[Bacula-users] erasing a tape from bconsole

2013-01-28 Thread Mauro Colorio
from my notes I know that for erase a tape you need to launch the command: /bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind mt -f /dev/nst0 weof there is a way to do the same from bconsole? suppose I've to do that remotely , is ssh the only way to achieve this? tank you Mauro

[Bacula-users] Mail notification

2013-01-28 Thread Sven Gehr
Hi@all, I have my setup bacula ready. I have test backup restore. Now I would like an email notification. My message ressource: Messages { #___verarbeitet die anfallenden Nachrichten/Meldungen Name = Standard

[Bacula-users] decrease File-Retention

2013-01-28 Thread Jürgen Ecker
Hi, i have a file-retention of 14 days and want it to decrease to 7 days. If I understand it right, then it would only change the database entrys and purge the other 7 days if i decrease the file-retention. How can I completly remove the old files so i get the free space back. I want only the

Re: [Bacula-users] Mail notification

2013-01-28 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:48:08 +0100 Sven Gehr mailingli...@dreampixel.de wrote: I have my setup bacula ready. I have test backup restore. Now I would like an email notification. My message ressource: [...] mailcommand = /usr/lib/bacula/bsmtp -h localhost -f \\(Bacula\) \%r\\ -s \Bacula:

Re: [Bacula-users] decrease File-Retention

2013-01-28 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 03:58:35PM +0100, Jürgen Ecker wrote: Hi, i have a file-retention of 14 days and want it to decrease to 7 days. If I understand it right, then it would only change the database entrys and purge the other 7 days if i decrease the file-retention. How can I completly

[Bacula-users] Set more then 3 pools in a backup job

2013-01-28 Thread stefano scotti
Hi everybody, I've been using Bacula for 1 year, before then i used to write my own scripts. I see, and correct me if i am wrong, that bacula allow only a maximum of 3 backup levels: Level 0: Full Level 1: Differential Level 2: Incremental This means a maximum of 3 pools per job. Now,

[Bacula-users] Bacula - how to install only storage daemon

2013-01-28 Thread rout
Good Morning everybody, I`m a SysAdmin from Germany. My English is not very good so I hope you can understand me. I´m testing Bacula to install at our scientific linux servers - and now I want to install on a 2nd server only the storage-daemon. I want to run the configure script but I can´t

Re: [Bacula-users] Mail notification

2013-01-28 Thread Dan Langille
On Jan 28, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:48:08 +0100 Sven Gehr mailingli...@dreampixel.de wrote: I have my setup bacula ready. I have test backup restore. Now I would like an email notification. My message ressource: [...] mailcommand =

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula - how to install only storage daemon

2013-01-28 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:01 AM, rout bacula-fo...@backupcentral.com wrote: Good Morning everybody, I`m a SysAdmin from Germany. My English is not very good so I hope you can understand me. I惴 testing Bacula to install at our scientific linux servers - and now I want to install on a 2nd

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula - how to install only storage daemon

2013-01-28 Thread Jérôme Blion
Le 28/01/2013 10:01, rout a écrit : Good Morning everybody, I`m a SysAdmin from Germany. My English is not very good so I hope you can understand me. I´m testing Bacula to install at our scientific linux servers - and now I want to install on a 2nd server only the storage-daemon. I want

Re: [Bacula-users] decrease File-Retention

2013-01-28 Thread John Drescher
i have a file-retention of 14 days and want it to decrease to 7 days. If I understand it right, then it would only change the database entrys and purge the other 7 days if i decrease the file-retention. How can I completly remove the old files so i get the free space back. I want only the

Re: [Bacula-users] Set more then 3 pools in a backup job

2013-01-28 Thread Dan Langille
On Jan 28, 2013, at 10:21 AM, stefano scotti wrote: Hi everybody, I've been using Bacula for 1 year, before then i used to write my own scripts. I see, and correct me if i am wrong, that bacula allow only a maximum of 3 backup levels: Level 0: Full Level 1: Differential

Re: [Bacula-users] Set more then 3 pools in a backup job

2013-01-28 Thread stefano scotti
Thanks Dan, I really appreciate your help and i think you are right, Pools doesn't define Levels, but a collection of similar volumes. Levels are something related to jobs, not to pools, even though a pool contains volumes of the same job level. You solved my problem, i didn't know that it was

