Re: [Bacula-users] ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint

2006-07-24 Thread Ralf Gross
Bill Moran said: > In response to "Ralf Gross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> the / disk of my bacula (1.38.5) server crashed Friday night. The >> postgres >> db is on a separate disk. I restored the filesystem from a second backup >> system. Since I only

Re: [Bacula-users] ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint

2006-07-24 Thread Ralf Gross
Bill Moran said: > In response to "Ralf Gross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Does this part of the manual makes sense at all? >> >> http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Catalog_Maintenance.html#SECTION000237000 >> >> Compacting Your PostgreS

[Bacula-users] error getting job record for stats: sql_get.c:287 No Job found for JobId 108

2006-08-01 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, I have a problem with a job that finished with an error message. Job 108 started yesterday morning and ended today at 3:55. Bacula 1.38.5, debian stable, postgresql 7.4.7-6sarge Running Jobs: Console connected at 31-Jul-06 09:43 JobId Level Name Status ==

Re: [Bacula-users] error getting job record for stats: sql_get.c:287 No Job found for JobId 108

2006-08-01 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi! Kern Sibbald said: > Well, not having the *full* output from the job makes it a bit hard to > diagnose the problem. Normally, there should be additional output with > the > first error that was printed (affected_rows = 0). > > I have seen this kind of problem when a job is pruned while the jo

[Bacula-users] ARCvault 24 Library / NEC T40A Tape Library

2006-08-08 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, has anyone experiences with these LTO-3 libraries? Overland ARCvault 24 Library http://www.overlandstorage.com/german/products/arcvault24.html NEC T40A Tape Library http://www.sw.nec.co.jp/products/storage/english/ll040f/index.html The Overland is pretty new but I guess that both will work

[Bacula-users] hardware requirements (server)

2006-08-20 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, we will extend our main fileserver with an external RAID array with ~4TB of disk space. Additionally we'll purchase an 24 slot Lib with one LTO3 drive. The backup and the file server will be connected by GigabitEthernet. I've an spare DL380G2 server with 1Ghz, 1.5GB of memory and some intern

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Migration code

2006-08-21 Thread Ralf Gross
George R.Kasica said: > In terms of scheduling items.any chance to have bacula show more > than just the next jobs due to be run in the next 24 hours when you do > a stat dir? > > It'd be nice to know in more advance for purposes of loading tapes if > there isn't someone on site say over a week

Re: [Bacula-users] hardware requirements (server)

2006-08-22 Thread Ralf Gross
Ralf Gross said: > we will extend our main fileserver with an external RAID array with > ~4TB of disk space. Additionally we'll purchase an 24 slot Lib with > one LTO3 drive. The backup and the file server will be connected by > GigabitEthernet. > > I've an spare DL3

[Bacula-users] verify job with differences doesn't finish and blocks storage

2009-02-17 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, lately I've seen that verify jobs that have differences just doesn't finish. bacula 2.4.4-b1, psql *st dir [...] Running Jobs: JobId Level Name Status == 9602 VolumeT VerifyVU0EF005-Absicherung

Re: [Bacula-users] verify job with differences doesn't finish and blocks storage

2009-02-18 Thread Ralf Gross
Ralf Gross said: > lately I've seen that verify jobs that have differences just doesn't > finish. > > bacula 2.4.4-b1, psql > > *st dir > > [...] > > Running Jobs: > JobId Level Name Status > =

Re: [Bacula-users] verify job with differences doesn't finish and blocks storage

2009-03-03 Thread Ralf Gross
Arno Lehmann said: > 18.02.2009 09:36, Ralf Gross wrote: >> Ralf Gross said: >>> lately I've seen that verify jobs that have differences just doesn't >>> finish. >>> >>> bacula 2.4.4-b1, psql >>> >>> *st dir >>&g

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with Verify

2009-03-09 Thread Ralf Gross
albre...@googlemail.com schrieb: > Hello, > > I have a problem with the VolumeToCatalog Verify of one of my backup > jobs. I always get the error message that some files are in the > Catalog but not on the volume. However this is not true - I can > successfully restore files which are being report

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with Verify

2009-03-10 Thread Ralf Gross
albre...@googlemail.com schrieb: > 2009/3/9, Ralf Gross : > > albre...@googlemail.com schrieb: > >> Bacula always seems to think that the end of volume is reached: > >> - > >> 09-Mar 16:11 SD.xen JobId 3: End of Volume at file 7 on devic

