Re: [Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive
Thanks for the input guys. I thought that was sort of an error state, but knowing it's not means I can move on to the next problem. ;) I was actually going to ask next if I should install the 32 bit storage and director services, and the 64 bit file service, so glad I don't even need to ask that now. I'll do that next and see how far I can get. When I tried getting a backup to run earlier it wasn't working but I don't recall what it was telling me off hand. When I couldn't get it to work I figured I should first check to see if it's even *possible* to get it to work in my environment. :) Just in case it matters... I can't remember if you mentioned what version you are using, but my testing was with 3.0.1. James -- OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive
I had quite a bit of trouble getting a mix of 64 bit file service and 32 bit director/storage services. Trying to run 2 installs just doesn't seem to work. What I think will work is doing a full install of 32 bit, and then manually copying the 64 bit binaries (I copied from an XP x64 client machine) and changing the service in the registry to point to the 64 bit executable instead. I haven't actually tried a backup with it yet, but the service does start fine. Only problem is if I try to view the status window for the file service, I just get a blank window. Is that broken for 64 bit clients? The problem happens on both of my 64 bit machines. Good news though: I'm currently backing up from my 64 bit client machine! :) So now it's on to fine tuning my jobs. -Original Message- From: James Harper [mailto:james.har...@bendigoit.com.au] Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 9:11 PM To: Jeff Shanholtz; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive I'm new to bacula so please bear with me. I've installed the 32 bit bacula on x64 windows (because it's the server). First thing I had to do was run make-tables.cmd in order to get the director service to start. Then without modifying the conf files at all, I get this status message for the storage service: Device FileStorage (C:\Tmp) is not open Even though C:\Tmp exists. Actually, I've done a lot of modifying/tweaking of conf files (not to mention googling and reading of the docs) to try to get this working in my environment and never could, so I'm starting over from a known simple state (I uninstalled and reinstalled). So this is certainly my first hurdle - getting the storage service to be happy about the File device type (ultimately I'll be backing up to an external hard drive). I understand that running the server on windows is not officially supported, and I imagine that running it on x64 windows (server 2003 x64 to be precise) may be double trouble. So are people able to get the server running under x64 windows? And if so, how do I get past this storage service problem? I am running Bacula on a 2008 x64 server (small business server to be precise). The tape drive came with Acronis backup software but it doesn't work on that system and Acronis don't want to support it so I put Bacula on there instead. It was a bit tricky to set up but has been going perfectly since then. You will almost certainly want to install the x64 file daemon. I think I installed them in the wrong order (x32 dir and sd then x64 fd) as the consoles stopped working until I fixed up the shortcuts. If you install them the other way around you might have more luck. Without the x64 fd I don't think you'll get VSS working which means you won't get a full backup. If you just want to back up some user files that will always not be in use when you do the backup, or if you are just testing for now, the x32 fd will be fine. Can you post your config? You say 'C:\Tmp' above... bacula likes unix style filenames in filesets but I don't know if that applies to storage definitions. Or maybe you need double backslashes, eg 'C:\\Tmp'. What message do you get when you try and label a disk volume? James -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive
I'm new to bacula so please bear with me. I've installed the 32 bit bacula on x64 windows (because it's the server). First thing I had to do was run make-tables.cmd in order to get the director service to start. Then without modifying the conf files at all, I get this status message for the storage service: Device FileStorage (C:\Tmp) is not open Even though C:\Tmp exists. Actually, I've done a lot of modifying/tweaking of conf files (not to mention googling and reading of the docs) to try to get this working in my environment and never could, so I'm starting over from a known simple state (I uninstalled and reinstalled). So this is certainly my first hurdle - getting the storage service to be happy about the File device type (ultimately I'll be backing up to an external hard drive). I understand that running the server on windows is not officially supported, and I imagine that running it on x64 windows (server 2003 x64 to be precise) may be double trouble. So are people able to get the server running under x64 windows? And if so, how do I get past this storage service problem? -- OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive
