Re: [Bacula-users] use the same spool file for two time recording
Hi, Thanks for answering, seems that bacula does not restore directly from a Copy job, is there a more usable way to have two copies in one job? "The Copy process is essentially identical to the Migration feature with the exception that the Job that is copied is left unchanged. This essentially creates two identical copies of the same backup. However, the copy is treated as a copy rather than a backup job, and hence is not directly available for restore. If bacula founds a copy when a job record is purged (deleted) from the catalog, it will promote the copy as real backup and will make it available for automatic restore. " >From bacula docs Thanks! - Original Message - From: "John Drescher" To: "Mihai Satmarean" Cc: "bacula-users" Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 8:29:08 PM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] use the same spool file for two time recording > we have this policy, that always we backup the data twice, one coy goes off > site, one copy remains on-site. > > Lately we have to deal with 5 Tb + of data every job it takes 3 days with a > LT04 device, > so I would like to save time and use the same spool file and write it to two > tapes after it is created. > > Could this be done? > Not directly. You may be able to create a Copy job. But that would tie up your archive for some time. John -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] bextract from a remote file daemon
Hi It's possible to restore a backup that is stored in a remote server using bextract? I use bextract -b /var/lib/bacula/intranet.bsr /storage/backup/ $MOUNT_POINT/smbserver where /storage/backup/ is in the local server, but cat this directory be located on a remote server? E mean, restore from volumes in a remote server. -- Att.* *** -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Large number of tapes?
> "Erich" == Erich Weiler writes: Erich> Hi John, Erich> Thanks for responding! Reply below: Erich> I'm looking for a little advice on a setup I have here. I have Erich> 300TB of non-changing data that I need to archive. I have a Erich> Dell ML6000 tape library that holds like 41 LTO-5 tapes Erich> (connected to a CentOS 6 Server), and I have a pile of hundreds Erich> of tapes to do this job with. >> >> Quick question, how long do you plan on keeping this data? And how >> often do you plan on restoring it? If this is for an archive, which >> you expect to be usable for years and years, then I'd suggest that you >> >> a) make two copies of each set of data, bacula can do this. >> >> b) make sure you verify each tape that's written by reading it back, >> bacual can do this too Erich> Yep, we actually have two backup servers with two tape Erich> libraries to make two copies in parallel to reduce backup time. Erich> I didn't know it could read the tape back automatically after Erich> writing each one for verification; which directive in the Erich> config does that? It's in the bacula manual, and I think it's called 'verify' or something like that. Please note, it *will* slow things down, alot, since it now needs to re-read the tape and the filesystem chunk and compare them. So having multiple libraries will only get you back upto the performance of just one library without verification. Erich> The data will be archived conceivably for 15+ years. Although Erich> by that point I suspect we'll refresh our whole archive plan Erich> again because of LTO-5 shelf life limitations. ;) I thought LTO-5 had a decent shelf life rating, but just making sure you have reliable LTO-5 tape drives in 15 years might be the trick. Anyone still got DAT and/or 8mm drives that can read their old backups? *grin* Erich> This archive strategy is for DR only - we don't plan on doing Erich> restores at all for daily stuff. If we are restoring for any Erich> reason, something went horribly wrong... Yup. The key to tape longevity is nice stable temps and nice stable humidity levels. I'm sure any on the major offsite media vendors can happily provide this, at a cost. John -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Large number of tapes?
