[Bacula-users] Bacula version error and Fatal error: Could not open Catalog

2013-05-17 Thread tqz
Hello All, I have set up bacula in the past, but am now installing the latest version 5.2.1.3 onto Ubuntu 12.04 with postgresql and am running into all sorts of issues! I setup bacula using the configuration files that I use on another server (lets call this server B), and have edited the file

[Bacula-users] Bacula script help - passing variable...

2010-04-19 Thread tqz
Hi and thanks for your response... drescherjm how would you get it to do that?? I am a complete beginner to this type of scripting!!! At the moment here is an example of what my files look like:- my bacula.sh file:- #! /bin/bash Vol=$(echo "st storage=DEV6-Changer" | bconsole | grep Volume:

[Bacula-users] Bacula script help - passing variable...

2010-04-19 Thread tqz
Hello all! :) I'm trying to write a bash script for bacula and need a bit of help! My first file contains a script that gets the volume name of a tape and then runs the bconsole program that has a list of commands in a second file inputted to it i.e. ./bconsole -c ./bconsole.conf http://p.sf.

[Bacula-users] How to get label of tape currently in tape drive

2010-04-16 Thread tqz
Hi John That works PERFECTLY! Thanks! :) Phil thanks for your response too! I have to resort to do this as I need to ensure that a backup occurs even if the wrong tape is inserted or if a tape is accidently not changed for whatever reason...I cant really see another workaround and have been on

[Bacula-users] How to get label of tape currently in tape drive

2010-04-16 Thread tqz
Hi John Thanks for the response. st stor im assuming gives the same output as stauts storgae? Is there a way to simply just get the name of the tape - as I would like to write a script that will purge the current tape in the tape drive so that bacula uses this tape to do the nightly backup. T

[Bacula-users] How to get label of tape currently in tape drive

2010-04-16 Thread tqz
Hello all How do you get the tape name of the tape currently in the tape drive? Many thanks in advance for any responses! +-- |This was sent by tqzeli...@yahoo.co.uk via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com.

[Bacula-users] Bacula backup problem!

2010-04-14 Thread tqz
Hello all I have an ubuntu (8.04.3) server where I use bacula to make backups of the files stored on the server. Ive been trying to find a solution (with no luck) trying to succesfully implement the following:- A Backup tape for each day of the week besides Thurs which is resused on a weekly

[Bacula-users] Bacula backups and restores

2009-08-31 Thread tqz
Hmm...I may be getting confused with another response I received from another forum... I have my keys stored off site in a secured location, as well as the bacula config files. So in the event of a disaster, if I reinstall bacula and my database management system, restore my keys (from the CD

[Bacula-users] Bacula backups and restores

2009-08-31 Thread tqz
Hmm...I dont like the fact that if my server and nas devices are all damaged in a fire (for example) then my off site backup copy (the encrypted tape) is useless to me! I dont see the point of having the offsite copy, if what is saved on the tape cant be restored! I'm no system admin, or have a

[Bacula-users] Bacula backups and restores

2009-08-13 Thread tqz
Hello all Lets say in the event that disaster strikes and all data on my server is lost for whatever reason. I have encrypted backups of the data on the server stored on tapes (on and off site) and NAS. After reinstalling my database management system, and then firing up bacula using copies I