Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-16 Thread Bill Arlofski
Hello everyone, Sorry I am a few days late on this, but attached is a script called "bacula_warn_on_zero-20171116.sh" It takes one to three command line parameters: USE: ./bacula_warn_on_zero-20171116.sh jobid [debug] [zero_incremental_ok] A jobid is required, debug just logs everything to std

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-13 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 08:33:26 -0700, Bill Arlofski said: > > On 11/13/2017 03:49 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: > > > Why not take this info from the job table, rather than having to parse it > > from > > the joblog? > > > > __Martin > > > Hi Martin, > > I usually try to avoid directly acces

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-13 Thread Bill Arlofski
On 11/13/2017 03:49 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: > Why not take this info from the job table, rather than having to parse it from > the joblog? > > __Martin Hi Martin, I usually try to avoid directly accessing the catalog if possible. In this case, what I am looking for is so simple to get from b

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-13 Thread Radosław Korzeniewski
Hello, >From Bacula point of view a zero files / zero bytes backup size is perfectly fine unless no errors detected during backup (i.e. permission is denied) which Bacula should show in the job log. So, an extreme specific conditions and requirements, should be handled outside Bacula, as it could

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-13 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello Alan, No, nothing gets written to storage.  Yes, there are database entries written for the job. Best regards, Kern On 11/13/2017 01:04 PM, Alan Brown wrote: On 11/11/17 17:26, Kern Sibbald wrote: Yes, that is one of the reasons why I am not very enthusiastic about it because it wil

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-13 Thread Alan Brown
On 11/11/17 17:26, Kern Sibbald wrote: Yes, that is one of the reasons why I am not very enthusiastic about it because it will require yet another directive :-( Kern, please clarify: If a backup is 0bytes/0files, does anything actually get written to storage (tape or disk), or is it just a da

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-13 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 10:43:47 -0700, Bill Arlofski said: > > The idea: > > - Call this script from a RunScript (RunsWhen = after) "Command =" > - Pass the script the current jobid (%i) and a few other variables: > - allow_zero_files > - allow_zero_bytes > - zero_incremental_ok > > So,

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-12 Thread Bill Arlofski
Hi everyone, Personally I think this is something that should be kept out the core code of Bacula, but the topic interested me so last night I emailed Jim directly (off list) and then wrote a script. I have the script mostly completed which I will release shortly. I am just working out the final

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-12 Thread Josip Deanovic
On Saturday 2017-11-11 12:21:22 Phil Stracchino wrote: > If implemented at all it should be implemented as an option, because > there are many kinds of possible admin jobs (and even incremental > backups) for which it is *perfectly normal* to complete with 0 files/0 > bytes backed up. If implement

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-11 Thread Jim Richardson
[mailto:k...@sibbald.com] Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 6:42 AM To: Jim Richardson ; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes Hello Jim, You can submit it as a feature request, but I am not

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-11 Thread Dan Langille
> On Nov 9, 2017, at 3:35 PM, Jim Richardson wrote: > > > Any chance I can get a feature request in? I would like to have all jobs > that complete with zero files and / or zero bytes to complete with Backup OK > – with warnings. Currently these jobs complete with Backup OK. > > Instead

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
Yes, that is one of the reasons why I am not very enthusiastic about it because it will require yet another directive :-( On 11/11/2017 06:21 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: On 11/11/17 07:41, Kern Sibbald wrote: Hello Jim, You can submit it as a feature request, but I am not really inclined to i

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-11 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 11/11/17 07:41, Kern Sibbald wrote: > Hello Jim, > > You can submit it as a feature request, but I am not really inclined to > implement it, because it is a very special case, and it is very easy for > anyone to look at the number of files backed up that is produced in the > job report.  > > B

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - job complete status of with warnings on zero files zero bytes

2017-11-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello Jim, You can submit it as a feature request, but I am not really inclined to implement it, because it is a very special case, and it is very easy for anyone to look at the number of files backed up that is produced in the job report.  Best regards,

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: exempt administrative connections from concurrency limits