I'm new to bacula so please bear with me. I've installed the 32 bit bacula on x64 windows (because it's the server). First thing I had to do was run make-tables.cmd in order to get the director service to start. Then without modifying the conf files at all, I get this status message for the storage service: Device FileStorage (C:\Tmp) is not open Even though C:\Tmp exists. Actually, I've done a lot of modifying/tweaking of conf files (not to mention googling and reading of the docs) to try to get this working in my environment and never could, so I'm starting over from a known simple state (I uninstalled and reinstalled). So this is certainly my first hurdle - getting the storage service to be happy about the File device type (ultimately I'll be backing up to an external hard drive). I understand that running the server on windows is not officially supported, and I imagine that running it on x64 windows (server 2003 x64 to be precise) may be double trouble. So are people able to get the server running under x64 windows? And if so, how do I get past this storage service problem? I am running Bacula on a 2008 x64 server (small business server to be precise). The tape drive came with Acronis backup software but it doesn't work on that system and Acronis don't want to support it so I put Bacula on there instead. It was a bit tricky to set up but has been going perfectly since then. You will almost certainly want to install the x64 file daemon. I think I installed them in the wrong order (x32 dir and sd then x64 fd) as the consoles stopped working until I fixed up the shortcuts. If you install them the other way around you might have more luck. Without the x64 fd I don't think you'll get VSS working which means you won't get a full backup. If you just want to back up some user files that will always not be in use when you do the backup, or if you are just testing for now, the x32 fd will be fine. Can you post your config? You say 'C:\Tmp' above... bacula likes unix style filenames in filesets but I don't know if that applies to storage definitions. Or maybe you need double backslashes, eg 'C:\\Tmp'. What message do you get when you try and label a disk volume? James -- OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive
Thanks for the input guys. I thought that was sort of an error state, but knowing it's not means I can move on to the next problem. ;) I was actually going to ask next if I should install the 32 bit storage and director services, and the 64 bit file service, so glad I don't even need to ask that now. I'll do that next and see how far I can get. When I tried getting a backup to run earlier it wasn't working but I don't recall what it was telling me off hand. When I couldn't get it to work I figured I should first check to see if it's even *possible* to get it to work in my environment. :) -Original Message- From: James Harper [mailto:james.har...@bendigoit.com.au] Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 9:11 PM To: Jeff Shanholtz; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive I'm new to bacula so please bear with me. I've installed the 32 bit bacula on x64 windows (because it's the server). First thing I had to do was run make-tables.cmd in order to get the director service to start. Then without modifying the conf files at all, I get this status message for the storage service: Device FileStorage (C:\Tmp) is not open Even though C:\Tmp exists. Actually, I've done a lot of modifying/tweaking of conf files (not to mention googling and reading of the docs) to try to get this working in my environment and never could, so I'm starting over from a known simple state (I uninstalled and reinstalled). So this is certainly my first hurdle - getting the storage service to be happy about the File device type (ultimately I'll be backing up to an external hard drive). I understand that running the server on windows is not officially supported, and I imagine that running it on x64 windows (server 2003 x64 to be precise) may be double trouble. So are people able to get the server running under x64 windows? And if so, how do I get past this storage service problem? I am running Bacula on a 2008 x64 server (small business server to be precise). The tape drive came with Acronis backup software but it doesn't work on that system and Acronis don't want to support it so I put Bacula on there instead. It was a bit tricky to set up but has been going perfectly since then. You will almost certainly want to install the x64 file daemon. I think I installed them in the wrong order (x32 dir and sd then x64 fd) as the consoles stopped working until I fixed up the shortcuts. If you install them the other way around you might have more luck. Without the x64 fd I don't think you'll get VSS working which means you won't get a full backup. If you just want to back up some user files that will always not be in use when you do the backup, or if you are just testing for now, the x32 fd will be fine. Can you post your config? You say 'C:\Tmp' above... bacula likes unix style filenames in filesets but I don't know if that applies to storage definitions. Or maybe you need double backslashes, eg 'C:\\Tmp'. What message do you get when you try and label a disk volume? James -- OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
