[Bacula-users] possible to to the compression on the sd side?
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 other jobs on the old server and other sheduled backup jobs. The old server is busy(lots of scripts eating up cpu cycles) and overloaded. I wonder if I can do the compression on the storage daemon side because the backup server is new and has 4 cores. and I do need to do the compression because I only have 1T raid1 on the backup serve. Thanks a lot, -- Zhengquan -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] start jobs waiting for execution after modifying maximum concurrent jobs?
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 my backup server. Thanks a lot, -- Zhengquan -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole but it runs incremental after one full?
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.
Either way, for your Schedule entry you need Level=
before the work Full.
Schedule {
Name = test
Run = Level=Full at 11:50
}
Thank John for pointing out this, I searched the documentation and it
should be like what you said. But I wonder why bacula does not give me
an error or warning when I did not get the config correct.
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
.
.
}
I don't understand the point of a default backup level. 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?
The point of the default backup level is for when you need to
run a job by hand from the console.
If you don't run anything other than Fulls (for example), you
can just define the backup level in one place. If you run
multiple levels, you set those in the schedule, but you set
the default level in the Job, so that on the occasion you need
to run a job manually, it will select a certain level of job.
In your case, it sounds like you are most interested in
running incremental jobs by hand, so setting the default
level to Incremental makes the most sense. In my case,
I'm generally not as worried about Incremental jobs as I am
about the failure of a Full, so my default level is Full.
Thanks John, it makes sense to me.
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Re: [Bacula-users] Is it a good idea to use bacula if Irarely havenetwork connection?
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:57:31AM -0400, John Lockard wrote: For backing up a laptop locally, bacula seems to be HUGE overkill. How long will you be keeping these backups? How many backups will you be keeping? My guess is that you'd be better served by a little scripting, rsync and cron. Each day, establish a new directory by date, then hourly run rsync to that location. Or, Each day establish a new directory by date, create a watcher file, then hourly run a 'find [dir] -newer /path/to/watcher' to establish a list of files which have changed, then 'touch /path/to/watcher'. From the list of files which changed, tar them to backup location. Depending on how you want to keep files, you'll either have a date directory (/backups/20090527) with all of the days changed files in it, or you'll have a date directory with hourly subdirs with the hourly changes (/backups/20090527/01, etc.). Then, when you're back at the office, where the bacula server is, you kick off a backup manually which will backup your /backups directory. 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 On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 06:29:28PM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: 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 to the same disk used for actual backup data. So Can I just back the directory where the database is? That is not a good way to backup a database. You need to run mysqldupm instead and backup the text file it generates. What John said. Not only does this ensure that your backup contains a valid MySQL dump, it also exercises the database. That is, the act of running mysqldump reads every part of the databases and dumps it out. If there is any 'hidden' problem with the databases, chances are, you'll find out about it during the dump process itself. Said explanation applies to all databases IMHO. Thanks John and Dan for pointing out this for me. I will definetely do that. Zhengquan - -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoZz0wACgkQCgsXFM/7nTxhwACffVigKxm386DGzYhGlxBkqIhv 0usAoJnpJxahzI+T8sppKdJtG9g7J4fm =lzRI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Zhengquan -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Yes, evil comes in many forms, whether it be a man-eating cow or Joseph Stalin, but you can't let the package hide the pudding! Evil is just plain bad! You don't cotton to it. You gotta smack it in the nose with the rolled-up newspaper of goodness! Bad dog! Bad dog! - The Tick --- John M. Lockard | U of Michigan - School of Information Unix and Security Admin | 1214 SI North - 1075 Beal Ave. jlock...@umich.edu |Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2112 www.umich.edu/~jlockard | 734-615-8776 | 734-647-8045 FAX --- -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Zhengquan -- Register
Re: [Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole butitruns incremental after one full?
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. The Level is normally overridden by a different value that is specified in the Schedule resource. This directive is not required, but must be specified either by a Level directive or as an override specified in the Schedule resource. So, you have to specify level *somewhere*, either in the job definition, or in the shedule, and nothing technically prevents you specifying it in the both places as well. The one specified in the job definition is a default that may be overridden elsewhere: in the schedule, or on command line when running a job manually. If you want to control the default that is offered to you when running jobs manually from the command line, then you have to define the level (at least) in the job definition. Specifying it in the job definition allows you not to repeat it every time if you had several lines (to be run on the same level) in your schedule. The decision where to do it, is up to you. Just choose the way you feel most comfortable with. Thanks Timo, Now I figured that the default run level for a job is incremental, so if I don't specify the run level in job resources and when I manually run a job, it will be incremental. the run level specified in schedule does not matter in this manually run case. Regards, Zhengquan -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Is it a good idea to use bacula if I rarely havenetwork connection?
