Actually I found my error, I never formatted the DVD, as it was blank I assumed I didn't need to. I don't know why I would make such an assumption since even in windows and on set top boxes the blank media is formatted first. Anyway I ran this; "dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024 count=512 | growisofs -Z /dev/hdb=/dev/fd/0" and then ran a couple test runs both backing up and restoring and it worked great. I am unsure how I am going to utilize this in my backup scheme, currently I have 2 200 gig hard drives set up in a raid1 mirror with software and I am doing a daily rotational backup of 5 windows clients a linux firewall and the box I have bacula on, maybe I can do a weekly or monthly on DVD for extra security.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arno Lehmann Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 1:51 PM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Help with DVD storage Hi, On 9/23/2006 10:37 PM, Jim Peters wrote: > ... Anyway this new box also has a DVD+RW drive so I thought I would > experiment with using bacula to write to DVD's , here is my configuration; ... > What have I done wrong or forgot to do at all? I am lost as to where to > look, any ideas appreciated. Oh and I am using version 1.38.9 of bacula, Well, trying to use DVD as a backup medium with Bacula is definitely something for beta testing currently. You should try the latest released beta version to start with, follow the bacula-devel mailing list - also look through the archives as there is lots of exchange recently regarding DVD writing - and report problems to the developers mailing list, too. Apart from this probably rather discouraging advice I get the impression that DVD writing is slowly becoming usable. Arno > Thanks > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
