Re: [Bacula-users] query for file sizes in a job
I appreciate that, but either you misunderstood what I'm trying to do or I just can't seem to make sense of the search results I'm getting as they apply to my issue. I did see one web page that decodes the base64 string from a member of this mailing list, but that operates on a single base64 string, not on a whole job (and even if it did, I don't know how to get bacula to tell me the base64 strings). I want to either get a full list of files from a job complete with file sizes so I can sort on the file sizes, or query for files greater than a certain size. I also probably should have mentioned that I'm stuck on Bacula v3.03 because it runs on a windows server. Could you be a little more specific on what kind of answer I'm looking for in the google results? Thanks! -Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 6:12 AM To: Jeff Shanholtz; bacula-users Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] query for file sizes in a job 2011/10/6 Jeff Shanholtz jeffs...@shanholtz.com: I'm currently tuning my exclude rules and one of the things I want to do is make sure I'm not backing up any massive files that don't need to be backed up. Is there any way to get bacula to list file sizes along with the file names since llist doesn't do this? Google search for bacula base64 John -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] query for file sizes in a job
Thanks guys. I'm pretty sure I'm using sqlite (having a hard time determining that definitively, but I don't think I did anything from an installation point of view beyond just installing bacula). I assume this script is postgresql specific. Looks like the fastest option for me is going to be to simply search the drives of my 3 client systems for large files and then check to see if any of those files are being backed up when they don't need to be. -Original Message- From: Stuart McGraw [mailto:smcg4...@frii.com] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 10:30 AM To: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] query for file sizes in a job On 10/06/2011 12:36 PM, Jeff Shanholtz wrote: I'm currently tuning my exclude rules and one of the things I want to do is make sure I'm not backing up any massive files that don't need to be backed up. Is there any way to get bacula to list file sizes along with the file names since llist doesn't do this? The filesize and other file attributes are stored in (psuedo?-)base-64 encoded form in the lstat field of the 'file' table of the catalog database. I ran into the same problem and, since I'm using Postgresql for my catalogs, wrote a little pg extension function in C that is called with an lstat value and the index number of the stat field wanted. This is used as a base to define some one-line convenience functions like lstat_size(text), lstat_mtime(text), etc, which then allows one to define views like: CREATE VIEW v_files AS ( SELECT f.fileid, f.jobid, CASE fileindex WHEN 0 THEN 'X' ELSE ' ' END AS del, lstat_size (lstat) AS size, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE 'epoch' + lstat_mtime (lstat) * INTERVAL '1 second' AS mtime, p.path||n.name AS filename FROM file f JOIN path p ON p.pathid=f.pathid JOIN filename n ON n.filenameid=f.filenameid); which generates results like: SELECT * FROM v_files WHERE ...whatever...; fileid | jobid | del | size | mtime | filename -+---+-+--++ -+---+-+--++ -+---+-+--++ 2155605 | 1750 | |39656 | 2011-10-06 21:18:17-06 | /srv/backup/files-sdb1.txt 2155606 | 1750 | | 4096 | 2011-10-06 21:18:35-06 | /srv/backup/ 2155607 | 1750 | X |0 | 2011-10-05 19:59:34-06 | /home/stuart/Maildir/new/1317866374.V803I580003M622752.soga.home 2155571 | 1749 | | 39553788 | 2011-10-05 21:24:16-06 | /var/spool/bacula/bacula.dmp 2155565 | 1748 | |39424 | 2011-10-05 20:24:49-06 | c:/stuart/pmt.xls 2155566 | 1748 | | 1365 | 2011-10-05 21:22:42-06 | c:/Local/bacula/data/pg_global.sql 2155567 | 1748 | | 45197314 | 2011-10-05 21:23:07-06 | c:/Local/bacula/data/pg_jmdict.dmp I've found it very convenient and will be happy to pass it on to anyone interested but have to add a disclaimer is that this was the first time I've used C in 20 years, first time I ever wrote a PG extension function and first time I ever looked at the Bacula source code, so be warned. :-) -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] query for file sizes in a job
I'm currently tuning my exclude rules and one of the things I want to do is make sure I'm not backing up any massive files that don't need to be backed up. Is there any way to get bacula to list file sizes along with the file names since llist doesn't do this? -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] please mount volume or label a new one
I knew my problem was state related. I figured it out! I had killed a job
while testing some changes and it left a phantom, unused volume in the
catalog (I had deleted the file since I killed the job).
