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