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with Verify

2009-03-11 Thread Ralf Gross
Alex Bremer schrieb: > 2009/3/10, Ralf Gross : > > Hm, no idea what the problem is. But file 7 is not a real backed up > > file, it's some kind of mark that bacula writes to the volume. > > > > Can you check the volume with bscan? > > Yes, seems to work - I t

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with Verify

2009-03-12 Thread Ralf Gross
Alex Bremer schrieb: > 2009/3/11, Ralf Gross : > > So the volume only has 7 volume files (markers/chunks). You could add > > -d 100 or 200 to the daemon options in the bacula-fd start script on > > the client where the verify is running and redirect the output to a > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with Verify

2009-03-12 Thread Ralf Gross
Alex Bremer schrieb: > 2009/3/12, Ralf Gross : > > The verify is done in the fd, so I would addd the debug option there > > too. And also to the sd, because if bacula complains about a file that > > is missing on the volume, you might find the answer there. > > Yes, I

Re: [Bacula-users] Lost Tape Labels after Ram upgrade

2009-03-14 Thread Ralf Gross
John Drescher schrieb: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:56 PM, cpreston > wrote: > > > > I'm resending this original poster's question because the > > connection between bacula-users and the forum was down for a time. > >  There will be three more like this. > > > There is a forum now? http://www.bac

Re: [Bacula-users] Issue with Restoring a Full which Spanned Tapes.

2009-03-20 Thread Ralf Gross
Doug Forster schrieb: > I have gone into the database and can see that the database is empty for the > job in question. I think that there is an issue with the insertion of over a > million entrees all at once that is giving bacula a hard time. I have found > a supporting post here: > http://www.ba

Re: [Bacula-users] Howto limit job concurrency on individual tape drives within a library

2009-03-28 Thread Ralf Gross
Paul Hanson schrieb: > Currently we have an IBM TS3200 working very well over fibre channel and > has two Ultrium 4 tape units. If I set concurrency to two (2) then both > tape units can work fine. However, if only one tape unit is in operation > and two jobs start for the SAME tape pool, then the

Re: [Bacula-users] Completely restarting bacula's db and records

2009-03-31 Thread Ralf Gross
David Murphy schrieb: > I want to wipe all data from Bacula, I purged and recreated the db and > removed all the files in /var/lib/bacula and even emptied its log file but > status client= still show all my old jobs, how do I remove them I > think they are causing issues with trying to rest

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape vs disc volumes

2009-04-03 Thread Ralf Gross
Mike Ruskai schrieb: > When a tape volume is recycled, the contents are lost. Is the same true > for a disc volume? Is the whole file truncated, or does it just start > from the beginning, and only destroy the contents it actually overwrites? bacula always recycles the whole volume, no matter

Re: [Bacula-users] Replace a defect tape

2009-04-05 Thread Ralf Gross
Hurtlin Blaise schrieb: > Hi, > > I'm using Bacul for some months now. A very good product ! > > Unfortunately, a tape used for daily backup died. How can I replace it ? > I want to label a new tape with the same name as the old-defect one. Is > this possible ? Or I have to delete the old from Ba

Re: [Bacula-users] Compression for certain levels of backup...

2009-04-06 Thread Ralf Gross
John Lockard schrieb: > I can't see a way in 2.4.x, but maybe it's present in the > 3.0.x code... I would like to compress my Incremental backups, > but not my Differential backups or Full backups. > > I keep my incremental backups on disk. They never transition > to Tape. My Differentials run

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula version 3.0.0 released to Source Forge

2009-04-10 Thread Ralf Gross
Kern Sibbald schrieb: > > This is to inform you that we have uploaded the Bacula version 3.0.0 source > tar files and the Win32/64 installer files to the Bacula Source Forge > download location. Thanks for your (and all contributors) work on bacula! Ralf --

[Bacula-users] verify job: Error: block.c:318 Volume data error at 406:6128!

2009-04-17 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, I`m having a hard time finding the reason why my verify jobs are failing with bacula 2.4.4. This week a backup of ~10 TB data finished without errors. The backup job ueses one of three LTO-4 drives in a autochanger. Now the VolumeToCatalog verify job fails each time. I tried two different dr

Re: [Bacula-users] job progress?

2009-04-17 Thread Ralf Gross
Stephen Thompson schrieb: > Is there any built-in/simple way to determine how far along a job is? > Some kind of progress meter against a job size estimate? > > Even knowing how much has been put to tape at a given point would be > nice. We have jobs that take more than 24 hours to run. :S > >

Re: [Bacula-users] verify job: Error: block.c:318 Volume data error at 406:6128!