This is what I found when I did a list media on this client's pool:
| MediaId | VolumeName| VolStatus | Enabled |
VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType
| LastWritten |
+-+---+---+-+---
--+--+--+-+--+---+---+--
---+
| 3254| client | Append| 1 | 181
| 0| 31536000 | 0 | 0| 0 | File | 0
Deleted the volume from the catalog and I just ran a backup successfully
without any intervention. :)
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Shanholtz [mailto:jeffs...@shanholtz.com]
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 12:52 PM
To: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] please mount volume or label a new one
I have always kept Maximum Volume Jobs at 1 for this and all other
(working) clients. One file per job is the way I do it.
Do you have a limit on the # of volumes in the pool?
Not to my knowledge. Here's the relevant info from my conf files.
Director:
Director {# define myself
Name = server-dir
DIRport = 9101# where we listen for UA connections
QueryFile = C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Bacula\\bin\\query.sql
WorkingDirectory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
PidDirectory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
Password = password # Console password
Messages = Daemon
FD Connect Timeout = 43200 # 12 hrs
}
JobDefs {
Name = DefaultJob
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
FileSet = Windows Full Set
Schedule = WeeklyCycle
Messages = Standard
Priority = 10
}
Job {
Name = client
Client = client -fd
JobDefs = DefaultJob
Write Bootstrap = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work\\ client.bsr
ClientRunBeforeJob=cmd.exe /c C:\\Utils\\BeforeBackup.bat
ClientRunAfterJob=cmd.exe /c C:\\Utils\\AfterBackup.bat
Pool = client
Storage = FileClient
}
# Client (File Services) to backup
Client {
Name = client -fd
Address = client
FDPort = 9102
Catalog = MyCatalog
Password = password # password for FileDaemon
File Retention = 6 months
Job Retention = 6 months
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
}
# Definition of file storage device
Storage {
Name = FileClient
# Do not use localhost here
Address = server# N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
SDPort = 9103
Password = password
Device = FileStorageClient
Media Type = File
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
}
Pool {
Name = client
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = no # Bacula can automatically recycle
Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 365 days # one year
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
Label Format =
${Job}_${Year}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}_${Level}_${JobId}
}
Storage:
Storage { # definition of myself
Name = server-sd
SDPort = 9103 # Director's port
WorkingDirectory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
Pid Directory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
}
Device {
Name = FileStorageClient
Media Type = File
Archive Device = H:\\Bacula\ Backup\ Volumes
LabelMedia = yes # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
Random Access = Yes
AutomaticMount = yes # when device opened, read it
RemovableMedia = yes
AlwaysOpen = no
}
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Re: [Bacula-users] please mount volume or label a new one
Weekday bump. :) From: Jeff Shanholtz [mailto:jeffs...@shanholtz.com] Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 9:27 AM To: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Bacula-users] please mount volume or label a new one Something happened to cause bacula to stop auto-labeling for one of my clients. I've manually labeled it 2 or 3 days in a row now, initially thinking it just needed a kick start for some reason to get back on track. I think this started because I was doing some testing of some settings and then ended up deleting an unwanted backup file that bacula created but never started filling with backup data. All other clients auto-label just fine every day and all clients, including the faulty one, are configured exactly the same. Plus the faulty client was auto-labeling prior to this event perfectly fine as well. So I'm inclined to believe that this problem is state-related rather than configuration related. I am running version 3.0.3. Can anyone tell me what I must do to correct this problem? -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] please mount volume or label a new one
I have always kept Maximum Volume Jobs at 1 for this and all other (working) clients. One file per job is the way I do it. From: Kleber Leal [mailto:kleber.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 11:29 AM To: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] please mount volume or label a new one Verify if Maximum Volumes parameter. Maybe your client overflow this setting. Kleber 2011/8/8 Jeff Shanholtz jeffs...@shanholtz.com Weekday bump. :) From: Jeff Shanholtz [mailto:jeffs...@shanholtz.com] Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 9:27 AM To: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Bacula-users] please mount volume or label a new one Something happened to cause bacula to stop auto-labeling for one of my clients. I've manually labeled it 2 or 3 days in a row now, initially thinking it just needed a kick start for some reason to get back on track. I think this started because I was doing some testing of some settings and then ended up deleting an unwanted backup file that bacula created but never started filling with backup data. All other clients auto-label just fine every day and all clients, including the faulty one, are configured exactly the same. Plus the faulty client was auto-labeling prior to this event perfectly fine as well. So I'm inclined to believe that this problem is state-related rather than configuration related. I am running version 3.0.3. Can anyone tell me what I must do to correct this problem? -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] please mount volume or label a new one
I have always kept Maximum Volume Jobs at 1 for this and all other
(working) clients. One file per job is the way I do it.
