[Bacula-users] possible bug with very long Job (or File?) Retention

2008-11-29 Thread John Jorgensen
I think I've discovered a minor bug in Bacula 2.4.3 (running on Scientific Linux 4.5, but that's probably not relevant), so I'm following the standing suggestion to ask about it here on bacula-users before reporting it to the bug database. The bug can most succinctly be described by quoting the co

[Bacula-users] bconsole delete bug?

2008-11-29 Thread Kevin Keane
I think I may have run into a bug in bconsole - or maybe it's just some odd but behavior whose documentation I have missed? When you delete a volume on the command line, you use the following command: delete volume=volumename pool=poolname However, if you reverse the arguments, unexpectedly del

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD: version 2.0.2 works, and is available on Sourceforge

2008-11-29 Thread John Drescher
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Jari Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kern Sibbald put that version available, and I have tested it with couple > backups and a restore. All seems good. > > I you have a working version, do not upgrade without rigorous testing. 2.4.x > is broken (for DVD

[Bacula-users] DVD: version 2.0.2 works, and is available on Sourceforge

2008-11-29 Thread Jari Fredriksson
Kern Sibbald put that version available, and I have tested it with couple backups and a restore. All seems good. I you have a working version, do not upgrade without rigorous testing. 2.4.x is broken (for DVD). - This

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD Backup Version 2.0.2 OK?

2008-11-29 Thread Nils Blanck-Wehde
Hi John, hi everyone! I think I am getting closer to get DVD-burning to work. I would really love to use this feature and I would be glad to help fix it. I just checked, I had dvd+rw-tools-7.0-0.el5.3.rpm installed. As this is is <7.04 I uninstalled the rpm and compiled / installed from this

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula hang waiting for storage

2008-11-29 Thread Bob Hetzel
> From: Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:14:45 +0100 > Hi, > > 26.11.2008 21:22, Bob Hetzel wrote: >> > I've got bacula currently in a hung state with the following interesting >> > info. When I run a status storage produces the following... > > Is your Bacula s

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD backup problems gone!

2008-11-29 Thread michael riehemann
" I could have bought a hard disk with much more capacity then the discs provide, but..." it´s great to have backups "forever" - if some of my costumer ask for a file from one or two years ago, i can say - ok, let me have a look, maybe it is possible. Michael Am 29.11.2008 um 19:12 schrieb

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD backup problems gone!

2008-11-29 Thread Jari Fredriksson
>> For patches. Tell me about the plan, if you know it. >> >> When recycling a DVD media Bacula writes a 0 bytes >> length label file, and documents that it is how it >> should be. When mounting a DVD media Bacula tries to >> read the label file, and complains if it is 0 bytes and >> has no data.

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD Backup Version 2.0.2 OK?

2008-11-29 Thread michael riehemann
hi, i use: * growisofs by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, version 7.1, front-ending to mkisofs: mkisofs 2.01 is not what you see here. This line is only a fake for too clever GUIs and other frontend applications. In fact, this program is: genisoimage 1.1.2 (Linux) only binary growisofs compiled from

[Bacula-users] Fwd: DVD Backup Version 2.0.2 OK?

2008-11-29 Thread michael riehemann
hi, i use: * growisofs by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, version 7.1, front-ending to mkisofs: mkisofs 2.01 is not what you see here. This line is only a fake for too clever GUIs and other frontend applications. In fact, this program is: genisoimage 1.1.2 (Linux) only binary growisofs compiled from

[Bacula-users] Fwd: DVD Backup Version 2.0.2 OK?

2008-11-29 Thread michael riehemann
hi, the problem come up if more then one job is running, I have three jobs, the second fails because the database is not update the jobs correctly. (only last part, 0 files) Michael Am 29.11.2008 um 18:26 schrieb John Drescher: I have patched dvd+rw-tools on latest Debian. And I can confir

Re: [Bacula-users] Fwd: DVD Backup Version 2.0.2 OK?

2008-11-29 Thread Jari Fredriksson
>> I have patched dvd+rw-tools on latest Debian. And I can >> confirm that both the 2.2.8 and 2.4 branch do not work. >> > In gentoo about 3 months ago I did a 4 disk DVD+RW backup > at work and restored it at home using 2.4.X without > problems. To do this I believe > I ran bscan to import the

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD Backup Version 2.0.2 OK?

2008-11-29 Thread Jari Fredriksson
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 11:55 AM, John Drescher > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 10:50 AM, michael riehemann >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi all together, >>> >>> and, sorry for my english :) >>> >>> I read that version 2.0.2 is running fine for DVD >>> Backups. I t

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD backup problems gone!

