McGraw
I just updated to bacula-5.2.6 (from 5.2.5) using the Fedora-15 rpms at repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/slaanesh/bacula/. However, when I try to start the bacula-dir, it appears it is trying to open a sqlite database catalog, rather than the postgresql one I have been using. # cd /etc/bacula

Re: [Bacula-users] query for file sizes in a job

2011-10-07 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 10/06/2011 12:36 PM, Jeff Shanholtz wrote: > I’m currently tuning my exclude rules and one of the things I > want to do is make sure I’m not backing up any massive files > that don’t need to be backed up. Is there any way to get bacula > to list file sizes along with the file names since llist

Re: [Bacula-users] Still not getting wildcard matching

2011-06-24 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 06/23/2011 04:26 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:25:24 -0600, Stuart McGraw said: [...] >> I have not been seen in the Bacula manual a description of exactly >> how filenames match wildcard specs (e.g. does "a*b" match "a/b

[Bacula-users] Still not getting wildcard matching

2011-06-22 Thread Stuart McGraw
I am converting FileSets that used mostly used regexes to use wild matches where possible. But I am still not getting how wildcard matching is working. Options { Wilddir = "/home/*/.backup" Wild= "/home/*/.backup/*" } Options { E

Re: [Bacula-users] Nuke and Start Over

2011-06-22 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 06/22/2011 04:29 AM, Jan Behrend wrote: > On 06/22/2011 12:16 PM, Michael Anderson wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I've been experimenting a bit and would like to nuke everything and >> start over. I've dropped my database, created a new one, and run the >> make_postgres_tables script. Additionally, I

Re: [Bacula-users] Migrating form mysql to postgresql: Loading the database takes very long

2011-06-21 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 06/21/2011 08:06 PM, Dan Langille wrote: > > On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:59 AM, Marcus Mülbüsch wrote: > >> I want to migrate my bacula installation from mysql to postgresql, >> following the guide in >> http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Installing_Configuring_Post.html#SECTION00445

[Bacula-users] Bacula's python interface

2011-06-21 Thread Stuart McGraw
Hello All, I am trying to use the Python scripting facility in Bacula. An initial test (in the JobEvents class per the DirStartup.py example file distributed with Bacula)... def NewVolume(self, job): job.JobReport = "Python: in NewLabel method (1)" job.JobReport = "Python: in NewLabe

Re: [Bacula-users] Fileset: How exclude all except...

2011-06-21 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 06/20/2011 12:39 PM, Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:13:39 -0600, Stuart McGraw said: >> >> > If you also wish to exclude other dot-directories, I would try something >> > like: >> > >> >

Re: [Bacula-users] How do counters work?

2011-06-20 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 06/20/2011 04:51 PM, Dan Langille wrote: > I;m posting this because nobody has answered you yet. > Perhaps my prompts will get you to supply additional information. :) Thanks, much appreciated. > On Jun 20, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Stuart McGraw wrote: > >> So I am generat

[Bacula-users] How do counters work?

2011-06-20 Thread Stuart McGraw
So I am generating backup volumes limited in size to fit on a DVD. Since I use automatic volume labeling and some backups result in multiple volumes, I include a counter in the label name. I want its value to be 1 for the first volume of the job, 2 for the second, etc. First problem: counter d

Re: [Bacula-users] Fileset: How exclude all except...

2011-06-20 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 06/18/2011 01:37 PM, Andrea Conti wrote: >> I want to exclude all dot files in home directories >> ("/home/*/.*"), *except* the directories "/home/*/.backup/". >> >> Any hints on how to do this? > > If you want to exclude dot _files_ (i.e. you don't care about > directories whose name starts

Re: [Bacula-users] Fileset: How exclude all except...

2011-06-18 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 06/16/2011 10:38 AM, Christian Manal wrote: > Am 16.06.2011 18:12, schrieb Stuart McGraw: >> I am having some difficulty specifying a fileset. >> >> I want to exclude all dot files in home directories >> ("/home/*/.*"), *except* the directories "/ho

[Bacula-users] Fileset: How exclude all except...

2011-06-16 Thread Stuart McGraw
I am having some difficulty specifying a fileset. I want to exclude all dot files in home directories ("/home/*/.*"), *except* the directories "/home/*/.backup/". Any hints on how to do this? -- EditLive Enterprise is

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD backup

2010-04-01 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 03/31/2010 07:27 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: >[...] > DVD support is another issue. Direct DVD writer support was deprecated > in Bacula some time ago and is explicitly unmaintained and unsupported, > because it turns out to be so problematic. >[...] "Explicitly?" Where would that be exactly

Re: [Bacula-users] Some beginner Bacula questions (2nd try)

2010-03-09 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 03/09/2010 12:28 PM, John Drescher wrote: > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:17 PM, C M Reinehr wrote: >> On Tue 09 March 2010 12:19:40 pm John Drescher wrote: >>> >I've always been a little unclear about the benefits of the .bsr >>> > files myself but mine is a small business so I can't speak

[Bacula-users] Some beginner Bacula questions (2nd try)

2010-03-09 Thread Stuart McGraw
I asked this last week but no responses... Anyone? I am new at Bacula and am trying to work out a ] reasonable scheme for backing up my home network. I had some questions I hope someone can answer... 1) Sometimes my Bacula server machine is down at the scheduled backup time. No problem, I ju

[Bacula-users] Some beginner Bacula questions

2010-03-05 Thread Stuart McGraw
Hello all, I am new at Bacula and am trying to work out a ] reasonable scheme for backing up my home network. I had some questions I hope someone can answer... 1) Sometimes my Bacula server machine is down at the scheduled backup time. No problem, I just kick of the backup jobs manually th

Re: [Bacula-users] archive support?

2010-01-12 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 01/12/2010 12:46 AM, Ralf Gross wrote: > Thomas Wakefield schrieb: >> Take a directory, dump it to tape, and it will live forever (roughly >> 5-10 years) on tape. And the copy on disk will be deleted. But if >> needed, we could pull the copy back from tape. We could possibly >> write 2 copies

Re: [Bacula-users] how to label a dvd?

2010-01-11 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 01/11/2010 09:21 AM, John Drescher wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Stuart McGraw wrote: >> I am trying to use Bacula for first time and want to >> use DVD+R media. > > DVD writing in bacula is problematic at best. I do not recommend using > it directly. In

[Bacula-users] how to label a dvd?

2010-01-11 Thread Stuart McGraw
Hello, I realize this is a really dumb question, but I have not been able to find an answer by googling (or if I did, I didn't understand it, :-) I am trying to use Bacula for first time and want to use DVD+R media. I've never used DVD media before and don't understand how to get Bacula to la