Re: [Bacula-users] Pre-backup check

2007-01-30 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 29 January 2007 23:20, James Harper wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 11:12:41PM +1100, James Harper wrote: > > > Failing that, is there a way that the director can tell me what the > > > label is on the current disk volume? I'm sure I have seen it tell me > > on > > > > a mount before,

Re: [Bacula-users] Pre-backup check

2007-01-29 Thread James Harper
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 11:12:41PM +1100, James Harper wrote: > > > Failing that, is there a way that the director can tell me what the > > label is on the current disk volume? I'm sure I have seen it tell me on > > a mount before, or maybe I'm thinking of tapes. It doesn't tell me > > anything

Re: [Bacula-users] Pre-backup check

2007-01-29 Thread Bill Hill
Erik, > I would appreciate receiving a copy of your script since I have the same > problem and haven't done anything yet to solve it :-) No problem. bacula_next_volumes is the same as next_volumes.sh from my previous mail. prompt% bacula_next_volumes -h Usage: bacula_next_volumes [options] Outp

Re: [Bacula-users] Pre-backup check

2007-01-29 Thread David Romerstein
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, James Harper wrote: > Failing that, is there a way that the director can tell me what the > label is on the current disk volume? I'm sure I have seen it tell me on > a mount before, or maybe I'm thinking of tapes. It doesn't tell me > anything useful when I try it now though.

Re: [Bacula-users] Pre-backup check

2007-01-29 Thread Bill Hill
I need to do the same and achieve it by running two extra jobs: The first checks that what volumes are in the tape drives and sends an email with volume requirements. The second checks that the requirements have been met and only sends another email if they're not. These run early and late in the a

Re: [Bacula-users] Pre-backup check

2007-01-29 Thread Dan Langille
On 29 Jan 2007 at 23:12, James Harper wrote: > I'm sure I've asked this before a while ago, but I can't seem to see it > in my mailbox. > > Does Bacula have any way of allowing a pre-backup check? One of our > clients is currently using Amanda, and for all the things I don't like > about it, one

[Bacula-users] Pre-backup check

2007-01-29 Thread James Harper
I'm sure I've asked this before a while ago, but I can't seem to see it in my mailbox. Does Bacula have any way of allowing a pre-backup check? One of our clients is currently using Amanda, and for all the things I don't like about it, one really nifty feature is that it can do a check and see if,