Re: [Bacula-users] Help with DVD storage

2006-09-25 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Sunday 24 September 2006 20:51, Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, On 9/23/2006 10:37 PM, Jim Peters wrote: ... Anyway this new box also has a DVD+RW drive so I thought I would experiment with using bacula to write to DVD’s , here is my configuration; ... What have I done wrong or forgot to do

Re: [Bacula-users] How long should volume pruning take?

2006-09-25 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 09:30:20PM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: I'm not convinced the indexes are the same. Some people say yes, some say no, and it seems to be also dependent on whether one is talking about MySQL as you are or PostgreSQL. The best solution is to test for your particular

Re: [Bacula-users] How long should volume pruning take?

2006-09-25 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 25 September 2006 10:00, Uwe Schuerkamp wrote: On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 09:30:20PM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: I'm not convinced the indexes are the same. Some people say yes, some say no, and it seems to be also dependent on whether one is talking about MySQL as you are or

[Bacula-users] bacula

2006-09-25 Thread José Miguel Gallardo Garrido
Can I get backups in hard disk or only can in tapes? I only can make the backups in HD's.Thanks - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula

2006-09-25 Thread Silver Salonen
On Monday 25 September 2006 14:10, José Miguel Gallardo Garrido wrote: Can I get backups in hard disk or only can in tapes? I only can make the backups in HD's. Thanks Yes, you can get backups to hard disks. It's pretty well documented and discussed ;)

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: Re: Bacula and Postgres 8.1

2006-09-25 Thread Georger Araujo
Gabriele, I suppose switching to MySQL is not an option? Regards, Georger --- Gabriele Bulfon [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: I rebuilt postgres with --enable-thread-safety, is this what you intended? Anyway, this did not solve my problem Gabriele Bulfon - Sonicle S.r.l. Tel +39 028246016

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula and Postgres 8.1

2006-09-25 Thread Gabriele Bulfon
What was the operating system running the Director?How were the postgres client libraries compiled?My latest postgres libraries was built with this configuration on Solaris 10 sparc:./configure --prefix=/iserver --without-readline --enable-thread-safety Gabriele Bulfon - Sonicle S.r.l.

[Bacula-users] Oracle Database Backup Question

2006-09-25 Thread Ian Parker
I have checked out the FAQs and the documentation, but perhaps I missed something or haven't looked closely enough. I was wondering if it is currently possible for Bacula to backup an Oracle database. This is a production database and I am running Bacula 1.38.11. From what I have found, it

Re: [Bacula-users] Disk Backups - with offsite storage too

2006-09-25 Thread Vladimir Doisan
I am running such backup. You just have to have another server where to send your bacula volumes for storage. you have couple options here 1. Encrypt Bacula volume(s) with GnuPG and transfer over the network. Just search Google for Bacula and GnuPG together. I wrote a guide on how to do it a

[Bacula-users] Job has terminated doesn't finish

2006-09-25 Thread Carlos Cristóbal Sabroe Yde
Hi, I'm asking this again, maybe someone can help. I'm having problems with a job that backs up an Oracle (8i) DB on a OpenSuSE 10.1 (bacula-fd 1.38.9) The jobs executes the /etc/init.d/oracle stop (provided by orarun-1.8-109.15, rpm) with a Client Run Before Job, and /etc/init.d/oracle start

[Bacula-users] maintaining configuration in database

2006-09-25 Thread Silver Salonen
Hi. Is it possible to fetch entire configuration resources from database, ie. by executing commands, just like including. I tried putting | some-command into bacula-dir.conf, but it didn't work. Can it be done in some other way? Silver

Re: [Bacula-users] Oracle Database Backup Question

2006-09-25 Thread Georger Araujo
Hi Ian, you are correct. Bacula does not have a specific backup agent for Oracle, and the only way to back up an Oracle database is the good old BEGIN BACKUP/END BACKUP procedure. I wrote a piece about the way I run such a backup at my workplace. You can read it in

Re: [Bacula-users] Manual ejection of tape confuses bacula

2006-09-25 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Sarath Jayewardena wrote: How about if I had not started a new backup after re-inserting the tape, yet? You would probably be ok. Will an unmount/mount before running any jobs make bacula accept the tape? Probably. The safest action is to NEVER insert a new tape

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula and Postgres 8.1

2006-09-25 Thread Gabriele Bulfon
While googling I've found this:http://groups.google.it/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_thread/thread/34e9ffb7d8d2a1ea/1ae2be653af8e4d8%231ae2be653af8e4d8Maybe my problem is connected to this bug?I don't have a bacula unix user though, and I don't need it.How can I be sure bacula is using the

