Re: [Bacula-users] Restores fail because of multiple storages

2013-12-19 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 03:19:57PM +0100, stefano scotti wrote: Do you, Uwe, confirm that an Autochanger is the only way to have working and automated restore jobs with volumes in different directories? Thank you again. Hi Stefano, I've never used the virtual autochanger so I cannot really

[Bacula-users] Windows desktop background disappears after backup...

2013-12-19 Thread Andrea Giuliano
Hi, I'm trying to use Bacula to backup some Windows PC and I ran across a very strange behaviour: after a backup, the user's desktop background disappears, and a default background color (blue for XP, black for Seven) appears instead. Even more strangely, hidden files on the desktop become

[Bacula-users] Getting help from the mailing list

2013-12-19 Thread Dan Langille
Hello, One of the great things about communities is the way they help others. That's why mailing lists and public forums exist. You ask for help, you get help. What's great about this help is that it is recorded on the mailing list for future reference. Frequently, a problem can be solved

Re: [Bacula-users] MySQL version to compile Bacula 5.2.13 against?

2013-12-19 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 12/19/13 10:26, Mingus Dew wrote: Dear All, I am migrating my Bacula environment to a new Solaris 10 servers. I currently am compiled against MySQL 4.1 and running MySQL 5.1.47 as the database. Can anyone advise me as to what version of MySQL I should compile against on my

Re: [Bacula-users] question about how retention works

2013-12-19 Thread Dan Langille
On 2013-12-17 03:00 PM, Greg Woods wrote: There is some stuff I still don't understand here, and I'd like to avoid learning the hard way. For instance, I never realized that File Retention referred to the individual file records in the database, not to the actual files on backup. So I ended

Re: [Bacula-users] question about how retention works

2013-12-19 Thread Greg Woods
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 11:02 -0500, Dan Langille wrote: There was a lot in the above and I couldn't parse it all just now. Sorry about that; I suppose it would help if I just explicitly stated what I really want. I have a main backup pool where all the backup jobs write. This pool is manually

Re: [Bacula-users] question about how retention works

2013-12-19 Thread Dan Langille
On 2013-12-19 12:06 PM, Greg Woods wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 11:02 -0500, Dan Langille wrote: There was a lot in the above and I couldn't parse it all just now. Sorry about that; I suppose it would help if I just explicitly stated what I really want. I have a main backup pool where all

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows desktop background disappears after backup...

2013-12-19 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, Running a FD that is newer than the Dir/SD is not a good idea and could lead to backup/restore problems, but what you describe is very odd. Best regards Kern On 12/19/2013 11:59 AM, Andrea Giuliano wrote: Hi, I'm trying to use Bacula to backup some Windows PC and I ran across a very

Re: [Bacula-users] question about how retention works

2013-12-19 Thread Greg Woods
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 12:38 -0500, Dan Langille wrote: I set my FILE and JOB retentions high. 3 years. Then I set my VOLUME retention lower. Whichever retention period expires first, that's the one which counts. == I will refer to that as 'first one counts' later in this email.

[Bacula-users] Error compiling Bacula 5.2.13

2013-12-19 Thread Mingus Dew
Dear All, I am compliing Bacula 5.2.13 on Solaris10. I am getting the following error and can't figure out what's causing it. Can't even find where -mt is coming from. Compiling mysql.c Making libbaccats-mysql.la ... /root/Bacula/src/bacula-5.2.13/libtool --silent --tag=CXX --mode=link

Re: [Bacula-users] Error compiling Bacula 5.2.13

2013-12-19 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On 12/19/2013 03:19 PM, Mingus Dew wrote: Dear All, I am compliing Bacula 5.2.13 on Solaris10. I am getting the following error and can't figure out what's causing it. Can't even find where -mt is coming from. From libtool. Libtool never worked on solaris in particular (with a few

Re: [Bacula-users] Error compiling Bacula 5.2.13

2013-12-19 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 12/19/13 16:19, Mingus Dew wrote: Dear All, I am compliing Bacula 5.2.13 on Solaris10. I am getting the following error and can't figure out what's causing it. Can't even find where -mt is coming from. Compiling mysql.c Making libbaccats-mysql.la http://libbaccats-mysql.la ...

[Bacula-users] Planning large installation

2013-12-19 Thread Romeo Theriault
Hello, we're planning a fairly large Bacula backup environment (~500 clients). The environment will be a purely disk based backup environment and I'm trying to determine the best way to configure the devices/pools/volumes so we can have: * a large amount of concurrent backups * maximum

Re: [Bacula-users] Error compiling Bacula 5.2.13

2013-12-19 Thread Mingus Dew
I was compiling against 64-bit mysql and it didn't like that derp... -Shon On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Mingus Dew shon.steph...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, I am compliing Bacula 5.2.13 on Solaris10. I am getting the following error and can't figure out what's causing it. Can't

Re: [Bacula-users] Error compiling Bacula 5.2.13

2013-12-19 Thread Gary R, Schmidt
On 20.12.2013 13:24, Mingus Dew wrote: I was compiling against 64-bit mysql and it didn't like that derp... As has been pointed out, the -mt is from the libtool obscenity, and using the garbage compiler collection on Solaris is an annoyance. Get Solaris Studio, it is a free download from