Do you have a limit on the # of volumes in the pool?
Not to my knowledge. Here's the relevant info from my conf files.
Director:
Director {# define myself
Name = server-dir
DIRport = 9101# where we listen for UA connections
QueryFile = C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Bacula\\bin\\query.sql
WorkingDirectory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
PidDirectory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
Password = password # Console password
Messages = Daemon
FD Connect Timeout = 43200 # 12 hrs
}
JobDefs {
Name = DefaultJob
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
FileSet = Windows Full Set
Schedule = WeeklyCycle
Messages = Standard
Priority = 10
}
Job {
Name = client
Client = client -fd
JobDefs = DefaultJob
Write Bootstrap = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work\\ client.bsr
ClientRunBeforeJob=cmd.exe /c C:\\Utils\\BeforeBackup.bat
ClientRunAfterJob=cmd.exe /c C:\\Utils\\AfterBackup.bat
Pool = client
Storage = FileClient
}
# Client (File Services) to backup
Client {
Name = client -fd
Address = client
FDPort = 9102
Catalog = MyCatalog
Password = password # password for FileDaemon
File Retention = 6 months
Job Retention = 6 months
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
}
# Definition of file storage device
Storage {
Name = FileClient
# Do not use localhost here
Address = server# N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
SDPort = 9103
Password = password
Device = FileStorageClient
Media Type = File
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
}
Pool {
Name = client
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = no # Bacula can automatically recycle
Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 365 days # one year
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
Label Format =
${Job}_${Year}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}_${Level}_${JobId}
}
Storage:
Storage { # definition of myself
Name = server-sd
SDPort = 9103 # Director's port
WorkingDirectory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
Pid Directory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
}
Device {
Name = FileStorageClient
Media Type = File
Archive Device = H:\\Bacula\ Backup\ Volumes
LabelMedia = yes # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
Random Access = Yes
AutomaticMount = yes # when device opened, read it
RemovableMedia = yes
AlwaysOpen = no
}
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[Bacula-users] please mount volume or label a new one
Something happened to cause bacula to stop auto-labeling for one of my clients. I've manually labeled it 2 or 3 days in a row now, initially thinking it just needed a kick start for some reason to get back on track. I think this started because I was doing some testing of some settings and then ended up deleting an unwanted backup file that bacula created but never started filling with backup data. All other clients auto-label just fine every day and all clients, including the faulty one, are configured exactly the same. Plus the faulty client was auto-labeling prior to this event perfectly fine as well. So I'm inclined to believe that this problem is state-related rather than configuration related. I am running version 3.0.3. Can anyone tell me what I must do to correct this problem? -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] performance problem
FWIW the backups sped up considerably and finished after 1.5 days at an overall transfer rate of about 1.5 MB/s. I'm really not sure what caused the slowdown yesterday but the eventual speed up seems to imply an environmental state on the machines that went away. I checked to see if the AV software was doing full system scans, but it wasn't. Unless anyone has ideas on what might have been causing the slowdown, I will consider this issue (more or less) resolved. Thanks anyway. From: Jeff Shanholtz [mailto:jeffs...@shanholtz.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 5:31 PM To: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Bacula-users] performance problem I currently have 3 clients doing a full backup (simultaneously). According to status client one is getting 300kb/s (this one is my director and storage server machine), one is getting 225kb/s, and one is getting 50kb/s. I've disabled AV on access scanning for the bacula-fd.exe process. I have software compression enabled, but none of the 3 systems seem bogged down so I think the bottleneck is not due to that option (although I'm tempted to turn on ntfs compression on the backup drive and disable software compression in the future). For the most part I don't mind too much that the backups are so slow because