Re: [Bacula-users] Slow Backups

2007-09-21 Thread Kyle Marsh
of being able to point you in the right direction. Thanks again, Troy, you've been a big help. ~Kyle Marsh - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http

[Bacula-users] Slow Backups

2007-09-20 Thread Kyle Marsh
notable speed increase. I've included one of the messages which was e-mailed to me when a job finished. Could anyone give me some suggestions? Let me know if you need more information. ~Kyle Marsh --Snip-- 20-Sep 05:38 hoare-dir: Bacula hoare-dir 2.2.4 (14Sep07): 20-Sep-2007 05:38:22 Build OS

Re: [Bacula-users] Optimal setup for large data

2007-09-11 Thread Kyle Marsh
solution was to find logical places to split the backup into different filesets and then have multiple schedules that stagger the load. Hope it helps, Kyle Marsh On 8/27/07, Tom Sommer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I was hoping someone had some expert advice regarding a possible Bacula setup

[Bacula-users] Removing volumes from accidental backup

2007-08-02 Thread Kyle Marsh
that. I didn't notice this until it had backed up about 300GB more, and now I'm wondering if there is any way to remove those extra volumes so they're not eating up space on my backup array that won't make Bacula really, really unhappy. Thanks, Kyle Marsh

Re: [Bacula-users] Is there any option to retry backups of powered-off clients?

2007-07-24 Thread Kyle Marsh
One more thing to consider is the Run Before Job directive. I had the problem that a downed client meant Bacula would hang for something like 40 minutes before giving up. I solved that by pinging the client three times with Run Before Job -- if it failed the job rescheduled, if not it ran.

Re: [Bacula-users] start/stop client on demand

2007-07-02 Thread Kyle Marsh
not on to begin with, shut them back down. Hope this helps, Kyle Marsh On 7/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; I'm a new user to bacula and I'm trying to start using this at work to replace the current mix of scripts that do backups (to disk).nbsp; One

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-25 Thread Kyle Marsh
, I'd like to thank you for one of the best responses I've seen in the weeks I've been following this list. You were polite, on-topic, helpful, and concise. Thank you for that. ~Kyle Marsh On 6/22/07, Arno Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, 23.06.2007 02:03,, Kyle Marsh wrote:: Hello again

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle Marsh
On 6/22/07, Kern Sibbald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:44:03 -0700 From: Kyle Marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration To: bacula-users bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle Marsh
, I'd like to thank you for one of the best responses I've seen in the weeks I've been following this list. You were polite, on-topic, helpful, and concise. Thank you for that. ~Kyle Marsh On 6/22/07, Arno Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, 23.06.2007 02:03,, Kyle Marsh wrote:: Hello again

Re: [Bacula-users] Cannot find any appendable volume problem

2007-06-21 Thread Kyle Marsh
a maximum number of jobs per volume, but rather a maximum volume size and let Bacula decide what it wants to do. Thanks, Kyle Marsh On 6/20/07, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Yah, just went through this one myself had some help for it. Your retention periods are to short, your running out

Re: [Bacula-users] need help managing disk configuration

2007-06-21 Thread Kyle Marsh
sizes (I'm thinking about one pool for each level of backups with its own retention times running off the basic monthly cycle that comes preconfigured). Thank you, ~Kyle Marsh - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express

Re: [Bacula-users] Benchmarking Bacula

2007-06-16 Thread Kyle Marsh
I don't know how much information and automation you're looking for, but when I was testing, I ran a full backup of Documents and Settings on a fresh Windows install and got 4.2GB. For me it took about 9.5 minutes for the backup. Haven't tried a full restore. ~Kyle On 6/16/07, Gaurav Pruthi

Re: [Bacula-users] Console messages

2007-06-15 Thread Kyle Marsh
. ~Kyle Marsh On 6/14/07, Arno Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On 6/14/2007 3:07 PM, le dahut wrote: Must the console messages (bconsole = messages) be flushed regularly or is there a configuration option telling not to store the messages or can it stay as it is ? As fa as I know

[Bacula-users] Multiple Clients Using Disk Example

2007-06-12 Thread Kyle Marsh
the same configuration, so is there any way to condense the amount of configuration that needs to change? i know about JobDefs, but is there any BatchJob, say, or a similar ClientDefs? Thanks, Kyle Marsh - This SF.net email

Re: [Bacula-users] Multiple Clients Using Disk Example

2007-06-12 Thread Kyle Marsh
? Do you mean that 2.2 will ship with a script which generates the configuration files rather than requiring them to be written out by hand? Thanks for the help, ~Kyle Arno Thanks, Kyle Marsh - This SF.net

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Waits for 40min When a Client is Down

2007-06-12 Thread Kyle Marsh
? :-) Arno Steve Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, On 6/6/2007 10:57 PM, Kyle Marsh wrote: Howdy, I'm working on a bacula setup for my college and I have found that when a client goes down, whether it's firewalled, turned off, or otherwise disconnected from the network, bacula seems

[Bacula-users] Includes in .conf files

2007-06-12 Thread Kyle Marsh
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Re: [Bacula-users] Includes in .conf files

2007-06-12 Thread Kyle Marsh
it reads from and writes to specific files. If you'd like I'll send you (or the list, if others are interested) an e-mail when it's done. Should be this week or the next. ~Kyle Marsh On 6/12/07, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Yes it is possible. Put an @ sign before the file name of the file

[Bacula-users] Multiple Clients Using Disk Example

2007-06-08 Thread Kyle Marsh
to be backed up will change every 4 months or so, and they all will have the same configuration, so is there any way to condense the amount of configuration that needs to change? i know about JobDefs, but is there any BatchJob, say, or a similar ClientDefs? Thanks, Kyle Marsh

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Waits for 40min When a Client is Down

2007-06-07 Thread Kyle Marsh
it was going to run (maybe even forever?). So, good question, Arno, and I hope someone provides the answer. Erm, which was the question? :-) Arno Steve Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, On 6/6/2007 10:57 PM, Kyle Marsh wrote: Howdy, I'm working on a bacula setup for my college and I

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Waits for 40min When a Client is Down

2007-06-07 Thread Kyle Marsh
On 6/7/07, Arno Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On 6/7/2007 7:28 PM, Kyle Marsh wrote: Sorry if this double posts -- I used the wrong e-mail and the first copy is at the mercy of the moderator. You can kill that one, btw. On 6/7/07, Arno Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Waits for 40min When a Client is Down

2007-06-07 Thread Kyle Marsh
Hello again, On 6/7/07, Arno Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On 6/7/2007 11:05 PM, Kyle Marsh wrote: ... That's an interesting suggestion -- I could have a Python script that gets called and parses the config file to determine the full name from the client name. That gets rid

[Bacula-users] Bacula Waits for 40min When a Client is Down

2007-06-06 Thread Kyle Marsh
become problematic if we have several machines down each night and could cause substantial problems if some backups don't start until people are back working. Is there a directive that allows me to specify something sane as the timeout period, and where does it need to go? Thanks, Kyle Marsh