[Bacula-users] backup plan for critique

2009-05-04 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
Hello bacula community, I am a newbie to bacula and backup but I have decided to use it for our backup scheme:) we will backup two servers to a backup server. I have got a few questions that I have not figured out the answer. 1.why does bacula use db as backend? why add additional this level of

Re: [Bacula-users] backup plan for critique

2009-05-07 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 09:14:19AM +0200, Maarten Hoogveld wrote: > 2009/5/4 Zhengquan Zhang > > > Hello bacula community, > > > > I am a newbie to bacula and backup but I have decided to use it for our > > backup scheme:) we will backup two servers to a backup se

[Bacula-users] recommend a setup guide for debian uses with mysql?

2009-05-15 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
Hello, bacula users, I am newbie to bacula and was trying to setup bacula to do backup for several servers. the official doc is really daunting. and I searched web but there seems to be no detailed guide for step-for-step setup with mysql. I wonder if anyone has the same experience before and can p

[Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole but it runs incremental after one full?

2009-05-22 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
Hello, The first time I run the job it runs full well, but I tried to run it more times, it will run incremental automatically. Could anyone help me understand this? I am learning bacula and please forgive me for this easy question. *run A job name must be specified. Automatically selected Job:

Re: [Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole but it runs incremental after one full?

2009-05-23 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
Since after all I will set the levels explicitly in the schedule resources. Is there some exceptional case when a default bacckup level is useful? > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:48:07AM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The first time I run the job it runs

Re: [Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole but itruns incremental after one full?

2009-05-23 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
; > But, your problem is that your Job doesn't have a Default > > Level defined. You'll need something like this: > > > > Job { > > Name = "job_backup1" > > Type = Backup > > Level = Full > > . > > . > > } &g

Re: [Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole but it runs incremental after one full?

2009-05-23 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 02:21:26PM -0400, John Lockard wrote: > Also, when you post your configs, it would be a really good idea > to remove password and account information. Thanks John, Can anyone use the passwords to connect to my bacula right? Because I already specified the clients in the bac

[Bacula-users] Is it a good idea to use bacula if I rarely have network connection?

2009-05-23 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
Hello, I have already deployed bacula to back up a few servers in a lab environment. Now I wonder if I can do it on my laptop. Most of the time I use the laptop at home where I have not network connection. But occasionally I will bring it to the campus where I can access the university wireless.

Re: [Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole butitruns incremental after one full?

2009-05-24 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 02:59:31PM +0300, Timo Neuvonen wrote: > >From Bacula manual (concerning "level" in job definition): > > The Level directive specifies the default Job level to > be run. Each different Job Type (Backup, Restore, ...) has a different > set of Levels that can be specified

Re: [Bacula-users] Is it a good idea to use bacula if I rarely havenetwork connection?

2009-05-24 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 03:23:19PM +0300, Timo Neuvonen wrote: > > Hello, > > I have already deployed bacula to back up a few servers in a lab > > environment. Now I wonder if I can do it on my laptop. > > > > Most of the time I use the laptop at home where I have not network > > connection. But oc

Re: [Bacula-users] Is it a good idea to use bacula if Irarely havenetwork connection?

2009-05-24 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:35:00PM +0300, Timo Neuvonen wrote: > Catalog is written by the Director, using some supported database engine > (like MySQL). In principle, it don't have to reside on the same computer > with the director, but in this case it obviously has to, since you obviously > do

Re: [Bacula-users] Is it a good idea to use bacula if Irarely havenetwork connection?

2009-05-24 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 06:50:52PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > John Drescher wrote: > >>> So, if you run backups locally to an external disk, you could back up the > >>> catalog by taking an ascii dump of the database, and copying the dump file

Re: [Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole but it runs incremental after one full?

2009-05-27 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:46:44AM -0400, John Lockard wrote: > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 12:11:28PM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 02:12:13PM -0400, John Lockard wrote: > > > When you run a job by hand the schedule isn't involved. > > >

Re: [Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole but it runs incremental after one full?

2009-05-27 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:41:09AM -0400, John Lockard wrote: > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 12:23:32PM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 02:21:26PM -0400, John Lockard wrote: > > > Also, when you post your configs, it would be a really good idea > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Is it a good idea to use bacula if Irarely havenetwork connection?

2009-05-27 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
Thanks for your kind suggestions, anyway I have already managed to get bacula working on my laptop to do backup hourly for my documents. I save them to another home directory on the harddrive. Aside from installing a postfix mysql server on my laptop, it works ok.. Regards, > > -John

[Bacula-users] possible to to the compression on the sd side?

2009-05-29 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
Hello bacula list, I have got a full backup on and old and busy web and mail server (Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz) and after 3 days it has not yet finished. I chose gzip compression in the config files. default compression level is gzip 6. Now the problem is it is significantly affecting oth

[Bacula-users] start jobs waiting for execution after modifying maximum concurrent jobs?

2009-05-29 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
Hi, bacula list, I modified the maximum concurrent jobs from default 1 to 20. (I have different deviced for different clients) and I did a reload in bconsole. But the jobs waiting for execution don't start automatically. Is there a way to start them all. One slow job has affected other jobs on