2011-12-01 Thread mark . bergman
In the message dated: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:48:59 +0100, The pithy ruminations from Bruno Friedmann on were: => On 12/01/2011 12:20 AM, mark.berg...@uphs.upenn.edu wrote: => > Item 1: Administrative connections to the file daemon should not count in the concurrency li => mit => > Origin: Mark

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: exempt administrative connections from concurrency limits

2011-12-01 Thread Bruno Friedmann
On 12/01/2011 12:20 AM, mark.berg...@uphs.upenn.edu wrote: > Item 1: Administrative connections to the file daemon should not count in > the concurrency limit > Origin: Mark Bergman > Date: Wed Nov 30 18:03:20 EST 2011 > Status: > > What: >Administrative connections to the

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request

2011-03-30 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, Thank you for your feature request. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to implement it, so unless you can provide some new insight, it will not help adding it to the projects file. Best regards, Kern On Wednesday 30 March 2011 15:23:31 peterfl...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > Item n:

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request

2010-12-13 Thread Dan Langille
Or.. just ask on the users mailing list. -- Dan Langille http://langille.org/ On Dec 13, 2010, at 3:00 AM, Guillaume Valdenaire wrote: > Thanks a lot for the answer... > I should have read more carefully the documentation mea culpa. > > Guillaume Valdenaire > > 2010/12/13 Dan Langille >

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request

2010-12-13 Thread Guillaume Valdenaire
Thanks a lot for the answer... I should have read more carefully the documentation mea culpa. Guillaume Valdenaire 2010/12/13 Dan Langille > On 12/12/2010 2:56 PM, Gavin McCullagh wrote: > >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2010, Guillaume Valdenaire wrote: >> >> Here is attached a feature request for that won

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request

2010-12-12 Thread Dan Langille
On 12/12/2010 2:56 PM, Gavin McCullagh wrote: > On Sun, 12 Dec 2010, Guillaume Valdenaire wrote: > >> Here is attached a feature request for that wonderful Bacula. >> Thanks in advance > >> Item 1:Implement a functionality that permits to log which files were >> restored during a r

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request

2010-12-12 Thread Gavin McCullagh
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010, Guillaume Valdenaire wrote: > Here is attached a feature request for that wonderful Bacula. > Thanks in advance > Item 1:Implement a functionality that permits to log which files were > restored during a restore job (especially when using the Bweb >

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Allow schedule to override Next Pool.

2009-11-19 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, 18.11.2009 10:06, Jim Barber wrote: > Thanks Arno. > > Is this better? Looks quite good. I hope this one is accepted and implemented :-) Cheers, Arno > If so I'll clean out all other text except the feature request and submit it > to bacula-devel > > -- > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Allow schedule to override Next Pool.

2009-11-18 Thread Jim Barber
Thanks Arno. Is this better? If so I'll clean out all other text except the feature request and submit it to bacula-devel -- Item ?: Allow Schedule Resource to override 'Next Pool' Date: 18 November 2009 Origin: Jim Barber. jim.bar...@ddihealth.com Status: New reque

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Allow schedule to override Next Pool.

2009-11-18 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, 18.11.2009 07:32, Jim Barber wrote: > Hi. > > When defining backup strategies, I've wanted to be able to define > the 'Next Pool' in the Schedule to override the value defined > against a pool. An interesting and valuable feature request. Can you reformat it to the shape found at http://

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: laptops: Max Incr Interval, Level=check, error suppression

2009-04-15 Thread Stephen Carr
Dear Morty I use Bacula to backup laptops about 35 in total and assume they may connect to the network between 9:00 and 10:30 so I use Reschedule On Error = yes Reschedule Interval = 45 minutes Reschedule Times = 2 in jobdefs.conf I also split the the laptops into 5 groups so that on

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: relative rentention times

2009-04-14 Thread Kevin Keane
Victor Hugo dos Santos wrote: > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Kevin Keane wrote: > > [...] > > >> Notes: This feature may only makes sense for jobs and files, maybe not for >> volumes. >> I haven't fully thought through the implications yet. >> The interaction between "Keep

