[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: