Hi Robert, What about a test with Linux? Can you f.ex eliminate windows and install an ubuntu on your server? Then I could help you with your installation. Bareos is really a very good solution for backuping on tape.
Robert schrieb am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2025 um 11:52:36 UTC+2: > Hi Birgit, > > By looking into the doc, I found out that Bareos does not support tape > backup on Windows, so I uninstalled it. > > FYI, postgres was running. No error message other than a time out when > trying to connect to the Bareos WB UI. > > If you have a suggestion for a good free tape backup on Windows, let me > know. > > Thanks. > > On Thursday, 10 July 2025 at 10:47:44 am UTC+2 Birgit Ducarroz wrote: > >> Ah sorry, you installed on windows. Can you post any error messages? >> >> Birgit Ducarroz schrieb am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2025 um 10:46:13 UTC+2: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> 1st of all: is the database running? >>> systemctl status postgresql >>> >>> What is the output of >>> /usr/sbin/bareos-sd -t >>> /usr/sbin/bareos-fd -t >>> /usr/sbin/bareos-dir -t >>> >>> ? >>> >>> Robert schrieb am Mittwoch, 9. Juli 2025 um 17:05:34 UTC+2: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm 100% new to Bareos. >>>> >>>> I need to set up a simple way to make fast tape backups, the software I >>>> use now is not optimized with LTO drives and makes them shoe-shinning. >>>> >>>> I installed first postgresql-17.5-2-windows-x64, and >>>> then Bareos-24.0.4~pre51.cc5ea4cf7-x64-Release. >>>> >>>> I kept everything standard, except for the passwords that were all >>>> changed to the same very short one, security is not an issue. >>>> >>>> At first, I could go into the WEB UI and was asked for username and >>>> password, without succeeding. >>>> >>>> And now, even that fails, the server is not running. net stop >>>> bareos-dir and net start bareos-dir did not help. Firewall is opened >>>> >>>> A full bareos uninstall and install did not make the WEB UI functional >>>> again. >>>> >>>> What do I need to do to make it work? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bareos-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/7f699c2a-fd6e-42bd-9082-bbee9c6b4e6an%40googlegroups.com.