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: relative rentention times

2009-04-13 Thread Victor Hugo dos Santos
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Kevin Keane wrote: [...] >  Notes:  This feature may only makes sense for jobs and files, maybe not for > volumes. >         I haven't fully thought through the implications yet. >         The interaction between "Keep Copies" and "Volume Retention" >         nee

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: non-disruptive full backups

2009-04-09 Thread Thomas Mueller
> > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, (private) HKS > wrote: >> Bacula 2.2.8 on OpenBSD 4.4 in a mixed OS environment. >> >> I'm introducing tape backups into a disk-only backup scheme, and trying >> to figure out what the best way to do so is. Right now, I think the >> best option is to modify my

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: relative rentention times

2009-04-09 Thread Kevin Keane
Mike Ruskai wrote: > On 04/07/2009 04:21, Kevin Keane wrote: > >> Item n: implement retention times specified as number of copies. >> Date: 4/6/2009 >> Origin: Kevin Keane - subscription at kkeane dot com >> Status: >> >> >> > I very much like this idea. I have pretty much en

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: relative rentention times

2009-04-08 Thread Kevin Keane
Dan Langille wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kevin Keane wrote: > >> Item n: implement retention times specified as number of copies. >> Date: 4/6/2009 >> Origin: Kevin Keane - subscription at kkeane dot com >> Status: >> >> What: Currently, the retentio

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: relative rentention times

2009-04-07 Thread Dan Langille
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kevin Keane wrote: > Item n: implement retention times specified as number of copies. > Date: 4/6/2009 > Origin: Kevin Keane - subscription at kkeane dot com > Status: > > What: Currently, the retention time for a volume/job etc. is a >

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: relative rentention times

2009-04-07 Thread Mike Ruskai
On 04/07/2009 04:21, Kevin Keane wrote: > Item n: implement retention times specified as number of copies. > Date: 4/6/2009 > Origin: Kevin Keane - subscription at kkeane dot com > Status: > > I very much like this idea. I have pretty much enough storage for two full backups plus in

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Migration jobs tape to tape with single drive

2009-02-16 Thread Steve Polyack
Tobias Barth wrote: > > > Feature Request Form > > Item n: Migration jobs tape to tape with single drive > Origin: Tobias Barth > Date: 11 February 2009 > Status: new > > What: Migration jobs from tape to table should be possible with one > single tape drive. File Systems (har

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: Enable/disable spooling when using "run"

2009-02-09 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Bastian, In message <200902090907.37541.bastian.friedr...@collax.com> you wrote: > > > What: I would like to be able to override the spooling settings > > of a job when manually starting it using "run". > > what you are looking for has been implemented in the SVN code in Novem

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: Enable/disable spooling when using "run"

2009-02-09 Thread Bastian Friedrich
Wolfgang, Am Montag, 9. Februar 2009 00:46:44 schrieb Wolfgang Denk: > > What: I would like to be able to override the spooling settings > of a job when manually starting it using "run". what you are looking for has been implemented in the SVN code in November; it thus is part in t

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request

2009-02-05 Thread Kevin Keane
Dan Langille wrote: > > On Feb 4, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Kevin Keane wrote: > >> Here is a second feature request >> >> Item n: Document the database design >> Origin: Kevin Keane, subscript...@kkeane.com >> Date: February 4, 2009 >> Status: >> >> What: I would like to see a complete documenta

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request

2009-02-04 Thread Timo Neuvonen
>> Here is a second feature request >> >> Item n: Document the database design >> Origin: Kevin Keane, subscript...@kkeane.com >> Date: February 4, 2009 >> Status: >> >> What: I would like to see a complete documentation of all the >> database tables. > > "Complete" is subjective. > > Wha

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request

2009-02-04 Thread Dan Langille
On Feb 4, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Kevin Keane wrote: > Here is a second feature request > > Item n: Document the database design > Origin: Kevin Keane, subscript...@kkeane.com > Date: February 4, 2009 > Status: > > What: I would like to see a complete documentation of all the > database table

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: fixed naming/numbering of sql queries

2009-02-04 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kern Sibbald wrote: > Hello, > > I have added this to the projects list. > > Best regards, > > Kern > > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 16:43:45 mark.berg...@uphs.upenn.edu wrote: >> Item 1: enable persistent naming/number of SQL queries >> >> Dat

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: fixed naming/numbering of sql queries

2009-02-04 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, I have added this to the projects list. Best regards, Kern On Wednesday 24 January 2007 16:43:45 mark.berg...@uphs.upenn.edu wrote: > Item 1: enable persistent naming/number of SQL queries > > Date: 24 Jan, 2007 > Origin: Mark Bergman > Status: > > What: > Change the

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Testing before reloading...