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 occasionally I will bring it to the campus where I can access the university wireless. I plan to install bacula-dir, sd, and fd all on my laptop and make my backup job run hourly. Running backup hourly, without network connection? To what media? Sounds a little bit paranoid to me. I edit documents at home even when I don't have network connection, that is why I want to run it hourly. Last time I wrongly edited a document and found the latest backup I manually made was 3 days ago.. and if I had the chance to connect to wireless network. I will manually run a job which connects to the storage daemon on a server in the lab. If you plan to install dir and sd to your laptop too, do you really plan to run backups when not connected to university's network? For example, do you use some external hard disk as a storage media when not in the network? Yes, I plan to run backups even when I don't have network connectioin for my laptop. I plan to backup the data to another home directory named bacula. backing up to an external hard drive would be a good option too. If you plan to backup only to the storage daemon in the campus network, you actually have no use of the local storage daemon. And if you still use a The problem is most of the time my laptop is disconnected so I need to backup locally first. local director, you'll have a problem where to keep the catalog -technically you can keep it on your laptop, but if your laptop crashes, you'll have trouble with restores if you haven't set up a system to have at least the catalog available back *before* being able to run bacula restore job. Thanks for reminding me this. So as I understand the catlog thing is written by the storate daemon not the director? Maybe just the file daemon is enough, and run the job manually when you know you'll have the network connection available for a long enough time? This opens me another problem, my laptop ip will be dynamic so It will be hard for the director on a server to find my laptop. I searched the archive and did not find a definitive answer as to dynamically register hostname. But Definetely I will try. So I guess my backup for laptop would be two fold. 1 backup locally no matter I have network or not. on laptop harddrive or an external harddrive. 2 manually backup to server once I get the chance to connect to network.(first I need to solve the dynamic ip problem) Thanks for your help, Timo, I appreciate it a lot. My question is is it a good idea to do so, or if there is better solutions for my situation? Thanks for any insights and ideas. -- Zhengquan -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Zhengquan -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Is it a good idea to use bacula if Irarely havenetwork connection?
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 don't have another database server at home? I have already installed mysql on my laptop( it is running debian sid). 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 to the same disk used for actual backup data. So Can I just back the directory where the database is? And remember to back up your Bacula conf files to that disk, too. I mean, simply copy them though bacula might also back them up for you, so you'll don't have to start from the scratch guessing how was your configuration in case you computer some day crashes. Thanks for this point, I will copy them to a safe place. By the way, you never mentioned what OS you have in your laptop. If it's Linux, no problem. If it's Windows, AFAIK dir and sd are available but currently unsupported in that environment. So running something else but the fd on Windows could be a little bit more challenging. I am running debian linux, so I guess that should not be a problem. Maybe just the file daemon is enough, and run the job manually when you know you'll have the network connection available for a long enough time? This opens me another problem, my laptop ip will be dynamic so It will be hard for the director on a server to find my laptop. I searched the archive and did not find a definitive answer as to dynamically register hostname. But Definetely I will try. This shouldn't be a problem for Bacula, if the dynamic ip is registered to the DNS. Then you'll just use the FQDN of your laptop in the confs, not the ip address. Without knowing the local network there, I've no idea if this is possible or not. I am not very familiar with the dns stuff, So I may sound a little dumb here. Each time I ssh to another machine, it would say Last login: Sun May 24 15:38:30 2009 from wireless-165-124-115-104.nuwlan.northwestern.edu so I guess temporarily my hostname(or the FQDN) is wireless-165-124-115-104.nuwlan.northwestern.edu. But this name is always changing because each time I connect to the university network, it assigned me a new ip. So I guess if I can have my hostname(FQDN) fixed, the server can find my laptop using FQDN. I am using dhcp3-client. So I wonder If I can register my desired dns through my client side so each time I connect the dhcp network, my hostname can be registered in the dns server. Thanks for all the helpful advice! -- Zhengquan -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Is it a good idea to use bacula if Irarely havenetwork connection?