2009-04-18 Thread Ralf Gross
Ralf Gross schrieb: > > I`m having a hard time finding the reason why my verify jobs are > failing with bacula 2.4.4. > > This week a backup of ~10 TB data finished without errors. The backup > job ueses one of three LTO-4 drives in a autochanger. > > Now the VolumeTo

[Bacula-users] feature request: verify older jobs, not only the last one

2009-04-20 Thread Ralf Gross
Item 1: Extend the verify code to make it possible to verify older jobs, not only the last one that has finished Date: 10 April 2009 Origin: Ralf Gross (Ralf-Lists ralfgross.de) Status: not implemented or documented What: At the moment a VolumeToCatalog job compares

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie: Disk-To-Disk-To-Tape

2009-04-27 Thread Ralf Gross
Steven Palm schrieb: > > On Apr 27, 2009, at 2:00 PM, Arno Lehmann wrote: > > I'd suggest to just back up that pool with a very plain setup. > > Accurate backups will be good, probably. > > My only questions is, given it's extensive use of hardlinks to > minimize the pool size, if there anyth

[Bacula-users] backing up many hardlinks (backuppc)

2009-05-19 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, there is a regular discussion on the backuppc mailing

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula didn't start anymore

2009-05-26 Thread Ralf Gross
elmarr...@systemcompetence.de schrieb: > > Filename.FilenameId,batch.LStat, batch.MD5 FROM batch JOIN Path ON > (batch.Path = Path.Path) JOIN Filename ON (batch.Name = Filename.Name): > ERR=disk I/O error have you checked your system log files or dmesg? Is the partition still mounted rw or was

[Bacula-users] don't store file information

2009-06-04 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, is it possible to configure a backup job to _not_ store information about the backed up files/paths etc in the database? I recently tried to backup my BackupPC pool with bacula. BackupPC makes excessive use of hardlinks, I ended up with 50 GB of data in my postgres database only for this sing

Re: [Bacula-users] don't store file information

2009-06-05 Thread Ralf Gross
Ralf Gross schrieb: > > is it possible to configure a backup job to _not_ store information > about the backed up files/paths etc in the database? > > I recently tried to backup my BackupPC pool with bacula. BackupPC > makes excessive use of hardlinks, I ended up with 5

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula

2009-06-12 Thread Ralf Gross
Holikar, Sachin (ext) schrieb: > Hello, > > In Bacula, we are using LTO-3 Tapes defined in a volume. One strange this we > notice is , the tapes are marked as full for different Volume Bytes written. > Please see below, for one tape, it shows as around 800 GB of Bytes written > and marked as Ful

Re: [Bacula-users] how to use a raw disk?

2009-07-02 Thread Ralf Gross
ginzzer schrieb: > I have an extra disk, I format it as ext3 (no partition), I can mount > and do i/o from it. I set a device like > > > Device { > Name = FileStorage > Media Type = File > Archive Device = /dev/sdg > LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Fatal Errors

2009-07-08 Thread Ralf Gross
John Doe schrieb: > > Hi, > > each day I get "Verify Fatal Error" on my 4 scheduled verify jobs... > But when I run them manualy, they seem to work fine... > By example: > > 08-Jul 05:00 backup-dir JobId 739: Start Verify JobId=739 Level=Incremental > Job=filer_Verify.2009-07-08_05.00.55 >

[Bacula-users] LTO-4 transfer rates

2009-07-09 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, in the past there was some discussion about what transfer rates can be reached with bacula and modern LTO-4 drives. I've spend some time in tuning my setup. After changing the setup I can reach up to 130 MB/s with spooling from a 2 disk RAID0 and a few changes in my bacula-sd.conf. IIRC chai

[Bacula-users] info on how old a tape volume is

2009-07-11 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, I'm looking for some info about the usage of tape volumes (date of first usage, data written...). *llist media=A00162L4 mediaid: 539 volumename: A00162L4 slot: 34 poolid: 49 mediatype: LTO4 firstwritten: 2009-07-10 15:36:16 lastwrit

Re: [Bacula-users] Loosing my hope with HW Compression and bacula! [HELP!]

2009-07-16 Thread Ralf Gross
Eduardo Sieber schrieb: > > I Have a bacula verion backup-dir Version: 2.4.4 (28 December 2008) > i486-pc-linux-gnu debian 5.0, intalled on a Ubuntu 9.1 server. I have 2 tape > drives attached on this server (A DLT 40/80Gb and a sony SDX470V 40/102 GB). > > I've ran btape on both tapes and everyt

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula spool on SSD -- solid state drive performance testing?

