Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-09 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 12/09/11 15:18, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 06.12.2011 10:07, schrieb Phil Stracchino: >> On 12/06/11 03:10, Marcello Romani wrote: >>> The closest thing to a custom "eject tape" builtin command in bconsole I >>> could came up with is this: > [...] >> >> You know, personally I just set "OfflineO

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-09 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 06.12.2011 10:07, schrieb Phil Stracchino: > On 12/06/11 03:10, Marcello Romani wrote: >> The closest thing to a custom "eject tape" builtin command in bconsole I >> could came up with is this: [...] > > You know, personally I just set "OfflineOnUnmount = yes". IIRC that option turned out to

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-07 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 06/12/2011 10:07, Phil Stracchino ha scritto: > On 12/06/11 03:10, Marcello Romani wrote: >> Il 05/12/2011 03:39, Jesse Molina ha scritto: >> >> [snip food for thought] >> >> The closest thing to a custom "eject tape" builtin command in bconsole I >> could came up with is this: >> >> # admin job

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-06 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 12/06/11 14:03, Josh Fisher wrote: > Rather than change the formatting of a volume, why not use a dedicated > volume? The first problem to overcome in a true disaster recovery > situation, ie. a total loss of all hardware, is to get a Dir and SD up > and running. Clients can then be restored

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-06 Thread Josh Fisher
On 12/5/2011 1:48 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 12/05/11 10:58, Pablo Marques wrote: >> Thanks you Jesse for the feedback. >> >> Regarding the disaster recovery, I have a suggestion for the bacula >> team: >> >> Why not make the director write the bacula config files and any >> relevant bsr files

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-06 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 06/12/2011 11:15, James Harper ha scritto: >> The closest thing to a custom "eject tape" builtin command in bconsole > I >> could came up with is this: >> >> # admin job to manually eject tape from within bconsole Job { >> Name = "TapeEject" >> Type = Admin >> FileSet = "LinuxD

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-06 Thread James Harper
> The closest thing to a custom "eject tape" builtin command in bconsole I > could came up with is this: > > # admin job to manually eject tape from within bconsole Job { > Name = "TapeEject" > Type = Admin > FileSet = "LinuxDefaultSet" > Client = serverlinux-fd > Storage

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-06 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 06/12/2011 10:07, Phil Stracchino ha scritto: > On 12/06/11 03:10, Marcello Romani wrote: >> Il 05/12/2011 03:39, Jesse Molina ha scritto: >> >> [snip food for thought] >> >> The closest thing to a custom "eject tape" builtin command in bconsole I >> could came up with is this: >> >> # admin job

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-06 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 12/06/11 03:10, Marcello Romani wrote: > Il 05/12/2011 03:39, Jesse Molina ha scritto: > > [snip food for thought] > > The closest thing to a custom "eject tape" builtin command in bconsole I > could came up with is this: > > # admin job to manually eject tape from within bconsole > Job { >

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-06 Thread baculamail
Presumably the configuration files (in their most recent form) are already stored on the tapes. An automated way of finding and pulling them would be useful, perhaps bundled with a tape scan to find the most recent catalog? Clint On Mon, 5 Dec 2011, Pablo Marques wrote: > Thanks you Jesse for

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-06 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 05/12/2011 03:39, Jesse Molina ha scritto: [snip food for thought] The closest thing to a custom "eject tape" builtin command in bconsole I could came up with is this: # admin job to manually eject tape from within bconsole Job { Name = "TapeEject" Type = Admin FileSet = "Linu

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-05 Thread Eric Pratt
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Pablo Marques wrote: > > >> Thanks you Jesse for the feedback. > >> > >> Regarding the disaster recovery, I have a suggestion for the bacula > >> team: > >> > >> Why not make the director write the bacula config files and any > >> relevant bsr files at the beginnin

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-05 Thread Pablo Marques
>> Thanks you Jesse for the feedback. >> >> Regarding the disaster recovery, I have a suggestion for the bacula >> team: >> >> Why not make the director write the bacula config files and any >> relevant bsr files at the beginning of each tape? The space wasted on >> the tape to save these file w

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-05 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 12/05/11 10:58, Pablo Marques wrote: > Thanks you Jesse for the feedback. > > Regarding the disaster recovery, I have a suggestion for the bacula > team: > > Why not make the director write the bacula config files and any > relevant bsr files at the beginning of each tape? The space wasted on

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-05 Thread Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:12 AM, Bruno Friedmann wrote: > On 12/05/2011 03:39 AM, Jesse Molina wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Recently I was looking for new backup app for my small network.  Here's >> my story and why I decided that Bacula was not a good choice for me. >> >> I am not a long time user, so op

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-05 Thread Pablo Marques
Thanks you Jesse for the feedback. Regarding the disaster recovery, I have a suggestion for the bacula team: Why not make the director write the bacula config files and any relevant bsr files at the beginning of each tape? The space wasted on the tape to save these file would be very small.

Re: [Bacula-users] Noob user impressions and why I chose not to use Bacula

2011-12-04 Thread Bruno Friedmann
On 12/05/2011 03:39 AM, Jesse Molina wrote: > > Hi > > Recently I was looking for new backup app for my small network. Here's > my story and why I decided that Bacula was not a good choice for me. > > I am not a long time user, so opinions and views may not be shared by > others, but they are