Re: [Bacula-users] Preventing mysql server has gone away problem.

2006-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 07 April 2006 01:14, Wolfgang Denk wrote: Dear Kern, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: In looking at Debian, I find for me personally I wouldn't want to run on stable as it is too old. I don't really need that much stability. testing is not my piece of cake either (at the

Re: [Bacula-users] Preventing mysql server has gone away problem.

2006-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 07 April 2006 01:55, Frank Sweetser wrote: On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 09:36:39PM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: On MySQL databases, Bacula *specifically* requests that MySQL not timeout the connection. If this is only a problem with MySQL 5, then most likely MySQL has changed

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Director crashing with multiple jobs (more info)

2006-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
There is something wrong with what seems to be a RunAfterJob /usr/local/bacula/scripts/delete_catalog_backup script. Perhaps there is a problem with command line editing or some other race condition because it is passing an invalid address off to the fork(). On Friday 07 April 2006 03:57,

[Bacula-users] Bacula 1.38.7 released to Source Forge

2006-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, This is to let you know that I have released Bacula version 1.38.7 source tar file to the Bacula section of Source Forge. This release has only two changes: 1. it fixes a path in the bacula start/stop script. 2. It fixes a failure of the FD on Windows 2003 systems. In general there is

[Bacula-users] waiting to reserve a device.

2006-04-07 Thread victoria
Hello, i have freshly installed bacula server with 1.38.5 version. Before on old server was 1.36... version, but i have to move on new server and i just install 1.38.5 with moved configuration files from old server. Backups works fine, except on some random servers i got following error: 07-Apr

[Bacula-users] help with bacula-fd and inetd

2006-04-07 Thread Robert . Wirth
Hi! I'm using bacula-fd via inetd. This is an example line in inetd.conf: bacula-fd stream tcpnowait root/usr/local/sbin/bacula-fd bacula-fd -i -c /etc/opt/bacula/bacula-fd.conf As you can see, I'm using the option -i as required for bacula's work with inetd. This works well in

Re: [Bacula-users] Preventing mysql server has gone away problem.

2006-04-07 Thread Frank Sweetser
It would probably be better if I actually attached the patch, huh? -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

[Bacula-users] storage forces jobs to wait

2006-04-07 Thread Robert . Wirth
Hi! Just another problem. What happens: - director starts a backup job. The filedaemon is not present correctly, so the job is waiting. That's ok. - I do cancel the job in the director via console. 'status director' shows the job as cancelled. - I ensure the filedaemon is not running

Re: [Bacula-users] Preventing mysql server has gone away problem.

2006-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 07 April 2006 15:40, Frank Sweetser wrote: On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 09:13:15AM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: Bacula sets the mysql.reconnect flag to 1 prior to calling real_connect() so the above behavior in versions greater than 5.0.3 (implemented by a bunch of idiots) explains the

Re: [Bacula-users] help with bacula-fd and inetd

2006-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 07 April 2006 15:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I'm using bacula-fd via inetd. This is an example line in inetd.conf: bacula-fd stream tcpnowait root/usr/local/sbin/bacula-fd bacula-fd -i -c /etc/opt/bacula/bacula-fd.conf As you can see, I'm using the option -i as

Re: [Bacula-users] storage forces jobs to wait

2006-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
If you are not using 1.38.6 or 1.38.7, please upgrade. It is very likely the upgrade will fix the problem. On Friday 07 April 2006 15:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Just another problem. What happens: - director starts a backup job. The filedaemon is not present correctly, so the job

[Bacula-users] Recycling and scratch pool

2006-04-07 Thread pd
Hello. New bacula user asking one question after reading pages of docs and mailing list archives. Got a question about 1.38.6 recycle algorithm : here is my problem: On the pdf doc of the release 1.38.5 it's said that the recycle algo uses tapes from the scratch pool AFTER checking for any

Re: [Bacula-users] Recycling and scratch pool

2006-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, There was indeed a change in 1.38.x (perhaps as you say 1.38.6). However, it applies only if the InChanger flag is set in the Media record, which means that in principle we are dealing with an Autochanger, and in that case, I believe that the behavior is correct. There is no way to

[Bacula-users] HELP - where are my jobs?

2006-04-07 Thread Emery Guevremont
I have a weird problem. I'm trying to restore some files from a tape backup taken a few months ago. The problem is that the files aren't on the tape. If I use the query command in bconsole to find out which tape has the files, it says the files are on tape GKN079. If I check the last date

[Bacula-users] FreeBSD port upgraded

2006-04-07 Thread Dan Langille
The FreeBSD port has been upgraded to 1.38.7 and now uses the rc.d style of start/stop scripts. In this version, bacula-sd will run as -u bacula -g operator to avoid problems accessing tape drives with insufficient permission. When upgrading, be sure to read /usr/ports/UPDATING where you will

[Bacula-users] Re: Director crashing with multiple jobs (more info)

2006-04-07 Thread Joshua Kugler
On Thursday 06 April 2006 23:28, Kern Sibbald wrote: There is something wrong with what seems to be a RunAfterJob /usr/local/bacula/scripts/delete_catalog_backup script. Perhaps there is a problem with command line editing or some other race condition because it is passing an invalid address