2009-07-24 Thread Ralf Gross
Bob Hetzel schrieb: > > Has anybody tinkered around with spooling backups on an SSD (aka solid > state drive) or a raid-0 pair of them for higher performance? > > It would seem that the issue of latency introduced by thrashing the hard > drive with several concurrent readers and writers would b

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula spool on SSD -- solid state driveperformance testing?

2009-07-24 Thread Ralf Gross
Meyer, Mark schrieb: > I'm interested in what parameters for what scheduler you're using. > Did you test using synthetic benchmarks or with the production > configuration? I use this parameters for the cfq scheduler (got the info about that on the LKML). echo 10 > /sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/sl

Re: [Bacula-users] Advice needed on Linux backup strategy to LTO-4 tape

2009-08-13 Thread Ralf Gross
rorycl schrieb: > > I'm going to cross-post this text on the Amanda and Bacula lists. > Apologies in advance if you see this twice. > > Our company is about to provide centralised backups for several pools of > backup data of between 1 and 15TB in size. Each pool changes daily but > backups to ta

Re: [Bacula-users] Advice needed on Linux backup strategy to LTO-4 tape

2009-08-13 Thread Ralf Gross
Alan Brown schrieb: > On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Ralf Gross wrote: > > > I just had a bunch of 40 LTO-4 tapes that had problems during backups > > (or worse - only during the verify job afterwards). All from the same > > production date. So my trust in tapes is not that good

[Bacula-users] status storage freezes at "Used Volume Status"

2009-08-20 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, I'm stuck at the 'status storage' output, or better at a mount command. I started a Verify job and had to mount a volume into a drive (ULTRIUM-TD4-D3) because the drive was umounted at that time. Nothing exciting I thought mtx-changer scrip log: 20090820-08:42:37 Parms: /dev/Neo4100 unlo

Re: [Bacula-users] status storage freezes at "Used Volume Status"

2009-08-20 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, Bob Hetzel schrieb: > My suggestion is to try upgrading your server to 3.0.2. You won't need to > upgrade all your FD's. Since I went through that, the things that used to > hang bacula in my environment (at exactly the same place you describe) are > fixed. 3.0.2 is not yet available in

Re: [Bacula-users] status storage freezes at "Used Volume Status"

2009-08-23 Thread Ralf Gross
Sven Hartge schrieb: > Ralf Gross wrote: > > Bob Hetzel schrieb: > > >> My suggestion is to try upgrading your server to 3.0.2. You won't need to > >> upgrade all your FD's. Since I went through that, the things that used to > >> hang bacula

Re: [Bacula-users] intermittent problems with autochanger

2009-08-26 Thread Ralf Gross
bdeschanes schrieb: > > I have NetWorker driving a Quantum Superloader. About 3 months ago > it started doing exactly the same thing. As long as jobs are running > it's fine, but once a job has been complete for even a couple > minutes it takes a bus-reset to make it work again. The only common >

[Bacula-users] sql query for files stored on a given volume

2009-08-27 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, does anyone have a custom sql query to get all volume files? Something like 12: List Files for a selected Job but for volumes. I tried a combination of query 12 and 14: List Jobs stored for a given Volume name But my query was a bit suboptimal... :/ Out of memory: kill process 32013 (bacu

Re: [Bacula-users] How to prevent to schedule a job if the same job is still running

2009-08-30 Thread Ralf Gross
Martina Mohrstein schrieb: > So my question is how could I prevent the schedule of a job when the > same job is already running? Maybe the new Duplicate Job Control feature in 3.0.x helps to prevent this? http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/New_Features.html#515 - Allow Duplicate Jobs - Allow Hi

Re: [Bacula-users] How to prevent to schedule a job if the same job is still running

2009-08-30 Thread Ralf Gross
Silver Salonen schrieb: > On Sunday 30 August 2009 13:58:44 Ralf Gross wrote: > > Martina Mohrstein schrieb: > > > So my question is how could I prevent the schedule of a job when the > > > same job is already running? > > > > Maybe the new Duplicate Job Co

Re: [Bacula-users] Dell PV 124T LTO4 (SAS) drive not supported by mtx?

