Hello, Contrary to what I emailed to Michael Brennen yesterday, there is no problem with version 2.0.3, which I expect to release early next week. I accidently ran the tape regression scripts against version 2.1.3, which failed. I've now fixed that problem in the SVN (it was the new virtual autochanger code).
Anyway, both 2.0.3 and 2.1.3 pass the regression scripts. I'll release a beta version of 2.0.3 over the weekend. I've read reports of problems backing up and restoring FIFOs, and have the following two remarks: 1. Using a FIFO as a storage device (as defined in a SD Device resource) is something that is implemented but has never been truely supported nor to the best of my knowledge used. Eric recently found and fixed a bug with it, and there may be more. 2. Doing a backup/restore from/to a FIFO (as defined in a FileSet resource) is supported and from my tests works perfectly well in Bacula 2.0.x. In some previous versions there were some problems, but they have long since been corrected. Item 1 above, as I mentioned, is probably not used, and I am not very sure about its usefulness. Item 2 above is very useful as it provides a means to backup and restore large volumes of data -- typically a dump of a database. However, getting it working right can be a bit tricky because of the fact that FIFOs (or named pipes) are one way devices that block if no corresponding reader/writer is present. Making FIFOs work is documented, though not in detail. If someone wants more details and is capable of reading shell scripts, you can look in <bacula-svn>/regress/tests/fifo-test for an example of a backup and restore of a fifo. It works roughly as the following: backup: mkfifo fifo cat some-file >fifo & run a backup on fifo with ReadFIFO = yes ... restore: mkfifo fifo cat <fifo >some-file & run a restore of fifo with ReadFIFO = yes ... If you want to use this and have problems with it, please ask the bacula-users list for help. Best regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