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula and Postgres 8.1

2006-09-25 Thread Dan Langille
On 25 Sep 2006 at 15:45, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: While googling I've found this: http://groups.google.it/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_thread/thread/34e9ffb7d8d2a1ea/1ae2be653af8e4d8%231ae2be653af8e4d8 Maybe my problem is connected to this bug? I don't have a bacula unix user though, and

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula and Postgres 8.1

2006-09-25 Thread Magnus Hagander
How can I be sure bacula is using the correct credentials I specified in the conf file? Test it. Configure PostgreSQL such that it accepts connections only from that which you specify. Or you could monitor the connections. PostgreSQL allows you to monitor connections. There are

Re: [Bacula-users] Forcing use of next tape in Autochanger

2006-09-25 Thread Michael Nelson
On Wed, September 20, 2006 11:05 pm, Troy Daniels said: Something like 'Volume Use Duration = 24h' should work if added to your Pools definition. I tried it, and it just keeps backing up to the same tape day after day, and it's still marked as append. I guess I will have to go that other

Re: [Bacula-users] Restoring file from volume

2006-09-25 Thread Daniel Hoeving
Mike, Thank you, I've discovered the issue. Who ever set our back-ups up originally set a file retention period of thirty days and a job retention period of 365 so while I can see the job, the files are pruned... As I understand it from the manual I can use bscan to recover such files, however

[Bacula-users] ERR=Broken pipe

2006-09-25 Thread Jim Peters
Last night my backups all failed, from the first client to attempt a backup I received this error Fatal error: c:\cygwin\home\kern\bacula\k\src\win32\filed\../../filed/job.c:1614 Comm error with SD. bad response to Append Data. ERR=Broken pipe I googled this and looked through the archives

[Bacula-users] confused about Full vrs. Incremental backups pools

2006-09-25 Thread mark . bergman
[Background] Our configuration has two pools: Full and Incremental. Incremental and differential backups are run nightly, writing to the Incremental pool. Full backups are done monthly, writing to the Full pool. Incremental backups are retained for 2 weeks, and full backups are retained for 6

Re: [Bacula-users] Forcing use of next tape in Autochanger

2006-09-25 Thread Dan Langille
On 25 Sep 2006 at 8:09, Michael Nelson wrote: On Wed, September 20, 2006 11:05 pm, Troy Daniels said: Something like 'Volume Use Duration = 24h' should work if added to your Pools definition. I tried it, and it just keeps backing up to the same tape day after day, and it's still marked

Re: [Bacula-users] Update on CVS as of yesterday

2006-09-25 Thread Michael Brennen
[originally posted privately, now moving to the list] On Monday 25 September 2006 02:13 am, Kern Sibbald wrote: On Sunday 24 September 2006 20:59, Michael Brennen wrote: Yesterday midday, late evening in Europe, I pulled the latest CVS and saw that a number of files in /src had been

[Bacula-users] btape fill error

2006-09-25 Thread Tom Plancon
Title: signature page Hello All, I'm setting up Bacula 1.38.11 with Postgresql on a dual Opteron system running FC4 and a HP Storageworks DAT-72 external SCSI tape drive. When I run btape "fill" I get the following error: Do you want to run the simplified test (s) with one tape or the

Re: [Bacula-users] Forcing use of next tape in Autochanger

2006-09-25 Thread Alan Brown
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Dan Langille wrote: If you added that directive to the Pool after the Volume was created, you'll need to update the Volume parameters from the Pool definition. This can be done from bcsonole with the update command. Just to clarify Does this parameter get updated for

Re: [Bacula-users] Forcing use of next tape in Autochanger

2006-09-25 Thread Dan Langille
On 25 Sep 2006 at 17:49, Alan Brown wrote: On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Dan Langille wrote: If you added that directive to the Pool after the Volume was created, you'll need to update the Volume parameters from the Pool definition. This can be done from bcsonole with the update command. Just

Re: [Bacula-users] Forcing use of next tape in Autochanger

2006-09-25 Thread Dan Langille
On 25 Sep 2006 at 17:49, Alan Brown wrote: On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Dan Langille wrote: If you added that directive to the Pool after the Volume was created, you'll need to update the Volume parameters from the Pool definition. This can be done from bcsonole with the update command. Just