2009-09-02 Thread Ralf Gross
Christian Rohmann schrieb: > > Here are the devices listed (lsscsi): > > --- cut --- > [1:0:0:0]tapeQUANTUM ULTRIUM 42170 /dev/st0 > [1:0:0:1]mediumx DELL PV-124T 0063 /dev/sch0 > --- cut --- Can you post the 'lsscsi -g' output and try the sg device lsscsi

Re: [Bacula-users] Compatibility of Bacula 3.0.2

2009-09-06 Thread Ralf Gross
Daniel Bareiro schrieb: > > When updating an installation of Debian GNU/Linux testing I see that > with this was updated the installed version of bacula-fd, being > now installed 3.0.2-3+b1, of Debian testing repositories. > > The problem with this is I am observing that, for some reason, the > B

[Bacula-users] Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for:...

2009-09-10 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, bacula 3.0.2 (updated 3 weeks ago). Can anyone explain why bacula is not using a volume from the INV-MPC-Differential pool? status dir: [...] Running Jobs: Console connected at 10-Sep-09 12:06 Console connected at 10-Sep-09 12:19 JobId Level Name Status

Re: [Bacula-users] Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for:...

2009-09-10 Thread Ralf Gross
John Drescher schrieb: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Ralf Gross wrote: > > > > *list media pool=INV-MPC-Differential > > +-++---+-++--+--+-+--+---+---+---

Re: [Bacula-users] Trying to restore data of server A's backup on server B

2009-09-11 Thread Ralf Gross
Willians Vivanco schrieb: > Hi, i need to restore data of server A's backup on to server B > filesystem... Any suggestion? err, where's the problem? What is not working? bconsole -> restore -> -> Restore Client: Ralf --

Re: [Bacula-users] Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for:...

2009-09-11 Thread Ralf Gross
Ralf Gross schrieb: > John Drescher schrieb: > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Ralf Gross wrote: > > > > > > *list medi

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-14 Thread Ralf Gross
Pedro Bordin Hoffmann schrieb: > Hello! > Im doing some backup that required 2, 3 tapes.. so my question is.. > The label of first tape is monday. and when I put a second tape.. should I > name it like monday-2 ? or something else? Or Monday again? > When will I make a second time this backup, sho

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO-4

2009-10-21 Thread Ralf Gross
Bernardus Belang (Berni) schrieb: > > I just want to know, whether or not IBM or HP LTO-4 tape drive connected > to RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 will work with Bakula ? > Thank you for your attention. As long as you OS supports the drive and the changer bacula will be working fine. So first test

Re: [Bacula-users] First Backup Completed - but still confusion, full backup only 23M?

2009-10-23 Thread Ralf Gross
Gabriel - IP Guys schrieb: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] > > Sent: 22 October 2009 18:13 > > To: Gabriel - IP Guys; bacula-users > > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] First Backup Completed - but still > > confusion, full backup only 23M? > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula features

2009-10-30 Thread Ralf Gross
Arno Lehmann schrieb: > > 30.10.2009 07:24, Leslie Rhorer wrote: > > > 2. Span multiple target drives > > Sure. I'm not sure if he might has thought of a single backup job spanning multiple drives. This wouldn't be possible AFAIK. Ralf ---

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula features

2009-10-30 Thread Ralf Gross
James Harper schrieb: > > Arno Lehmann schrieb: > > > > > > 30.10.2009 07:24, Leslie Rhorer wrote: > > > > > > > 2. Span multiple target drives > > > > > > Sure. > > > > I'm not sure if he might has thought of a single backup job spanning > > multiple drives. > > > > This wouldn't be possible AFA

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula features

2009-10-30 Thread Ralf Gross
Arno Lehmann schrieb: > Hi, > > 30.10.2009 11:56, James Harper wrote: > > > >> -Original Message----- > >> From: Ralf Gross [mailto:r...@stz-softwaretechnik.de] On Behalf Of Ralf > > Gross > >> Sent: Friday, 30 October 2009 2

[Bacula-users] Verify Job: Warning: The following files are in the Catalog but not on the Volume(s):

2009-11-03 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, bacula 3.0.2, psql, debian etch Every now and then I receive error mails about missing files from verify jobs where I can't find the problem. The backup job: 31-Okt 03:34 VUMEM004-dir JobId 16728: Bacula VUMEM004-dir 3.0.2 (18Jul09): 31-Okt-2009 03:34:20 Build OS: x86_64-p

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Job: Warning: The following files are in the Catalog but not on the Volume(s):

2009-11-10 Thread Ralf Gross
Martin Simmons schrieb: > >>>>> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:51:17 +0100, Ralf Gross said: > > > > bacula 3.0.2, psql, debian etch > > > > Every now and then I receive error mails about missing files from verify > > jobs > > where I can't fi