I'm quite happy to see the client machines continuing to be quite snappy. The main concern, particularly for full backups (which at this rate will take upwards of 3 days to complete), is the possibility of a system going offline and thus killing the backup (or will it pick up where it left off, as long as I have FD Connect Timeout configured to be longer than a system would typically be offline for, e.g. 12 hours?). So what else could be coming into play with my poor performance? Are simultaneous backups problematic performance-wise? I've watched the I/O activity of bacula-sd.exe and it certainly doesn't seem to be maxed out. It is using an external USB2 hard drive. Could the difference between USB2 and eSATA be the key? I can connect them as eSATA if I really need to. Seems like USB2 should be allowing substantially more than the roughly 600kb/s overall speed I'm getting though. I'm running all Windows Bacula binaries, version 3.0.3. I'm not sure posting config files is necessary at this point, although I'm happy to do so if needed. -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] performance problem
I currently have 3 clients doing a full backup (simultaneously). According to status client one is getting 300kb/s (this one is my director and storage server machine), one is getting 225kb/s, and one is getting 50kb/s. I've disabled AV on access scanning for the bacula-fd.exe process. I have software compression enabled, but none of the 3 systems seem bogged down so I think the bottleneck is not due to that option (although I'm tempted to turn on ntfs compression on the backup drive and disable software compression in the future). For the most part I don't mind too much that the backups are so slow because I'm quite happy to see the client machines continuing to be quite snappy. The main concern, particularly for full backups (which at this rate will take upwards of 3 days to complete), is the possibility of a system going offline and thus killing the backup (or will it pick up where it left off, as long as I have FD Connect Timeout configured to be longer than a system would typically be offline for, e.g. 12 hours?). So what else could be coming into play with my poor performance? Are simultaneous backups problematic performance-wise? I've watched the I/O activity of bacula-sd.exe and it certainly doesn't seem to be maxed out. It is using an external USB2 hard drive. Could the difference between USB2 and eSATA be the key? I can connect them as eSATA if I really need to. Seems like USB2 should be allowing substantially more than the roughly 600kb/s overall speed I'm getting though. I'm running all Windows Bacula binaries, version 3.0.3. I'm not sure posting config files is necessary at this point, although I'm happy to do so if needed. -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] bat on windows crashing
Is it expected that windows bat would crash with a blank error message if trying to interact with a 3.0.3 director? I might be forced to find a compiled version of the servers or try to build them on my own if that's the only way to get to use bat in a windows only network. I thought I might get lucky but I'm guessing the crash is an indication that it is incompatible with an older version of the director. -- Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula on Windows 2008 won't start
You need to specify the location of your conf file with the -c flag when you run from a command prompt. You can check the command line used by the service in the registry (HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bacula-fd), but you'll want to remove the /service part when running from the command line. -Original Message- From: rlh1533 [mailto:bacula-fo...@backupcentral.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 8:59 AM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Bacula-users] Bacula on Windows 2008 won't start I've scoured the universe for others with this problem, and I promise you, only one other person has posted about this back in 2010 and there was no resolution, or at least, nothing helpful. I've installed bacula-fd 5.0.2 on Server 2008 R2. The FD started automatically after installation. I shut it down, edited the bacula-fd.conf file to change the password, and now bacula-fd won't start at all. Can't double click the bacula-fd.exe because when you do, a command window flashes then is gone, and nothing. Starting it from the command line yields the following error: PS C:\Program Files\Bacula .\bacula-fd PS C:\Program Files\Bacula 01-Aug 11:30 bacula-fd: ERROR TERMINATION at /tmp/bacula/bacula/src/lib/parse_conf.c:898 Config error: Cannot open config file C:\ProgramData\Bacula/bacula-fd.conf: No such file or directory Can someone help me figure this out? I'm at a total loss. +-- |This was sent by rlh1...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] bat on windows crashing