[Bacula-users] Re: Director crashing: same results with one processor

2006-04-07 Thread Joshua Kugler
Well, I rebooted with the nosmp kernel command line parameter, so there was only one processor visible. Still had the same crash. With bsmtp again. Is it time to give up and install 1.38? Any ideas? Any comments? j- k- [Thread 278542 (LWP 6596) exited] Cannot find thread 278542:

Re: [Bacula-users] Recycling and scratch pool

2006-04-07 Thread Dibon Pierre
Kern Sibbald [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hello, There was indeed a change in 1.38.x (perhaps as you say 1.38.6).  However, it applies only if the InChanger flag is set in the Media record, which means that in principle we are dealing with an Autochanger, and in that case, I believe that

[Bacula-users] Re: Director crashing: same results with one processor

2006-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 07 April 2006 20:29, Joshua Kugler wrote: Well, I rebooted with the nosmp kernel command line parameter, so there was only one processor visible. Still had the same crash. Given where the problem is occuring, that is not too surprising. With bsmtp again. Is it time to give up

[Bacula-users] other RPM packages

2006-04-07 Thread Joshua Kugler
Well, it looks like it might be time to upgrade to 1.38, unless I can get these weird crashes resolved. Which brings me to my next question: Are there RPM's other than the ones on the source forge site? I'm probably going to be rebuilding the server box with CentOS, so was interested in RHEL4

Re: [Bacula-users] Recycling and scratch pool

2006-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 07 April 2006 20:37, Dibon Pierre wrote: Kern Sibbald [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hello, There was indeed a change in 1.38.x (perhaps as you say 1.38.6).  However, it applies only if the InChanger flag is set in the Media record, which means that in principle we are

[Bacula-users] Re: Director crashing: same results with one processor

2006-04-07 Thread Joshua Kugler
On Friday 07 April 2006 10:41, Kern Sibbald wrote: On Friday 07 April 2006 20:29, Joshua Kugler wrote: Well, I rebooted with the nosmp kernel command line parameter, so there was only one processor visible. Still had the same crash. Given where the problem is occuring, that is not too

Re: [Bacula-users] Recycling and scratch pool

2006-04-07 Thread Dibon Pierre
Kern Sibbald [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I think you should discuss this with the users who requested this feature. It was openly discussed on this list some time ago, and had what seemed to me to be rather unanimous agreement. thank you, I'll try to find this thread in order to understand

Re: [Bacula-users] Recycling and scratch pool

2006-04-07 Thread Ludovic Strappazon
Hello, I'm still running 1.38.5, and I agree with Pierre, I think the use of the scratch pool was at the right place in 1.38.5. The last mail I read about the place of scratch pool in the recycling algorithm was this one : Ludovic. Kern Sibbald a écrit : On Monday 28 November 2005 12:26,

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Director crashing: same results with one processor

2006-04-07 Thread Martin Simmons
On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 10:56:53 -0800, Joshua Kugler [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Friday 07 April 2006 10:41, Kern Sibbald wrote: On Friday 07 April 2006 20:29, Joshua Kugler wrote: Well, I rebooted with the nosmp kernel command line parameter, so there was only one processor visible. Still

Re: [Bacula-users] HELP - where are my jobs?

2006-04-07 Thread Martin Simmons
On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:43:30 -0400, Emery Guevremont [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have a weird problem. I'm trying to restore some files from a tape backup taken a few months ago. The problem is that the files aren't on the tape. If I use the query command in bconsole to find out which

Re: [Bacula-users] Preventing mysql server has gone away problem.

2006-04-07 Thread Erik P. Olsen
Frank Sweetser wrote: On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 09:13:15AM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: [snip] First off, there's the simple quick fix of just cranking the timeout value way up on the server. I've added an example of how to do this in the relevant FAQ entry on the wiki. Sorry, but could you

[Bacula-users] Re: Director crashing: same results with one processor

2006-04-07 Thread Joshua Kugler
On Friday 07 April 2006 13:18, Martin Simmons wrote: On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 10:56:53 -0800, Joshua Kugler [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Friday 07 April 2006 10:41, Kern Sibbald wrote: On Friday 07 April 2006 20:29, Joshua Kugler wrote: Well, I rebooted with the nosmp kernel command line

[Bacula-users] Re: Director crashing: same results with one processor

2006-04-07 Thread Joshua Kugler
Sorry! I guess getting a SIGUSR2 isn't a big deal. I typed continue in gdb, and things resumed. Sorry for the noise. j- k- On Friday 07 April 2006 16:20, Joshua Kugler wrote: On Friday 07 April 2006 13:18, Martin Simmons wrote: On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 10:56:53 -0800, Joshua Kugler

Re: [Bacula-users] Preventing mysql server has gone away problem.

2006-04-07 Thread Frank Sweetser
On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 11:59:34PM +0200, Erik P. Olsen wrote: Sorry, but could you spell out where I can find this FAQ? http://paramount.ind.wpi.edu/wiki/doku.php?id=faq -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Network Engineer | is simple,