Re: [Bacula-users] Verify Job: Warning: The following files are in the Catalog but not on the Volume(s):

2009-11-11 Thread Ralf Gross
Martin Simmons schrieb: > >>>>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:54:26 +0100, Ralf Gross said: > > > > Martin Simmons schrieb: > > > >>>>> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:51:17 +0100, Ralf Gross said: > > > > > > > > bacula 3.0.2, psq

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO4 backup rates

2007-12-20 Thread Ralf Gross
Michael Galloway schrieb: > out of curiosity, i'm wondering what other folks are getting for backup rates > to LTO4. i seem to be getting these sorts of rates: > > local disk backups (3ware raid6 9650SE sata disks/xfs filesystem): > Elapsed time: 8 hours 22 mins > Priority:

[Bacula-users] bconsole -> run: show start time of scheduled jobs

2007-12-24 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, where can I see the scheduled start time of an job that was started with bconsole -> run? I started several jobs this way, all with a start time in the future. After the run command finished, I got an bconsole message for each job "waiting for x seconds". But with status dir I now only see

Re: [Bacula-users] Terminated Jobs Cache?

2008-01-02 Thread Ralf Gross
Drew Bentley schrieb: > So I setup a new backup server with Bacula 2.2.7 EL3 RPM. I was > running some tests to make sure everything checked out ok with my > configs, a few clients. Once my testing was complete, I wanted to > start clean, remove all the old jobs, terminated jobs, etc. > > I figure

Re: [Bacula-users] Terminated Jobs Cache?

2008-01-02 Thread Ralf Gross
Drew Bentley schrieb: > On Jan 2, 2008 2:21 PM, Ralf Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Drew Bentley schrieb: > > > > > So I setup a new backup server with Bacula 2.2.7 EL3 RPM. I was > > > running some tests to make sure everything checked out ok with m

Re: [Bacula-users] Terminated Jobs Cache?

2008-01-02 Thread Ralf Gross
Drew Bentley schrieb: > > > > > > > > > > Terminated Jobs: > > > > > JobId LevelFiles Bytes Status FinishedName > > > > > > > > > > 1 Full 0 0 Error02-Jan-08 13:09 > > > > > mai

[Bacula-users] problem with verify (sql query?)

2008-01-03 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, I've a problem with some verify jobs. My normal backup/verify jobs are running fine. For my archive backups I created a extra psql db - I don't know if this makes a difference. # Catalog Catalog { Name = MyCatalog dbname = bacula; user = bacula; password = verysecret } # Archive Catalog

Re: [Bacula-users] problem with verify (sql query?)

2008-01-03 Thread Ralf Gross
Ralf Gross schrieb: > 03-Jan 10:08 VU0EM005-sd JobId 39: Fatal error: read.c:139 Error > sending to File daemon. ERR=Die Wartezeit für die Verbindung ist > abgelaufen > 03-Jan 10:08 VU0EM005-sd JobId 39: Error: bsock.c:306 Write error > sending 65536 bytes to client:10.60.1.252

[Bacula-users] How does bacula calculate the backup rate value?

2008-01-07 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, debian etch, amd64, postgres 8.1, bacula 2.2.7 I'm a bit confused by rate numbers I get for some backup jobs. In the example below, I get ~24 MB/s if I calculate the backup rate by myself (10h 57m + 943 GB). The rate in bacula's jobs output is just 894 KB/s. Is this rate value something diff

Re: [Bacula-users] How does bacula calculate the backup rate value?

2008-01-08 Thread Ralf Gross
Ralf Gross schrieb: > > I'm a bit confused by rate numbers I get for some backup jobs. In the example > below, I get ~24 MB/s if I calculate the backup rate by myself (10h 57m + 943 > GB). The rate in bacula's jobs output is just 894 KB/s. > > Is this rate value some

[Bacula-users] Feature request: enable/disable compression depending on storage device (disk/tape)

2008-01-11 Thread Ralf Gross
Item 1: enable/disable compression depending on storage device (disk/tape) Origin: Ralf Gross [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008-01-11 Status: Initial Request What: Add a new option to the storage resource of the director. Depending on this option, compression will be enabled

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie Help Configuring Bacula with Dell 132T

2008-01-15 Thread Ralf Gross
Nick - schrieb: > Next I run mtx ?f /dev/sg0 status > > Storage Changer /dev/sg0:2 Drives, 23 Slots ( 1 Import/Export ) > Data Transfer Element 0:Empty > Data Transfer Element 1:Empty > Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=13 > [...] > /mtx ?f /dev/sg0 inquir

