Re: [Bacula-users] Changing file and volume retention from 7 days to 14 days

2014-05-15 Thread ML mail
Hi, Thanks for your instructions, I have now done the modifications and I see that the volretention in my list volumes has been updated so I am supposing tonight's backup will create new volumes accordingly. Cheers ML On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 3:38 PM, Bill Arlofski wrote: On 05/

[Bacula-users] Changing file and volume retention from 7 days to 14 days

2014-05-14 Thread ML mail
and I still have 7 volumes, bacula did not create an extra 8th volume as I was assuming it would do. So I guess I must have missed some parameter or something else I need to do. Does anyone see what I am missing here? Cheers ML

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from an incremental job: No Full backup before ... found

2014-05-12 Thread ML mail
label them appropriately. How would your method work in my case? I simply can't use a generic schedule definition with pool parameter due to my many pools. On Monday, May 12, 2014 6:07 PM, Sven Tegethoff wrote: On 12.05.2014 16:44, ML mail wrote: > Hi Sven, > > That's a

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from an incremental job: No Full backup before ... found

2014-05-12 Thread ML mail
aving one pool per server not recommended? On Monday, May 12, 2014 12:58 PM, Sven Tegethoff wrote: On 12.05.2014 11:56, ML mail wrote: > > So my question here is: how do I need to configure bacula in order to restore > files whenever during a 7 days period no matter if there is

Re: [Bacula-users] Restore from an incremental job: No Full backup before ... found

2014-05-12 Thread ML mail
This is a nice (hidden) feature but unfortunately in my case it does not help as my file has been modified in the time frame where I do not have any previous full backups. I guess I will go with Sven's suggestion, or does anyone have any other recommendation on running a weekly backup with 7

[Bacula-users] Restore from an incremental job: No Full backup before ... found

2014-05-12 Thread ML mail
I am sure there is a better solution. Thanks for your help Regards ML -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS comb

[Bacula-users] How to automatically Purge Volumes if they are older than their Volume Retention time

2011-02-10 Thread ml ml
Hello List, I am using bacula as a disk-based backup tool. I would now like to automatically purge Volumes when they are older than their Volume Retention time. Otherwise those "old" Volumes will eat up my disk space before they get reused again. I need them in Purged status so that i can automat

Re: [Bacula-users] How to organize File-Bases Volumes...

2011-01-27 Thread ml ml
> If i set Maximum Volume Bytes = 10GB then it uses the full 10GB at the > very first run as full-backup. But the increments later get always > written to new Volume Files. E.g. > Volume-0001: 10GB (from full run) > Volume-0002: 10GB (from full run) > Volume-0003: 10GB (from full run) > Volume-0004

Re: [Bacula-users] How to organize File-Bases Volumes...

2011-01-27 Thread ml ml
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 01/27/11 06:12, Graham Keeling wrote: >> Perhaps 10GB becomes more reasonable if you allow more than one job per >> volume, >> but then you still have the problem of disk space being wasted because you >> cannot purge the volume until

Re: [Bacula-users] How to organize File-Bases Volumes...

2011-01-27 Thread ml ml
Hello, > Um, 1Mb volume size limit is "reasonable" on which planet? Well, this was just for testing to see what happens if i run out of Volumes. > >> The big disadvantage is that i will run out of Volumes soon since each >> Backup Job will create a Volume, even if its only 1MB big. >> Can i set

[Bacula-users] How to organize File-Bases Volumes...

2011-01-27 Thread ml ml
Hello List, I have this Pool definition with autolabeling. Pool { Name = File Pool Type = Backup Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes Volume Retention = 21 days # one year Max

Re: [Bacula-users] What does VolStatus = Error mean?

2011-01-27 Thread ml ml
>> >> What does VolStatus = Error mean? I might have restarted my Storage >> Deamon whilst a Backup run was in progress. That might haved caused >> the error. >> However, since i am using Autolabeling, i am running out of Volumes. >> Are the Volumes now useless? If yes, how can i (over)write them a

Re: [Bacula-users] What does VolStatus = Error mean?

2011-01-26 Thread ml ml
Hello John, >> What does VolStatus = Error mean? I might have restarted my Storage >> Deamon whilst a Backup run was in progress. That might haved caused >> the error. >> However, since i am using Autolabeling, i am running out of Volumes. >> Are the Volumes now useless? If yes, how can i (over)wr

[Bacula-users] What does VolStatus = Error mean?

2011-01-26 Thread ml ml
Hello List, list volumes gives me this list: +-+-+---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle |

[Bacula-users] how to exclude files that are bigger than x GB

2011-01-19 Thread ml ml
Hello List, how can you exclude files that are bigger than x GB? Is this somehow possible? Cheers, Mario -- Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them.