Hi John, Thanks for responding! Reply below: > Erich> I'm looking for a little advice on a setup I have here. I have > Erich> 300TB of non-changing data that I need to archive. I have a > Erich> Dell ML6000 tape library that holds like 41 LTO-5 tapes > Erich> (connected to a CentOS 6 Server), and I have a pile of hundreds > Erich> of tapes to do this job with. > > Quick question, how long do you plan on keeping this data? And how > often do you plan on restoring it? If this is for an archive, which > you expect to be usable for years and years, then I'd suggest that you > > a) make two copies of each set of data, bacula can do this. > > b) make sure you verify each tape that's written by reading it back, > bacual can do this too Yep, we actually have two backup servers with two tape libraries to make two copies in parallel to reduce backup time. I didn't know it could read the tape back automatically after writing each one for verification; which directive in the config does that? The data will be archived conceivably for 15+ years. Although by that point I suspect we'll refresh our whole archive plan again because of LTO-5 shelf life limitations. ;) This archive strategy is for DR only - we don't plan on doing restores at all for daily stuff. If we are restoring for any reason, something went horribly wrong... cheers, erich -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrade Bacula client to 5.0.3
> On Fri, 18 May 2012 11:17:45 -0700, kgmeyer said: > > I am running a Kubuntu server 11.04 with Bacula 5.0.3 director and > storage. I have 3 clients - 2 Windows (SBS and 2008) and a Ubuntu server > 10.04. The Ubuntu (lucid) server has Bacula client 5.0.1 installed and is > backed up via SSH tunnel. This backup worked perfectly while the front-end > server was 10.04 (Bacula 5.0.1) but fails now the versions differ. The > Windows servers are fine. It is surprising that Bacula 5.0.1 client can't talk to a 5.0.3 director/storage. What is the error message? __Martin -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] multi-drive autoch: Job is waiting on Storage storagedev-LTO
Yes we have tried a few different configuration parameters which we thought may allow this scenario to work but having no luck, perhaps two pools is the easier way to do this. Would there be any possibility that you wouldn't mind posting your configs or an example that I could take away and test (using your working config) which will allow both drives to be utilised using two pools? Thanks very much for your help +-- |This was sent by martinjasontho...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] FW: Volumes in pool with VolStatus Error
Dear John. Yes, it works. Thank you very much. br Robert Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Robert Kromoser SAP Technology Consultant / System Administrator KINAMU Business Solutions AG Concorde Business Park 2 / F12 2320 Schwechat, Austria Tel: +43 1 30620 - 124 Fax: +43 1 30620 - 9000 robert.kromo...@kinamu.com http://www.kinamu.com KINAMU Deutschland GmbH Crusiusstrasse 1 80538 München, Deutschland Tel: +49 89 / 381 698 82 Fax: +49 89 / 613 944 50 -Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Freitag, 25. Mai 2012 14:47 To: Robert Kromoser Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Volumes in pool with VolStatus Error On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Robert Kromoser wrote: > Hi everybody. > > > > When I do a "list media pool=" then I see that the 2 Volumes > in the pool > > has VolStatus Error. What is the problem? > > Can anyone give me instructions to bring the tape to a useable state again? > I believe the following works: Use the update volume command to set the Vol status to append. Then purge the volume. John -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Bacula-Web 5.2.6 available now
Dear all, I'm proud to announce you that Bacula-Web 5.2.6 is available for download - This new version will include - Updated french translation (thanks to Guillaume Delacour) - Fixed client sort order in Client report form (dashboard) - Updated links in header to point to the new website (About and Bugs) - Fixed charset (utf8) in template header - etc... All the details are included in the release note below http://www.bacula-web.org/download.html Best regards Davide Bacula-Web project site: www.bacula-web.org -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Volumes in pool with VolStatus Error
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Robert Kromoser wrote: > Hi everybody. > > > > When I do a “list media pool=” then I see that the 2 Volumes in > the pool > > has VolStatus Error. What is the problem? > > Can anyone give me instructions to bring the tape to a useable state again? > I believe the following works: Use the update volume command to set the Vol status to append. Then purge the volume. John -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] multi-drive autoch: Job is waiting on Storage storagedev-LTO
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Martian333 wrote: > Hi John > > Thanks for your reply - yep both jobs are using the same pool, there is only > one. > > Here is my jobsdef.conf file: > > JobDefs { > Name = "Vbackup" > Type = Backup > Level = VirtualFull > Schedule = "DailyVirtualFull" > Pool = Default > # Pool = TapeCopy > Messages = Standard > FileSet = "Full Set" > Prefer Mounted Volumes = no > Priority = 100 > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2 > } > I think the problem in that case is convincing bacula to load the same pool using 2 volumes at the same time. I have seen that before. I am not sure of the solution. I have a two drive changer since 2006 but for years I just avoid the problem by using different pools. John -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Volumes in pool with VolStatus Error
Hi everybody. When I do a "list media pool=" then I see that the 2 Volumes in the pool has VolStatus Error. What is the problem? Can anyone give me instructions to bring the tape to a useable state again? br Robert -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] multi-drive autoch: Job is waiting on Storage storagedev-LTO
Hi John Thanks for your reply - yep both jobs are using the same pool, there is only one. Here is my jobsdef.conf file: JobDefs { Name = "Vbackup" Type = Backup Level = VirtualFull Schedule = "DailyVirtualFull" Pool = Default #Pool = TapeCopy Messages = Standard FileSet = "Full Set" Prefer Mounted Volumes = no Priority = 100 Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2 } Thanks again +-- |This was sent by martinjasontho...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users