Re: [Bacula-users] Backula backup rate values

2008-01-24 Thread Ralf Gross
Timo Neuvonen schrieb: > Below are a few clips from my recent backup logs (2.2.7 on CentOS 5.1). This > has never been a big issue to me, so I haven't bothered me with the rate > values. But could someone advice me what causes the huge difference between > the transfer rate reported by storage d

Re: [Bacula-users] Salon Solutions Linux in Paris - BaculaSystems

2008-01-27 Thread Ralf Gross
Tilman Schmidt schrieb: > >> > >> I saw that there will be Baculasystems in Paris next week. Who knows who's > >> founded this company? > > > > I think that you can get informations here > > http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=professional%20support&[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]&start=0 > > Did you a

Re: [Bacula-users] Debian and Ubuntu Packages updated

2008-01-31 Thread Ralf Gross
Marc Schiffbauer schrieb: > > I just uploaded updated bacula packages to the packman package > repository (Version 2.2.8) > [...] Thanks for the good work! Ralf - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challe

Re: [Bacula-users] Mac OS X Leopard and Bacula 2.2.8 (ACLs)

2008-02-02 Thread Ralf Gross
Hydro Meteor schrieb: > > For those interested in running Bacula 2.2.8 on Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Leopard) > including Leopard Server, I can confirm, with a simple Bacula backup and > restore test, that Bacula does not capture or restore file system resources > that have Access Control List (ACL) metadat

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula and Extended Attributes

2008-02-15 Thread Ralf Gross
Bruno Friedmann schrieb: > Noah Dain wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2008 11:13 AM, Chun Kit Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dear Bruno, > >> > >> You mean that xfs will save ACLs and extended data together with the file > >> instead of meta-data? And without special configuration, Bacula will backup > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula and Extended Attributes

2008-02-15 Thread Ralf Gross
Bruno Friedmann schrieb: > Ralf Gross wrote: > > Bruno Friedmann schrieb: > >> Noah Dain wrote: > >>> On Feb 11, 2008 11:13 AM, Chun Kit Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Dear Bruno, > >>>> > >>>> You mean that x

[Bacula-users] LTO: hardware vs. software compression

2008-02-21 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, at the moment I only backup to tape (LTO-3/4), but soon I'll start to do incremental and differential backups to disk. The gzip compression can only be enabled on a per job basis, thus it will be enabled for full backups to tape too. The manual states that 'it is not generally a good idea to

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO: hardware vs. software compression

2008-02-21 Thread Ralf Gross
John Drescher schrieb: > > So with LTO it seems to be no problem to use gzip and the drives > > hardware compression. > > > > Any thoughts on this? > > > With software compression on an LTO device your backups will take much > longer unless your client can somehow compress at the rate your tape

Re: [Bacula-users] Risks of hardware-compressed data

2008-02-21 Thread Ralf Gross
Dan Langille schrieb: > There was a recent discussion of hardware versus software compression. > In general, I recommend hardware compression, unless your software can > keep up with your tape drive. > > Is all hardware compression compatible? > > Given a tape containing compressed data, can it

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula tape drive can test but not use for job s

2008-02-25 Thread Ralf Gross
Justin Francesconi schrieb: > Well, it turns out there was an issue with the bacula-dir.conf as stated. > It works fine and btape can mostly control the drive, except for every time > I try to run a backup job to the tape, I get the following error: > Cannot find any appendable volumes. > Please us

Re: [Bacula-users] show nextvol crashes director

2008-02-26 Thread Ralf Gross
Tilman Schmidt schrieb: > On two of my Bacula installations, entering the command "show nextvol" > in bconsole frequently crashes the director. Symptoms: > - bconsole exits (shell prompt appears) > - bacula-dir process exits (vanishes) > - after restarting bacula-dir and re-entering bconsole, I rec

Re: [Bacula-users] Delete old job files from File Storage file

2008-02-29 Thread Ralf Gross
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > I have a FileVolume that is full. How do I purge about 50% of the files in > this volume? > > This is why I need to reduce the size of the file. > The FileVolume is in a partition that is now full. You can't free space of volumes partially. You have to purge the vol