[Bacula-users] Restore Fails

2011-01-13 Thread ml ml
Hello! I have the follwing Setup: - Box1/FD: OTRS Server - Box2/DIR: Directory Server - Box3/SD: SD/NAS Now i would like to test a Restore of my OTRS Server on a extra Box (Box 4). So i bott this up with Ubuntu 10.10 64Bit and install bacula-client with apt-get and try to run a restore. I get thi

[Bacula-users] How to set up one volume per Host

2010-12-28 Thread ml ml
Hello List, i would like to back up multiple hosts into the following File/Directory structure. Basically we would like to split the hosts up into 3 groups. Group1: Backup on USB Disk (/mnt/USB) Group2: Backup on Raid6 (/mnt/RAID6) Group3: Backup into mounted NFS share. /mnt/NFS) First of all:

Re: [Bacula-users] Fragmentation of restored file

2009-10-13 Thread Tullio Andreatta ML
justAck wrote: > The problem is that copying of restored file is ~20% slower than expected > (than other files), I doubt if bacula may be a reason of this slowdown (e.g. > result of restore is very fragmented). Fragmentation is not a performance problem on Unix-like filesystems. "Sparseness" is (

[Bacula-users] Procedure after changing LabelFormat

2009-02-21 Thread ML mail
Dear Bacula list I would like to change the LabelFormat of a Pool backing up a server onto hard disk files and would like to know if I can simply change the LabelFormat without any implications ? Or is there a procedure to follow when changing the LabelFormat ? For example delete all old back

Re: [Bacula-users] LabelFormat question

2009-02-13 Thread ML mail
u don't use > any variable expansion. That behavior is documented here > http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/Configuring_Director.html#Label > > ML mail wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am using Bacula to backup 3 servers and store the > backup files on the hard

[Bacula-users] LabelFormat question

2009-02-13 Thread ML mail
Hello, I am using Bacula to backup 3 servers and store the backup files on the hard disk, each in different directories by setting up 3 different Devices and using one single Pool. Now I have noticed that the filename is not exactly as I wish it to be: I am using the following LabelFormat in

[Bacula-users] How to delete volumes ?

2009-02-09 Thread ML mail
Hello, Is there a command in bconsole to delete all volumes for a specific client ? I am doing some test backups and would like to to start again from zero and I guess simply deleting the files from the harddisk is not a good idea. Many thanks in advance for the help.

[Bacula-users] Changed LabelFormat

2009-02-07 Thread ML mail
Hello, I have changed the LabelFormat to a new format but unfortunately Bacula still reuses the old format names. What do I need to do ? I was thinking I could simply delete all the backup files on the filesystems but I have the feeling there must be a nicer way... Btw: yes I am doing backups

Re: [Bacula-users] The thing with restoring Moved and Deleted files

2007-06-25 Thread ml
Hi, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> Hello List, Hello Kern, > >>> > >>> i am addressing a well know issue regarding bacula and it´s restore > >>> feature. > >>> I have seen a list where this issue is listet as the most wanted > > feature > >>> it think. > >>> > >>>

Re: [Bacula-users] The thing with restoring Moved and Deleted files

2007-06-25 Thread ml
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello List, Hello Kern, > > > > i am addressing a well know issue regarding bacula and it´s restore > > feature. > > I have seen a list where this issue is listet as the most wanted feature > > it think. > > > > My questions: > > - How long will it take until moved or

[Bacula-users] The thing with restoring Moved and Deleted files

2007-06-25 Thread ml
Hello List, Hello Kern, i am addressing a well know issue regarding bacula and it´s restore feature. I have seen a list where this issue is listet as the most wanted feature it think. My questions: - How long will it take until moved or deleted files will be reconized ? - Is there a workaround ?

[Bacula-users] Some Bacula Questions

2007-04-05 Thread ml-bt-sy
Hi Group, some days ago we tested bacula 2.0.3 on debian etch (amd64) compiled from sources, with postgres 8.4 as DB. This is the first time we used Bacula. Now we have some questions: Question: Access to the Tapedrives directly from different Server.mailto:bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Bacula-users] Some trouble with auto mounting media

2005-10-26 Thread Frank Matthieß @Bacula ML
Arno Lehmann schrieb am 26.10.2005 09:36: > Hello, > > On 26.10.2005 09:06, Frank Matthieß @Bacula ML wrote: > >> Hello *, >> >> >> if i get the storage status, i saw the messages in the attachment >> bacula-status.log. >> >> What does &qu

[Bacula-users] Some trouble with auto mounting media

2005-10-26 Thread Frank Matthieß @Bacula ML
Hello *, if i get the storage status, i saw the messages in the attachment bacula-status.log. What does "Device is BLOCKED waiting for appendable media." mean in detail? The Jobdescription for "Dienstag" is: ... JobDefs { Name = "SicherungServer" Type = Backup Level = Full Client = s