Re: [Bacula-users] Set more then 3 pools in a backup job

2013-01-28 Thread Dan Langille
On Jan 28, 2013, at 11:16 AM, stefano scotti wrote: 2013/1/28 Dan Langille d...@langille.org On Jan 28, 2013, at 10:21 AM, stefano scotti wrote: Hi everybody, I've been using Bacula for 1 year, before then i used to write my own scripts. I see, and correct me if i am wrong,

Re: [Bacula-users] Set more then 3 pools in a backup job

2013-01-28 Thread stefano scotti
I think you concluded I thought they were useless because I asked you: But you didn't answer my question. :) Yes, i deducted it from your question... so maybe i should ask you if you really think that is useless or not. Noted. But I wanted to know your goal there…. Keep in mind that

Re: [Bacula-users] Set more then 3 pools in a backup job

2013-01-28 Thread John Drescher
My aim is to have daily backups which persist 1 month, and 3-hourly backups which persist only 2 days. Is there a different solution to achieve that instead of using 2 different pools? It will not work this way. I assume you do not want to do a full every night that you can use with the 3

[Bacula-users] remove source files

2013-01-28 Thread exeral
Hi everybody I would like to do something similar to rsync --remove-source-files option with bacula. Let's say à Job with Client Run Before Job = a script which dump some databases to /destination when the job is finished with Client run after job = a script which delete all the dumps that

Re: [Bacula-users] Set more then 3 pools in a backup job

2013-01-28 Thread Dan Langille
On Jan 28, 2013, at 11:50 AM, stefano scotti wrote: 2013/1/28 Dan Langille d...@langille.org On Jan 28, 2013, at 11:16 AM, stefano scotti wrote: 2013/1/28 Dan Langille d...@langille.org On Jan 28, 2013, at 10:21 AM, stefano scotti wrote: Hi everybody, I've been using Bacula

Re: [Bacula-users] Set more then 3 pools in a backup job

2013-01-28 Thread stefano scotti
2013/1/28 Dan Langille d...@langille.org On Jan 28, 2013, at 11:50 AM, stefano scotti wrote: 2013/1/28 Dan Langille d...@langille.org On Jan 28, 2013, at 11:16 AM, stefano scotti wrote: 2013/1/28 Dan Langille d...@langille.org On Jan 28, 2013, at 10:21 AM, stefano scotti wrote:

[Bacula-users] Dealing with cleaning tapes

2013-01-28 Thread Alan McKay
Did not get any nibbles on this embedded in my 2 questions email, so I'll split it out on its own. How do I deal with cleaning tapes in a jukebox? I'd like the jukebox to know it is a cleaning tape, and ideally schedule regular cleanings. I have a cleaning tape with this barcode - 000100L4 So

[Bacula-users] Trouble adding tape to pool

2013-01-28 Thread Alan McKay
I had this embedded in my 2 questions thread but not much response so splitting it out with more detail this time. When I originally did label barcodes it scanned my jukebox but was unable to add 1 tape to the Default pool - looks like the read-only tab was set on that tape which was inadvertent.

Re: [Bacula-users] Trouble adding tape to pool

2013-01-28 Thread Alan McKay
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Alan McKay alan.mckay+bac...@gmail.com wrote: Do I really have to wipe this tape (load it, weof, unload) to do something useful with it? Well I just accomplished it by stopping sd, woefing the tape, and then restarting and finally going into bconsole again to do

Re: [Bacula-users] Set more then 3 pools in a backup job

2013-01-28 Thread Adrian Reyer
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 04:21:24PM +0100, stefano scotti wrote: There are 4 different rotation rules and schedules... not three. How am i supposed to solve this? With my own scripts, i would define 4 pools, and a job type for each pool: Level 0 Pool Type:Full Level 1 Pool

Re: [Bacula-users] Dealing with cleaning tapes

2013-01-28 Thread Alan McKay
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Alan Brown ucas...@ucl.ac.uk wrote: DON'T DO THIS! OK, thanks. But I don't see anything about cleaning in the bconsole commands or really the manual either that I can find. Do I do that outside of bacula? How am I going to know when it is asking to be cleaned?

[Bacula-users] Fatal error

2013-01-28 Thread Pinky Vivona
Hello, I setup a job to run in 1 big file “bacula-dir.conf” this was working. Now I split up file and changed the config file to have a multiple clients and it is not running. I am using Centos 6.3 and posgreSQL: I also changed the Storage name from File to FileDevice and the (Archived

Re: [Bacula-users] remove source files

2013-01-28 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 20130128 om 17:51 schreef exeral: I would like to do something similar to rsync --remove-source-files option with bacula. So delete what was backuped ... Let's say à Job with Client Run Before Job = a script which dump some databases to /destination when the job is finished