Has anyone here already compiled windows versions of the director and storage daemons? Or is anyone aware of such binaries being available on the web anywhere? I don't want to waste my time trying to get it built if someone else already has. -Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 7:51 AM To: Jeff Shanholtz Cc: Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] bat on windows crashing 2011/8/1 Jeff Shanholtz jeffs...@shanholtz.com: Is it expected that windows bat would crash with a blank error message if trying to interact with a 3.0.3 director? You need the same version of bat as the bacula director. Even if you get that bat is not extremely stable under windows (at least in my experience). bat-5.0.X is better than 3.0.X however. John -- Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula on Windows 2008 won't start
Can you telnet to it on the fd port? I would first try that on the client system, and assuming it makes a connection, try it again from the director system. If it fails to connect from that system then you've got some sort of firewall issue. -Original Message- From: rlh1533 [mailto:bacula-fo...@backupcentral.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 9:44 AM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Bacula-users] Bacula on Windows 2008 won't start The bacula registry key has this in it for bacula-fd.exe execution: C:\Program Files\Bacula\bacula-fd.exe /service -c C:\Program Files\Bacula\bacula-fd.conf That is the correct location of bacula-fd.conf. In a command window, this command seems to work: PS C:\Program Files\Bacula .\bacula-fd -c C:\Program Files\Bacula\bacula-fd.conf At least, after I use that command, I have these in the shell, and not an error message. After that, I still can't connect to the fd though from the director... +-- |This was sent by rlh1...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Concurrent client backups giving waiting on Storage File messages
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[Bacula-users] Concurrent client backups giving waiting on Storage File messages
I am trying to alter my Bacula configuration such that my backup jobs run
concurrently since sometimes a client can be offline and I want to have
Bacula wait up to 12 hours for that client to reappear without holding up
the whole queue of client jobs. As best as I can tell I've got everything
configured correctly but I still get waiting on Storage File status
messages for all clients except one. Only one client is running at a time,
although they all run successfully in sequential fashion.
I am using a removable hard drive for the backup media with one file per
client backup job. I have created separate pools, one per client, to ensure
that the right job matches up with the right backup file. Otherwise I found
that if an error occurred trying to start a backup of client #1, client #2
would use client #1's backup file, causing confusion since the backup files
are named after the client.
I am still running version 3.0.3 since 5.0 doesn't have Windows director and
storage binaries precompiled.
Hopefully I've provided enough background, including what I believe is all
of the relevant config info below. So how do I fix this waiting on Storage
File problem so I can get clients backing up concurrently?
Director config (including a representative pool definition - remember that
I have one pool per client)...
Director {# define myself
Name = myserver-dir
DIRport = 9101# where we listen for UA connections
QueryFile = C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Bacula\\bin\\query.sql
WorkingDirectory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
PidDirectory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
Password = mypassword # Console password
Messages = Daemon
FD Connect Timeout = 43200 # 12 hrs
}
# Definition of file storage device
Storage {
Name = File
# Do not use localhost here
Address = myserver# N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
SDPort = 9103
Password = mypassword
Device = FileStorage
Media Type = File
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
}
Pool {
Name = myclientpool
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = no # Bacula can automatically recycle
Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 365 days # one year
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
Label Format =
myclient-${Year}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}_${Level}_${JobId}
}
Storage config...