Re: [Bacula-users] Restoring a most recent backup from two devices

2008-02-29 Thread Ralf Gross
Carlos André schrieb: > I got a little problem here in my work :)... > > Backup policy we use a IBM LTO-3 to make full backups on fridays > and a HP DAT72 to make incremental backups from monday to thursday > > I trying to implement Bacula (2.2.8) using same policy (LTO 3 on fridays to > full bac

Re: [Bacula-users] Restoring a most recent backup from two devices

2008-03-01 Thread Ralf Gross
Carlos André schrieb: > I got a little problem here in my work :)... > > Backup policy we use a IBM LTO-3 to make full backups on fridays > and a HP DAT72 to make incremental backups from monday to thursday > > I trying to implement Bacula (2.2.8) using same policy (LTO 3 on fridays to > full bac

[Bacula-users] Fatal error: bsock.c:415 Packet size too big from "Client:....

2008-03-02 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, during Volume2Catalog verify jobs I sometimes get a "Packet size too big..." error message and the job fails. The error usually doesn't appear during a verify rerun of the same job (debian etch, bacula 2.2.7). 02-Jan 17:55 VU0EM005-sd JobId 34: End of file 249 on device "LTO3" (/dev/ULTRIUM-

Re: [Bacula-users] Clean volume file

2008-10-06 Thread Ralf Gross
Riho Lodi schrieb: > > Can I clean up volume file from old backup jobs (files) to make volume > file smaller? no, you can only recyle the whole volume. Ralf - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Develope

[Bacula-users] sd died after Device /dev/... - not ready, retrying

2008-10-07 Thread Ralf Gross
Hi, last night I was hit by a mtx/drive problem. 20081007-00:02:22 Doing mtx -f /dev/Neo4100 load 96 2 20081007-00:02:22 Device /dev/ULTRIUM-TD4-D3 - not ready, retrying... 20081007-00:02:23 Device /dev/ULTRIUM-TD4-D3 - not ready, retrying... [...] 20081007-00:07:35 Parms: /dev/Neo4100 loaded 96

Re: [Bacula-users] sd died after Device /dev/... - not ready, retrying

2008-10-07 Thread Ralf Gross
Arno Lehmann schrieb: > Perhaps a hardware-related problem? Have you had a look into the > system's log files? Didn't find anything related in the logs. > > Then the sd died: > > Now that's bad... even in case of a seriuos problem the SD shouldn't die. > > > 07-Okt 00:19 VU0EA003-sd: ABORTI

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup Speed

2008-10-09 Thread Ralf Gross
Stefan Lubitz schrieb: > [...] > 08-Oct 22:06 BACKUP3-sd JobId 10: Job write elapsed time = 06:26:12, > Transfer rate = 70.36 M bytes/second The job is writing with 70.36 MB/s to the spool device, which seems to be ok to me. > [...] > 09-Oct 04:53 BACKUP3-sd JobId 10: Despooling elapsed time = 0

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula refusing to mount tapes even when they are purged

2008-10-28 Thread Ralf Gross
Chris Howells schrieb: > I am running bacula 2.4.3 with an IBM TS3100 autochanger. The setup has > been running fine for a year, but we've recently added a third tape to > each pool, and since then bacula happy writes to the first two tapes, > but then refuses to go any further, even though the

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-05 Thread Ralf Gross
Doytchin Spiridonov schrieb: > > the no.1 item from the list here: > > http://www.bacula.org/en/?page=projects > > > Item: 1 Accurate restoration of renamed/deleted files That's the most important new feature I'm looking forward to. I recently was hit by a filesystem corruption and had to

Re: [Bacula-users] What new feature are you waiting for?

2008-11-06 Thread Ralf Gross
Doytchin Spiridonov schrieb: > By the way I am curious what percentage of users using Bacula are > aware of your experience. It is mentioned in the docs but I am sure > a lot of people miss that info. > > We also run a find script - this helps to remove the revived deleted > files after restore...

Re: [Bacula-users] Incremental only scheduling (was: Re: What new feature are you waiting for?)

2008-11-10 Thread Ralf Gross
Kjetil Torgrim Homme schrieb: > [...] > any comments? I might write a patch to do this, at least the first > two directives, so let me hear it if you think it should be done > differently :-) I like the changes about the SpoolData and Compression directives. I posted a feature request to the li

Re: [Bacula-users] Can I enable compression in the schedule resource?

2008-12-04 Thread Ralf Gross
pedro moreno schrieb: >Hi people. > >I want to know if this is possible, I have 1 tape device where I > save my Full backups, my Differential backups goes to my hard disk, > when I run the Full backups, my compression is disable in order to use > my device HW compression, but my differenti

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