2007-12-03 Thread Flak Magnet
On Monday 03 December 2007 11:37:46 am you wrote: > > Something like: > > * reload test > > /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf - v 2.2.5 OK > > < client1 - FD version 2.2.5 - OK > > < client2 - Unable to connect ERROR > > < client3 - FD version 2.0.3 -

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Testing before reloading...

2007-12-03 Thread John Drescher
> Something like: > * reload test > /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf - v 2.2.5 OK > < client1 - FD version 2.2.5 - OK > < client2 - Unable to connect ERROR > < client3 - FD version 2.0.3 - OK > < storage1 - SD v2.2.5 -

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request Copy Job

2007-09-11 Thread Nick Pope
Migration deletes the old job (equivalent to a move). What he (and others) wants is a copy (retain old job). -Nick On Sep 11, 2007, at 5:41 AM, Eric Böse-Wolf wrote: > What about migration? See the Bacula manual. > > mfg > > Eric > -- > Das Briefgeheimnis sowie das Post- und Fernmeldegeheimn

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request Copy Job

2007-09-11 Thread Eric Böse-Wolf
What about migration? See the Bacula manual. mfg Eric -- Das Briefgeheimnis sowie das Post- und Fernmeldegeheimnis sind unverletzlich. (Grundgesetz, Artikel 10, Abs. 1) http://www.gnupp.de http://www.gnupg.org http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uwaru/ pgpfAhN

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request Copy Job

2007-08-24 Thread Robert Thompson
> The remaining part, copying data to different media after the job > itself is run, might still be interesting, but I would suggest to > re-write your request with the above information in mind. I would add copying/migrating data from sd to sd (in addition to device to device on the same s

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request Copy Job

2007-08-24 Thread Brian Debelius
Isn't he describing the fabled 'clone' job? brian- Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hello, > > 24.08.2007 14:26,, Kaiser, Viktor wrote:: > >> Item 1: Implement a Copy job type that will copy the jobdata >> from one device to another, for example, copy from a fiel Tape to a real >> Tape. >>

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request Copy Job

2007-08-24 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, 24.08.2007 14:26,, Kaiser, Viktor wrote:: > Item 1: Implement a Copy job type that will copy the jobdata > from one device to another, for example, copy from a fiel Tape to a real > Tape. This is something that is discussed from time to time, and has recently been mentioned agai

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Storage deamon config option OfflineOnPoll

2007-06-01 Thread Marc Levy
Hello Kern, - If I did not cc the list last time, this was only because you send me a private mail and I did not feel free to make it contents public. >From now, I DO copy the lists. - For the 'security restrictions' I was just thinking about the listserver blocking any attachement to prevent th

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Storage deamon config option OfflineOnPoll

2007-05-30 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello Marc, For the next time, please always copy the list. On Wednesday 30 May 2007 02:18, Marc Levy wrote: > Hello Kern, > > > For point #1: > Let me explain a litle longer my needs: > - No manual operator interaction with bacula (via bconsole, ...) That is already possible with existing t

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request : clustered server

2007-05-18 Thread Mikael Kermorgant
2007/5/18, Andrew Fabian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: It's worth pointing out that you can build a failover pair of bacula directors and FDs with no software modifications, providing you've got shared storage for your data. The Heartbeat project has a mechanism for having a backup server take over a pr

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request : clustered server

2007-05-18 Thread Andrew Fabian
It's worth pointing out that you can build a failover pair of bacula directors and FDs with no software modifications, providing you've got shared storage for your data. The Heartbeat project has a mechanism for having a backup server take over a primary server's IP address when the primary go

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: Job migration between different SDs

