In response to "Keith Phipps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > When I first logged in I had some messages, I typed 'messages' and got > them - sort of skimmed through to see what kinds of messages bacula gives. I > made the poor assumption that they'd still be there when I went back - I was > incorrect. Is there a log that these are logged to somewhere? There were > valid errors in there about labels that I would like to see.
Console messages are gone after you view them. Hopefully, your admin configured the system to save those messages to a log file as well, which is pretty common. Look for the "messages" section in bacula-dir's config file to find out what it's doing. > Also, if it's stating: > > Archive "DATACENTER-TAPE1" is not open or does not exist. > > Is this a permissions issue perhaps? I'm currently going through the > tutorial I found looking for instances of this. Not sure. I get those messages when I check the status if a file device that isn't currently in use -- they don't indicate an error condition in that case. I've never seen that message occur in reference to a tape device. When there's no tape in the drive, I see: Device "Ultrium" (/dev/nsa0) open but no Bacula volume is mounted. > Any other advice you guys may have would be most appreciated. I really > need to get my head wrapped around this program quickly as it's priority > number one in my department. Well, your question-asking technique could use a little brushup. When providing an error message (such as the one above) it helps to say what you did that caused that message to be printed. Sure would be nice to know what version of Bacula you're running, as well as the OS and hardware involved. And when you ask questions, include the relevant parts of Bacula's config (sanitized: passwords removed and the like). Otherwise, my recommendation would be to grab a scratch machine, download the PDF version of the Bacula docs, and spend some time experimenting. Once you're more familiar with Bacula, it'll be easier to understand what the previous admin was doing. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