[Bacula-users] btape fill error

2006-09-25 Thread Tom Plancon
Hello All, I'm setting up Bacula 1.38.11 with Postgresql on a dual Opteron system running FC4 and a HP Storageworks DAT-72 external SCSI tape drive. When I run btape fill I get the following error: Do you want to run the simplified test (s) with one tape or the complete multiple tape (m) test:

[Bacula-users] need DLT

2006-09-25 Thread Dan Langille
I'm about to order some new DLT tapes from my supplier in the USA. They go for about $18-20 each including delivery.I usually order packs of 10. If you'd like to piggy back on my order, please let me know. -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume:

Re: [Bacula-users] btape fill error

2006-09-25 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 9/25/2006 7:26 PM, Tom Plancon wrote: Hello All, I'm setting up Bacula 1.38.11 with Postgresql on a dual Opteron system running FC4 and a HP Storageworks DAT-72 external SCSI tape drive. When I run btape fill I get the following error: Do you want to run the simplified test (s)

[Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-25 Thread Hristo Benev
Hi, I have Python 04106-XXX Rev: 7550 DDS-3 tape drive. Is there a way to check if HW compression is ON or OFF, and what is better to use HW or SW one currently I use GZIP=1 SW one tapeinfo gives me an error tapeinfo -f /dev/tape mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes mtx: Request Sense: Valid

Re: [Bacula-users] Forcing use of next tape in Autochanger

2006-09-25 Thread Michael Nelson
On Mon, September 25, 2006 8:57 am, Dan Langille said: If you added that directive to the Pool after the Volume was created, you'll need to update the Volume parameters from the Pool definition. This can be done from bcsonole with the update command. Tell us what happens. Thank you! That

Re: [Bacula-users] Manual ejection of tape confuses bacula

2006-09-25 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 25 September 2006 15:37, Alan Brown wrote: On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Sarath Jayewardena wrote: How about if I had not started a new backup after re-inserting the tape, yet? You would probably be ok. Will an unmount/mount before running any jobs make bacula accept the tape?

Re: [Bacula-users] Manual ejection of tape confuses bacula

2006-09-25 Thread Sarath Jayewardena
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Alan Brown wrote: On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Sarath Jayewardena wrote: How about if I had not started a new backup after re-inserting the tape, yet? You would probably be ok. Will an unmount/mount before running any jobs make bacula accept the tape? Probably. I

Re: [Bacula-users] confused about Full vrs. Incremental backups pools

2006-09-25 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Arno Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [Problem] Here's the problem...as incremental backups expire and are purged, bacula will often promote the next incremental to a full backup, since it correctly determines that there are no full backups for a particular client in the

Re: [Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-25 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 9/25/2006 8:31 PM, Hristo Benev wrote: Hi, I have Python 04106-XXX Rev: 7550 DDS-3 tape drive. Is there a way to check if HW compression is ON or OFF, and what is better to use HW or SW one currently I use GZIP=1 SW one Well, Hardware compression is done in the tape hardware. You

Re: [Bacula-users] confused about Full vrs. Incremental backups pools

2006-09-25 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 9/25/2006 8:46 PM, Bill Moran wrote: In response to Arno Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [Problem] Here's the problem...as incremental backups expire and are purged, bacula will often promote the next incremental to a full backup, since it correctly determines that there are no full backups

Re: [Bacula-users] Job has terminated doesn't finish

2006-09-25 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If I'm not mistaken -- and I may well be -- this, or a problem similar to this, was corrected in a later version of Bacula. I'd recommend testing on 1.38.11. Carlos Cristóbal Sabroe Yde wrote: Hi, I'm asking this again, maybe someone can help. I'm

[Bacula-users] Bacula File Storage - disk-changer - how to split File volumes ?

2006-09-25 Thread Claudinei Matos
Hi, I have a bacula setup on my network using File as Storage device. Well, everything works fine and I used to write the files on CD or DVD but now the FULL backup file is too big to fit on a DVD and I have to split it. Well the problem is that I have to first write the backup to disk and

Re: [Bacula-users] Restoring file from volume

2006-09-25 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Hoeving wrote: Mike, Thank you, I've discovered the issue. Who ever set our back-ups up originally set a file retention period of thirty days and a job retention period of 365 so while I can see the job, the files are pruned... I'd like

[Bacula-users] Multiple drives / Prefer Mounted Volumes

2006-09-25 Thread Michael Brennen
I am running current CVS. Per discussion a day or so ago, I added 'Prefer Mounted Volumes = no' to my JobDefs tonight, reloaded, and ran a couple of backups that I know use different volumes. The new parameter made no difference; drive 0 was unloaded each time and only it was used.