2007-05-07 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, On 5/7/2007 3:28 PM, Mariusz Czulada wrote: > Item n: > Job migration between different SDs This is something Kern will probably implement some day. We discussed that, and he confirmed some time ago that it's still on his to do list. If you find developers to implement it, that wo

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Remove label from tape from bconsole

2007-04-27 Thread Xeos Laenor
I confirm you just have to do "unmount" in bconsole and exit to do "mt" commands But it will be great if we can unlabel & eject directly in bconsole (after umount command) Franck 2007/4/27, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This forces you to use "mt -f > rewind; mt -f weof" from the cons

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Remove label from tape from bconsole

2007-04-27 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 4/27/2007 9:42 AM, Georg Weiß wrote: > Item: Add a "remove label" (or "initialize tape") command to bacula. > > Origin: Georg Weiss - > > Date: 27 April 2007 > > Status: NEW > > What: Please consider adding a "remove label" command to bacula. This > should enable the reuse of

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: make changing "spooldata=yes|no" possible for manual/interactive jobs

2007-04-12 Thread Kern Sibbald
I've added this feature request to the projects file because I don't think it is hard to do and it is something Bacula should do. Best regards, Kern On Thursday 12 April 2007 22:11, Marc Schiffbauer wrote: > Item n: make changing "spooldata=yes|no" possible for > manual/interactive jo

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Layered Jobdefs

2007-04-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Wednesday 11 April 2007 00:20, Steen wrote: > Tirsdag 10 april 2007 23:14 skrev Kern Sibbald: > > Although, I am really pleased at seeing lots of people using Bacula, and > > interest in improving it, we seem to be getting a lot of Feature Requests. > > In fact, given our currently very limited

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Layered Jobdefs

2007-04-10 Thread Steen
Tirsdag 10 april 2007 23:14 skrev Kern Sibbald: > Although, I am really pleased at seeing lots of people using Bacula, and > interest in improving it, we seem to be getting a lot of Feature Requests. > In fact, given our currently very limited programming resources, I feel we > have way too many fe

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Layered Jobdefs

2007-04-10 Thread Kern Sibbald
Although, I am really pleased at seeing lots of people using Bacula, and interest in improving it, we seem to be getting a lot of Feature Requests. In fact, given our currently very limited programming resources, I feel we have way too many feature requests. The last time we voted, there were

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: report future purge/prune/recycle actions

2007-04-09 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 09 April 2007 18:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In the message dated: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:16:21 +0200, > The pithy ruminations from Kern Sibbald on > > were: > => > => > => If you simply want to know what Jobs and Volumes will reach their expiration > => date/time, that is somet

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: aliasing directory paths

2007-04-09 Thread Kern Sibbald
I'm sorry on this one too, but I am not at all in favor of it, as I have pointed out a number of times. IMO, Bacula should always retain the full path to where it found the data, otherwise, it will be total chaos. In addition, I find the symantics of your propose (for me) confusing. I doubt I

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: report future purge/prune/recycle actions

2007-04-09 Thread Kern Sibbald
If you simply want to know what Jobs and Volumes will reach their expiration date/time, that is something that you can do (and I think someone has done it) with the query.sql file. Predicting purge/prune/recycling is indeterminate (AFAIK) except at the moment in time. Consequently, sorry, bu

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: dynamic configuration files

2007-03-20 Thread Jorj Bauer
> >> For example, starting the director like this: > >> > >># bacula-dir -c '|/usr/local/sbin/generate-dir-config' > > > > Maybe I am missing some important point, but by now I can't see any mayor > > benefits of your solution compared with: > > > > # /usr/local/sbin/generate-dir-config > /e

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: dynamic configuration files

2007-03-19 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andreas Helmcke wrote: > Jorj Bauer wrote: >> What: The ability to read a configuration file as stdout from an executable >> >> Why: The configuration files (particularly for the Director) are very >> complex. In my case I find it easier to have a

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: dynamic configuration files

2007-03-19 Thread Jorj Bauer
> Maybe I am missing some important point, but by now I can't see any mayor > benefits of your solution compared with: > > # /usr/local/sbin/generate-dir-config > /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf && > bacula-dir -c /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf It's subtle. You're missing the 'reload' command. -- Jorj