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 to the same disk used for actual backup data. So Can I just back the directory where the database is? That is not a good way to backup a database. You need to run mysqldupm instead and backup the text file it generates. What John said. Not only does this ensure that your backup contains a valid MySQL dump, it also exercises the database. That is, the act of running mysqldump reads every part of the databases and dumps it out. If there is any 'hidden' problem with the databases, chances are, you'll find out about it during the dump process itself. Said explanation applies to all databases IMHO. Thanks John and Dan for pointing out this for me. I will definetely do that. Zhengquan - -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoZz0wACgkQCgsXFM/7nTxhwACffVigKxm386DGzYhGlxBkqIhv 0usAoJnpJxahzI+T8sppKdJtG9g7J4fm =lzRI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Zhengquan -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole but it runs incremental after one full?
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.
Either way, for your Schedule entry you need Level=
before the work Full.
Schedule {
Name = test
Run = Level=Full at 11:50
}
Thank John for pointing out this, I searched the documentation and it
should be like what you said. But I wonder why bacula does not give me
an error or warning when I did not get the config correct.
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
.
.
}
I don't understand the point of a default backup level. 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 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: job_backup1
Run Backup job
JobName: job_backup1
Level:Incremental
Client: client_backup1
FileSet: fileset_backup1
Pool: Default (From Job resource)
Storage: storage_backup1 (From Job resource)
When: 2009-05-22 11:49:34
Priority: 10
OK to run? (yes/mod/no):
the schedule section is listed below;
Schedule {
Name = test
Run = Full at 11:50
}
attached is bacula-dir.conf
#
# Default Bacula Director Configuration file
#
# The only thing that MUST be changed is to add one or more
# file or directory names in the Include directive of the
# FileSet resource.
#
# For Bacula release 2.4.4 (28 December 2008) -- debian lenny/sid
#
# You might also want to change the default email address
# from root to your address. See the mail and operator
# directives in the Messages resource.
#
Director {# define myself
Name = director_backup1
DIRport = 9101# where we listen for UA connections
QueryFile = /etc/bacula/scripts/query.sql
WorkingDirectory = /var/lib/bacula
PidDirectory = /var/run/bacula
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
Password = CLEANED # Console password
Messages = Daemon
DirAddress = 127.0.0.1
}
Job {
Name = job_backup1
Type = Backup
Client = client_backup1
FileSet = fileset_backup1
Pool = Default
Schedule = test
Full Backup Pool = pool_backup1_full
Differential Backup Pool = pool_backup1_diff
Incremental Backup Pool = pool_backup1_inc
Messages = Standard
Storage = storage_backup1
Write Bootstrap = /var/lib/bacula/job_backup1.bsr
Priority = 10
}
# List of files to be backed up
FileSet {
Name = fileset_backup1
Include {
Options {
signature = MD5
}
File = /etc
File = /home/zhengquan
File = /var
}
Exclude {
File = /proc
File = /tmp
File = /.journal
File = /.fsck
}
}
#test schedule
Schedule {
Name = test
Run = Full at 11:50
}
# backup1, the backup server itself
Client {
Name = client_backup1
Address = backup1
FDPort = 9102
Catalog = MyCatalog
Password = CLEANED # password for FileDaemon
File Retention = 60 days# 60 days
Job Retention = 6 months# six months
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
}
# Definition of file storage device
Storage {
Name = storage_backup1
Address = backup1# N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
SDPort = 9103
Password = CLEANED
Device = device_backup1
Media Type = File
}
# Generic catalog service
Catalog {
Name = MyCatalog
dbname = CLEANED; dbuser = CLEANED; dbpassword = CLEANED
}
# Reasonable message delivery -- send most everything to email address
# and to the console
Messages {
Name = Standard
mailcommand = /usr/lib/bacula/bsmtp -h localhost -f \\(Bacula\)
\%r\\ -s \Bacula: %t %e of %c %l\ %r
operatorcommand = /usr/lib/bacula/bsmtp -h localhost -f \\(Bacula\)
\%r\\ -s \Bacula: Intervention needed for %j\ %r
mail = zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com = all, !skipped
operator = zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com = mount
console = all, !skipped, !saved
#
# WARNING! the following will create a file that you must cycle from
# time to time as it will grow indefinitely. However, it will
# also keep all your messages if they scroll off the console.
#
append = /var/lib/bacula/log = all, !skipped
}
#
# Message delivery for daemon
Re: [Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole but itruns incremental after one full?
