Re: [Bacula-users] Help with DVD storage
On Sunday 24 September 2006 20:51, Arno Lehmann wrote: 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. Yes, with 1.39.23 is now appears to be quite usable and for the first time in several years has the possibility of becoming production rather than beta software, though we are not yet there. 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Help with DVD storage
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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Help with DVD storage
I decided that the box I had bacula installed in was a little
week so I removed the 3 hard drives and stuck them in an old AMD Dual Athlon box
I use for testing and building linux stuff on but has been sitting Idle for a few
months. I love linux, try swapping windows hard drives to different hardware like
this and see the pretty blue screens come up! Anyway this new box also has a
DVD+RW drive so I thought I would experiment with using bacula to write to DVDs
, here is my configuration;
Bacula-sd.conf
#
# A DVD device
#
Device {
Name =
DVD-RW
Media Type = DVD
Archive Device =
/dev/hdb
LabelMedia =
yes;
# lets Bacula label unlabeled media
Random Access = Yes;
AutomaticMount =
no;
# when device opened, read it
RemovableMedia = yes;
AlwaysOpen = no;
MaximumPartSize =
800M;
Requires Mount = yes;
Mount Point =
/mnt/dvd;
Mount Command
= /bin/mount -t iso9660 -o ro %a %m;
Unmount Command =
/bin/umount %m;
Spool Directory =
/tmp/backup;
Write Part Command =
/etc/bacula/dvd-handler %a write %e %v
Free Space Command =
/etc/bacula/dvd-handler %a free
}
#
And my bacula-dir.conf
Job {
Name =
BackupHome
Type =
Backup
Level =
Full
Client =
Server-fd
FileSet =
Home
Storage =
dvd
Pool =
Default
Priority =
10
Messages = Standard
WriteBootstrap =
/var/bacula/Server-fd.bsr
Write Part After Job =
yes
}
Storage {
Name = dvd
Address =
192.168.0.4
SDPort = 9103
Password =
password
Device = DVD-RW
Media Type = DVD
}
If you see anything that should be changed please let me know,
I really have no clue as to what Im doing here but am giving it a shot.
After setting up these files I stuck a brand new +RW disc in
the drive and ran the BackupHome job. It starts the job and never really gives
me any errors and doesnt end the job either all I see is this,
Job started. JobId=32
23-Sep 14:50 Server-dir: Start Backup JobId 32,
Job=BackupHome.2006-09-23_14.50.02
23-Sep 14:50 Server-sd: Please mount Volume
DefaultVolume-0002 on Storage Device DVD-RW (/dev/hdb)
for Job BackupHome.2006-09-23_14.50.02
Am I supposed to manually mount the DVD at this point? I
thought bacula wrote to the device in a raw format and didnt need to be
mounted? And if it does I would think the mount command =
derective would take care of this?
Here is what I see in my message log;
Sep 23 14:50:05 server
kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Sep 23 14:50:05 server
kernel: hdb: rw=0, want=68, limit=4
Sep 23 14:50:05 server
kernel: isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hdb, iso_blknum=16, block=16
Sep 23 14:50:06 server
kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Sep 23 14:50:06 server
kernel: hdb: rw=0, want=68, limit=4
Sep 23 14:50:06 server
kernel: isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hdb, iso_blknum=16, block=16
Sep 23 14:50:06 server
kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Sep 23 14:50:06 server
kernel: hdb: rw=0, want=68, limit=4
Sep 23 14:50:06 server
kernel: isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hdb, iso_blknum=16, block=16
Sep 23 14:50:07 server
kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Sep 23 14:50:07 server
kernel: hdb: rw=0, want=68, limit=4
Sep 23 14:50:07 server
kernel: isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hdb, iso_blknum=16, block=16
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,
Thanks
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