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: dynamic configuration files

2007-03-19 Thread Andreas Helmcke
Jorj Bauer wrote: > What: The ability to read a configuration file as stdout from an executable > > Why: The configuration files (particularly for the Director) are very > complex. In my case I find it easier to have a program generate them > from meta-information about the clients. >

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: dynamic configuration files

2007-03-19 Thread Darien Hager
On Mar 19, 2007, at 10:38 AM, Jorj Bauer wrote: >>> # bacula-dir -c '|/usr/local/sbin/generate-dir-config' >>> >>> ... would cause it to run /usr/local/sbin/generate-dir-config to >>> generate a new configuration file. >> >> >> Hey, that sounds pretty useful. When you say "globally", I assume

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: dynamic configuration files

2007-03-19 Thread Jorj Bauer
> > # bacula-dir -c '|/usr/local/sbin/generate-dir-config' > > > > ... would cause it to run /usr/local/sbin/generate-dir-config to > > generate a new configuration file. > > > Hey, that sounds pretty useful. When you say "globally", I assume you > mean that I can just toss a similar line i

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: dynamic configuration files

2007-03-19 Thread Darien Hager
On Mar 19, 2007, at 6:59 AM, Jorj Bauer wrote: > What: The ability to read a configuration file as stdout from an > executable > > Why: The configuration files (particularly for the Director) are very > complex. In my case I find it easier to have a program generate them > from meta-i

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: more flexible TLS cert validation

2007-03-11 Thread Pierre Bernhardt
Kern Sibbald schrieb: > Hello, Hi, > > Unless I am mistaken, even if there is a duplicate CN as you fear, it seems > to > me it should pose no problems because the certificate would not match. > > Does someone more experienced with TLS know the answer to that? Hmm. I'm not an expert but I've le

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: more flexible TLS cert validation

2007-03-08 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, Unless I am mistaken, even if there is a duplicate CN as you fear, it seems to me it should pose no problems because the certificate would not match. Does someone more experienced with TLS know the answer to that? Best regards, Kern On Thursday 08 March 2007 15:00, Jorj Bauer wrote: >

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Append Period

2007-03-07 Thread Alan Brown
On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Brian Debelius wrote: >> 2. Your Why clause is really a continuation of the What, so you need to >> provide some reason why we might want to implement this -- off of the top of >> *my* head, I don't immediately see one. The thing that springs to mind is closing off a tape whic

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Append Period

2007-03-06 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 21:23, Brian Debelius wrote: > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > On Tuesday 06 March 2007 18:55, Brian Debelius wrote: > >> Item n:Implement an 'Append Period' > >> Origin: Brian Debelius (bdebelius @ intelesyscorp dot com) > >> Date:06 March 2007 > >> Status: Submitt

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Append Period

2007-03-06 Thread Brian Debelius
Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Tuesday 06 March 2007 18:55, Brian Debelius wrote: > >> Item n:Implement an 'Append Period' >> Origin: Brian Debelius (bdebelius @ intelesyscorp dot com) >> Date:06 March 2007 >> Status: Submitted >> >> What: Implement an 'Append Period'. An append peri

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: Append Period

2007-03-06 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 18:55, Brian Debelius wrote: > Item n:Implement an 'Append Period' > Origin: Brian Debelius (bdebelius @ intelesyscorp dot com) > Date:06 March 2007 > Status: Submitted > > What: Implement an 'Append Period'. An append period is a window of > time after the

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request : Implement NDMP protocol

2007-03-06 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 17:40, Alan Davis wrote: > Item n:   Implement NDMP protocol support >   Origin: Alan Davis >   Date:   06 March 2007 >   Status: Submitted > >   What:   Network Data Management Protocol is implemented by a number of > NAS filer vendors to enable >           backups using t

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: add option to assign purged volumes to Scratch pool

2007-02-08 Thread Eric Bollengier
Hi, This have been implemented. see bacula/patches/testing/scratch.readme It will be commited in main trunk soon. Bye > >Item 1: add option to assign purged volumes to Scratch pool > - Using Tomcat but need to do more?