2008-11-29 Thread John Drescher
> For patches. Tell me about the plan, if you know it. > > When recycling a DVD media Bacula writes a 0 bytes length label file, and > documents that it is how it should be. > When mounting a DVD media Bacula tries to read the label file, and complains > if it is 0 bytes and has no data. > Is th

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD backup problems gone!

2008-11-29 Thread Jari Fredriksson
> Jari: Think whatever you want. I've said my bit. Take > it as you will. > > I look forward to your patches. Best wishes. > For patches. Tell me about the plan, if you know it. When recycling a DVD media Bacula writes a 0 bytes length label file, and documents that it is how it should be.

[Bacula-users] Fwd: DVD Backup Version 2.0.2 OK?

2008-11-29 Thread John Drescher
> I have patched dvd+rw-tools on latest Debian. And I can confirm that both the > 2.2.8 and 2.4 branch do not work. > In gentoo about 3 months ago I did a 4 disk DVD+RW backup at work and restored it at home using 2.4.X without problems. To do this I believe I ran bscan to import the catalog being

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD Backup Version 2.0.2 OK?

2008-11-29 Thread Bruno Friedmann
All packages are in SF but you must dig to find them :-) https://sourceforge.net/search/index.php?group_id=50727&form_submit=Search&search_file_name=1&search_release_name=1&search_release_notes=1&search_changelog=1&type_of_search=files&all_words=2.0.2&exact_phrase=&some_word=&without_words=&packag

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Backups to DVD defunct in recent versions?

2008-11-29 Thread John Drescher
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Jari Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Yes, the DVD code is unfortunately very difficult to >> maintain, and apparently no one in the community tested >> it while in beta phase, so it seems to be pretty >> seriously broken. >> >> We are conside

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD backup problems gone!

2008-11-29 Thread Dan Langille
Jari Fredriksson wrote: >> Jari Fredriksson wrote: >> >> All very true. Great. I suggest that waiting slightly >> longer than you >> did is generally a good idea. A period of < 24 hours >> isn't best practice. > > I wrote my query to Users 8th november with a Subject "Strange DVD backup > pr

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD Backup Version 2.0.2 OK?

2008-11-29 Thread John Drescher
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 11:55 AM, John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 10:50 AM, michael riehemann > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all together, >> >> and, sorry for my english :) >> >> I read that version 2.0.2 is running fine for DVD Backups. >> I tried with 2.4 a

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD Backup Version 2.0.2 OK?

2008-11-29 Thread Jari Fredriksson
> Hi all together, > > and, sorry for my english :) > > I read that version 2.0.2 is running fine for DVD Backups. > I tried with 2.4 and 2.2.8 both are buggy. > > Version 2.0.2 is not (any more) at sourceforge. > > Anybody knows where to get source code or debian (etch) > packages with > debs

[Bacula-users] redirect waiting jo to another storage

2008-11-29 Thread Stefan Pampel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, sometimes i had the situation where the job is waiting is waiting for a volume on storage FOO, but I have a new/recycled or empty volume in storage BAR. How can i achive this on a currently running/waiting job? How can i handle this in the job

[Bacula-users] DVD Backup Version 2.0.2 OK?

2008-11-29 Thread michael riehemann
Hi all together, and, sorry for my english :) I read that version 2.0.2 is running fine for DVD Backups. I tried with 2.4 and 2.2.8 both are buggy. Version 2.0.2 is not (any more) at sourceforge. Anybody knows where to get source code or debian (etch) packages with debs? Many thanks in advan

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD backup problems gone!

2008-11-29 Thread Nils Blanck-Wehde
Hello everyone, I am trying hard to get DVD backups working as well. I posted about this to the list last week (topic: "ERR=Could not mount DVD device"), unfortunately with no reply so far. It looks like backing up to DVD isn't a very common thing around here... If anyone actually did manage

Re: [Bacula-users] Promoting manually level of jobs.

2008-11-29 Thread Bruno Friedmann
Pascal Clermont wrote: > I have a daily backup at a incremental level with a 7 days retention > period and this works fine. > > I have one share that is very big and would be alot better if it could > run its "full" on fridays. is it possible for me in the bconsole to > promote the level to ful

Re: [Bacula-users] DVD backup problems gone!

2008-11-29 Thread Jari Fredriksson
> Jari Fredriksson wrote: > > All very true. Great. I suggest that waiting slightly > longer than you > did is generally a good idea. A period of < 24 hours > isn't best practice. I wrote my query to Users 8th november with a Subject "Strange DVD backup problem". Before that I wrote under S

[Bacula-users] Is it save to delete all Volumes with VolStatus = "Purged"?

2008-11-29 Thread Rodrigo Severo
Hi, Is it safe to delete all Volumes with VolStatus = "Purged"? I ask because I have the following situation on my Bacula database right now: > select VolStatus, count(MediaId) from Media group by VolStatus; +---++ | VolStatus | count(MediaId) | +---+