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 07:09:51PM +0300, Timo Neuvonen wrote:
(Sorry John, I first accidentally sent this to you instead of the list)
Subject: Re: run full backup in bconsole but itruns incremental after one
full?
When you run a job by hand the schedule isn't involved.
Either way, for your Schedule entry you need Level=
before the work Full.
Schedule {
Name = test
Run = Level=Full at 11:50
}
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
.
.
}
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:48:07AM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
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: job_backup1
Run Backup job
JobName: job_backup1
Level:Incremental
Client: client_backup1
FileSet: fileset_backup1
Pool: Default (From Job resource)
Storage: storage_backup1 (From Job resource)
When: 2009-05-22 11:49:34
Priority: 10
OK to run? (yes/mod/no):
One further note, that may be very obvious, but since this was a learning
phase (well, it always is a learning phase, after a few years we just have
proceeded to a little higher level in the studies...)
Thank you, Timo for your patience to a learner.
When running jobs manually, any of the job parameters (level, pool, etc) may
be changed manually from the command line by answering mod to the prompt
above. These changes do not modify the original confs, but affect just to
this spesific run.
So, if it were intentional that job is normally run as incremental by
default, for a single manual run it still could be promoted to full by
answering mod. Or vice versa (if there is no reason like a modified
fileset why the system automatically promotes it anyway)
But obviously there was a need to add level spec to job definition, wheter
it should be full or whichever. IMO, it's a kind of important setting that
it's not a good idea to only trust on internal defaults, explicitly
Thanks for pointing this out. But if I do set the runlevel for each
backup task in the schedule section of the configuration file. Do I
still need a level=** in a job definition? I remember for a few
config files I saw on the web, the level of the backup are always
explicitly stated in the schedule section. So I don't truly understand
why we neede a default backup level in the job definition. Could you
help me understand this?
mentioning the level in the conf file makes it easier to read and understand
the configuration. However, to keep the conf more clear, I think it's a good
idea to specify in the job definition a level that will be used most often,
and only specify a minimal amount of changes in the schedule. So, I would
usually prefer incremental in the job definition, unless it's really
desirable to run the job as full every time. In this sense, in the
original conf the full setting only in the schedule seemed reasonable.
Btw, if there is a need to add more job definitions to the conf in the
future, have a look at job defaults section. This way there is no need to
repeat all the settings for every job definition. It's a kind of named
macro that is referred to in the job definition.
Thanks for this suggestion. I will definetely use this feature once I
get the backup running correctly.
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Re: [Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole but it runs incremental after one full?
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 bacula-dir.conf file. -- Zhengquan -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Is it a good idea to use bacula if I rarely have network connection?
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. I plan to install bacula-dir, sd, and fd all on my laptop and make my backup job run hourly. and if I had the chance to connect to wireless network. I will manually run a job which connects to the storage daemon on a server in the lab. My question is is it a good idea to do so, or if there is better solutions for my situation? Thanks for any insights and ideas. -- Zhengquan -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] run full backup in bconsole but it runs incremental after one full?
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: job_backup1
Run Backup job
JobName: job_backup1
Level:Incremental
Client: client_backup1
FileSet: fileset_backup1
Pool: Default (From Job resource)
Storage: storage_backup1 (From Job resource)
When: 2009-05-22 11:49:34
Priority: 10
OK to run? (yes/mod/no):
the schedule section is listed below;