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: add option to assign purged volumes to Scratch pool

2007-02-08 Thread Kern Sibbald
I believe that this is already implemented. See /patches/tests/scratch.patch and scratch.readme On Thursday 08 February 2007 17:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Item 1: add option to assign purged volumes to Scratch pool > > Date: 08 Feb, 2007 > Origin: Mark Bergman > Status: > > What

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: add option to assign purged volumes to Scratch pool

2007-02-08 Thread John Drescher
On 2/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Item 1: add option to assign purged volumes to Scratch pool > > Date: 08 Feb, 2007 > Origin: Mark Bergman > Status: > > What: > Add an option to allow purged volumes to be automatically assigned > to the Scratch

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: dynamic job priorities (bias for restores)

2007-01-23 Thread Alan Brown
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Item 1: the numerical priority of restore jobs should be dynamically set to > make them happen sooner Comment: I would like to see this happen too, however there would need to be an "exclusive" setting as well, or else the Bacula database ba

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request: add an item to the restore option where you can select a pool

2007-01-03 Thread kshatriyak
On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, kshatriyak wrote: > Item n: add an item to the restore option where you can select a pool I thought about this last days, and maybe on second thought, it might be better to be able to select the most recent backup from a specified media type, not a pool? So the right pool wh

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature Request - Source address control

2006-12-18 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 18 December 2006 18:29, Bill Moran wrote: > > Item 1: Cause daemons to use a specific IP address to source communications > Origin: Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 18 Dec 2006 > Status: > What: Cause Bacula daemons (dir, fd, sd) to always use the ip address > spe

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: pause jobs

2006-10-06 Thread Silver Salonen
On Thursday 17 March 2005 23:41, Joshua Kugler wrote: > On Thursday 17 March 2005 09:00, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > Anyway, I was running a LONG job today (14+ hours over > > > a slow link) when I had to cancel the job in the middle > > > and run a restore! This is probably the 30th time I"ve > > >

Re: [Bacula-users] feature request: spooling limit based on free disk percentage

2006-08-23 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello Mark, Thanks for taking the time to write up the Feature Request, and I see you put a good deal of effort into it. However, I'm not really too enthusiastic about this request (though I see certain merits) for three reasons: 1. Bacula already handles running out of spool space quite well.

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request - SQL Server (freetds? odbc?) support for catalog database

2006-07-28 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 28 July 2006 09:33, Bernhard Suttner wrote: > Here is my make_mysql_tables for innodb! What are the advantages and disadvantages of using innodb over myiasm? What is most important for users is not the internal complexity of the program, but the speed as well as not having table size

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request - SQL Server (freetds? odbc?) support for catalog database

2006-07-28 Thread Bernhard Suttner
Here is my make_mysql_tables for innodb! On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:45:01 +0200 Sebastien Guilbaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry, I thought one thing and wrote another. It's not > > InnoDB - it's MyISAM. It's the adequate storage engine > > for Bacula. Regards, > > and why no innodb ??

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: split documentation in several books

2006-07-28 Thread Kern Sibbald
This is a project that I have planned for quite some time (several years), though the splitting of the manual may be somewhat different. Now that Frank Sweetser has begun working on the documentation, this project has a much higher chance of being realized. On Thursday 27 July 2006 09:24, Maxx

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request - SQL Server (freetds? odbc?) support for catalog database

2006-07-27 Thread Sebastien Guilbaud
> Sorry, I thought one thing and wrote another. It's not > InnoDB - it's MyISAM. It's the adequate storage engine > for Bacula. Regards, and why no innodb ?? works fine for me, big tables, simpler memory model than innodb (no tons of buffers to tune), and negligeable performance hit... have a ni

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: split documentation in several books

2006-07-27 Thread Erik P. Olsen
MaxxAtWork wrote: > Item n: Split documentation > Origin: Maxx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 27th July 2006 > Status: > > What: Split documentation in several books > > Why:Bacula manual has now more than 600 pages, and looking for > implementation details is getti

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request - SQL Server (freetds? odbc?) support for catalog database

2006-07-27 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, On Thursday 27 July 2006 18:03, Russell Howe wrote: > Dan Langille wrote, sometime around 27/07/06 16:29: > > On 26 Jul 2006 at 11:55, Russell Howe wrote: > > > >> I haven't seen Bacula's database routines, but it seems like it's fairly > >> modular and so I'm guessing that adding another

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request - SQL Server (freetds? odbc?) support for catalog database

2006-07-27 Thread Russell Howe
Dan Langille wrote, sometime around 27/07/06 16:29: > On 26 Jul 2006 at 11:55, Russell Howe wrote: > >> I haven't seen Bacula's database routines, but it seems like it's fairly >> modular and so I'm guessing that adding another database wouldn't be too >> much work. What would be involved? > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request - SQL Server (freetds? odbc?) support for catalog database

2006-07-27 Thread Dan Langille
On 26 Jul 2006 at 11:55, Russell Howe wrote: > I didn't see a feature request on the site for extra database support, > so here goes: > > Origin: Russell Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 26 July 2006 > > What: It would be nice for the database backend to support more > databases. I'm think

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request - SQL Server (freetds? odbc?) support for catalog database

2006-07-27 Thread Georger Araujo
Sorry, I thought one thing and wrote another. It's not InnoDB - it's MyISAM. It's the adequate storage engine for Bacula. Regards, Georger --- Georger Araujo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > Russel, > Supporting proprietary DBs would be nice, but you're > given THREE free choices for storing your

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request - SQL Server (freetds? odbc?) support for catalog database

2006-07-27 Thread Georger Araujo
Russel, Supporting proprietary DBs would be nice, but you're given THREE free choices for storing your catalog - SQLite, Postgres, and MySQL - and two are mature, capable DBs. I personally use MySQL and it works very well. I don't speak on Kern's behalf, but it would take more work (and testing an

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: Spooling data while despooling it

2006-06-26 Thread Christoff Buch
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Christoff Buch wrote: >> Bacuka has the ability to already run simultaneous jobs on different tape >> drives and spool them to disk. >> Despooling is triggered by the spool file reaching maximum size, or the >> spool disk area exceeding maximum size. > > => What exactl

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: Spooling data while despooling it

2006-06-26 Thread Alan Brown
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Christoff Buch wrote: >> Bacuka has the ability to already run simultaneous jobs on different tape >> drives and spool them to disk. >> Despooling is triggered by the spool file reaching maximum size, or the >> spool disk area exceeding maximum size. > > => What exactly do you

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: Spooling data while despooling it

2006-06-24 Thread Christoff Buch
Am Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:17:27 +0100 (BST) schrieb Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Christoff Buch wrote: > >> Might I add a few lines I've already added to Rumkos original mail >> before?: >> >> Spooling is very good, but shouldn't slow down backup since this affects >> per-n

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: Spooling data while despooling it

2006-06-23 Thread Alan Brown
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Christoff Buch wrote: > Might I add a few lines I've already added to Rumkos original mail > before?: > > Spooling is very good, but shouldn't slow down backup since this affects > per-night-capacity. > > Also, I thought about simultaneous jobs going on several drives of one >

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: Spooling data while despooling it

2006-06-22 Thread drescher0110-bacula
> > One possibility in continuing spooling would be to introduce "multiple" > > spool > > directories or some way to partition a spool directory so that it would say > > fill half-way and then begin despooling while the other half could continue > > spooling. > What about a configurable setting? S

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: Spooling data while despooling it

2006-06-22 Thread Christoff Buch
Hello again, Might I add a few lines I've already added to Rumkos original mail before?: Spooling is very good, but shouldn't slow down backup since this affects per-night-capacity. Also, I thought about simultaneous jobs going on several drives of one machine at a time: Could it be done to g

Re: [Bacula-users] Feature request: Spooling data while despooling it

2006-06-22 Thread Rumko
On 6/22/06, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am not likely to accept the Feature request as it stands (perhaps after some > changes) for the following two reasons: > > 1. You mention that this feature will prolong the tape's lifetime, but I see > no impovement in this regard o

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