Schedule {
Name = test
Run = Full at 11:50
}
attached is bacula-dir.conf
#
# Default Bacula Director Configuration file
#
# The only thing that MUST be changed is to add one or more
# file or directory names in the Include directive of the
# FileSet resource.
#
# For Bacula release 2.4.4 (28 December 2008) -- debian lenny/sid
#
# You might also want to change the default email address
# from root to your address. See the mail and operator
# directives in the Messages resource.
#
Director {# define myself
Name = director_backup1
DIRport = 9101# where we listen for UA connections
QueryFile = /etc/bacula/scripts/query.sql
WorkingDirectory = /var/lib/bacula
PidDirectory = /var/run/bacula
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
Password = rF62q2AmEh16ecBbeV3lTs74t3u0AYx33 # Console password
Messages = Daemon
DirAddress = 127.0.0.1
}
Job {
Name = job_backup1
Type = Backup
Client = client_backup1
FileSet = fileset_backup1
Pool = Default
Schedule = test
Full Backup Pool = pool_backup1_full
Differential Backup Pool = pool_backup1_diff
Incremental Backup Pool = pool_backup1_inc
Messages = Standard
Storage = storage_backup1
Write Bootstrap = /var/lib/bacula/job_backup1.bsr
Priority = 10
}
# List of files to be backed up
FileSet {
Name = fileset_backup1
Include {
Options {
signature = MD5
}
File = /etc
File = /home/zhengquan
File = /var
}
Exclude {
File = /proc
File = /tmp
File = /.journal
File = /.fsck
}
}
#test schedule
Schedule {
Name = test
Run = Full at 11:50
}
# backup1, the backup server itself
Client {
Name = client_backup1
Address = backup1
FDPort = 9102
Catalog = MyCatalog
Password = eGZTerS3s5Wdye3uO0k3ejoKALchE2QXCQ5 # password for
FileDaemon
File Retention = 60 days# 60 days
Job Retention = 6 months# six months
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
}
# Definition of file storage device
Storage {
Name = storage_backup1
Address = backup1# N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
SDPort = 9103
Password = 8GGBGvyuXppCgc3YxoPe5nDiX5yYhKIO22gmITaKg
Device = device_backup1
Media Type = File
}
# Generic catalog service
Catalog {
Name = MyCatalog
dbname = bacula; dbuser = bacula; dbpassword = bacula
}
# Reasonable message delivery -- send most everything to email address
# and to the console
Messages {
Name = Standard
mailcommand = /usr/lib/bacula/bsmtp -h localhost -f \\(Bacula\) \%r\\ -s
\Bacula: %t %e of %c %l\ %r
operatorcommand = /usr/lib/bacula/bsmtp -h localhost -f \\(Bacula\)
\%r\\ -s \Bacula: Intervention needed for %j\ %r
mail = zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com = all, !skipped
operator = zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com = mount
console = all, !skipped, !saved
#
# WARNING! the following will create a file that you must cycle from
# time to time as it will grow indefinitely. However, it will
# also keep all your messages if they scroll off the console.
#
append = /var/lib/bacula/log = all, !skipped
}
#
# Message delivery for daemon messages (no job).
Messages {
Name = Daemon
mailcommand = /usr/lib/bacula/bsmtp -h localhost -f \\(Bacula\) \%r\\ -s
\Bacula daemon message\ %r
mail = zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com = all, !skipped
console = all, !skipped, !saved
append = /var/lib/bacula/log = all, !skipped
}
Pool {
Name = pool_backup1_full
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 6 months
Label Format = backup1_full_
Maximum Volume Bytes = 500M
}
Pool {
Name = pool_backup1_diff
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
# default 1 year
Volume Retention = 30d
Label Format = backup1_diff_
Maximum Volume Bytes = 500M
}
Pool {
Name = pool_backup1_inc
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
# default 1 year
Volume Retention = 7d
Maximum Volumes = 7
Label Format = backup1_inc_
Maximum Volume Bytes = 100M
}
# Default pool definition
Pool {
Name = Default
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 365 days
[Bacula-users] recommend a setup guide for debian uses with mysql?
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 point to a debian bacula mysql setup guide? Thanks, -- Zhengquan -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] backup plan for critique
On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 09:14:19AM +0200, Maarten Hoogveld wrote: 2009/5/4 Zhengquan Zhang zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com 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 complexity to the backup? This is not something you have to know about to be able to use Bacula. The database is used to store all information about the backups which have been made including all files and their metadata. A database is the most efficient way to store that data. For small installations a sqlite database is sufficient which hardly needs any setup. Read the documentation about it. Thanks a lot Maarten, your reply definetely helped me a lot. Regards, -- Zhengquan -- The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] backup plan for critique
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 complexity to the backup? 2. the folders I would like to backup are monk /home 79G /etc /srv/bitten 2G /srv/www 23G /srv/pub 32G /srv/svnrepos 2G /srv/trac 1.5G /var 2G total 160G ccl /home 19G // everyone's public_html and .maildir directory /home/httpd 43G /etc /usr1 83G //including mailman and postgresql database /var 8G /Public 115G /usr/local/cvsroot 3G total 200G I have got two 1T drive for raid1. so I have 1T space. considering the size of my drive, what would be a reasonable back scheme? How frequently should I do the full backup and how frequently should I do the incremental backup? 3. How large would the db grow if for example I do a full backup of the above contents? Does bacula compress the contents? Thanks for any suggestions and I am open to reading documents. -- Zhengquan -- Register Now Save for Velocity, the Web Performance Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