Storage { # definition of myself
Name = myserver-sd
SDPort = 9103 # Director's port
WorkingDirectory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
Pid Directory = C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
}
Device {
Name = FileStorage
Media Type = File
Archive Device = H:\\Bacula\ Backup\ Volumes
LabelMedia = yes # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
Random Access = Yes
AutomaticMount = yes # when device opened, read it
RemovableMedia = yes
AlwaysOpen = no
}
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Re: [Bacula-users] new hard drive mounted into ntfs filesystem of old hard drive
Thanks guys. Makes sense! I'll add it to the fileset then. -Original Message- From: Phil Stracchino [mailto:ala...@metrocast.net] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 1:39 PM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] new hard drive mounted into ntfs filesystem of old hard drive 1 - Add D:\ into the FileSet 2 - Add C:\MyNewHardDrive into the FileSet 3 - Set option onefs=no in the filesystem er ... the *fileset*, rather, not the filesystem -- Phil Stracchino, CDK#2 DoD#299792458 ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355 ala...@caerllewys.net ala...@metrocast.net p...@co.ordinate.org Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, SQL wrangler, Free Stater It's not the years, it's the mileage. -- What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] new hard drive mounted into ntfs filesystem of old hard drive
I added a hard drive to a system due to the old one filling up. In addition to the drive getting a new drive letter (D:), I also mounted it into a directory of my old hard drive (C:\MyNewHardDrive) in order to keep getting the contents backed up since I have backups configured to only do drive C:. Last night the differential backups ran and from listing the files of that backup job it appears that bacula ignored C:\MyNewHardDrive. Is bacula smart enough to recognize that the directory is physically a separate drive and that's why it was ignored? Is it possible to get bacula to back up this directory aside from adding drive D: to the list of drives to back up (which I prefer not to do)? Or is adding drive D: my only option? -- What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] no upgrade path for windows servers?
I appreciate all the responses so far, but switching to linux is not currently a consideration. Again, are the director and storage windows 5.0.3 binaries inherently less stable/buggier/worse than they are in 3.0.x? I'm trying to understand if it would be a bad idea to even attempt to get these binaries in comparison to continuing to use 3.0.x binaries. I suppose, based on one reply, I ought to just contact Bacula Systems to see if they will provide binaries for me, although I don't see how to contact them (other than a sales inquiry). -Original Message- From: James Harper [mailto:james.har...@bendigoit.com.au] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 1:45 AM To: Marcello Romani; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] no upgrade path for windows servers? Il 10/02/2011 08:59, James Harper ha scritto: Ever tried colinux in this configuration? http://www.colinux.org Amazing! Although I don't see why bother running a stable OS under an unstable one instead of the other way around... :-) If you're already running windows in the first place then all bets are off :) James -- The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] no upgrade path for windows servers?
I see that server support has been pulled from the installer. I have 3.0.1 installed and configured on my windows 2003 server and it is working great. Even though there isn't an installer for this configuration, is it possible to manually replace my 3.0.1 binaries with 5.0.3 binaries for storage and director services? I saw something about cross compiling but I don't currently have a linux configuration in which to do this. Are the installerless binaries available anywhere for manual configuration or am I stuck with 3.0.1 forever? Has the storage and director code taken a step backwards with regard to the windows platform or was their removal done simply to remove a pain point for users and thus reduce support related inquiries? Finally, I assume that if I stay with 3.0.1 on the server, I can upgrade clients to 5.0.3, correct? I'm crossing my fingers that the client status window will be a little more informative than just a big blank window like it is in 3.0.1. :) -- The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] runbeforejob/runafterjob
I'd like to run a script before all my scheduled jobs start and another one after they all end, as opposed to before/after a single job runs. I'd like the after script to run immediately after the jobs are done, otherwise I'd just use the Windows task scheduler. I figured I'd be able to create a before job and an after job, but it appears that jobs must perform some actual Bacula task. So is my only alternative to put the before directive in the first job and the after directive in the last job? In other words, these scripts aren't specific to a particular job so I want to disassociate them from the individual jobs if possible. -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] runbeforejob/runafterjob
Very cool. I read about the admin type but actually misunderstood the purpose (I thought it necessarily had to perform some type of administrative bacula task). I'll give it a try! -Original Message- From: Arno Lehmann [mailto:a...@its-lehmann.de] Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 12:51 PM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] runbeforejob/runafterjob Hi, 03.07.2009 20:49, Jeff Shanholtz wrote: Id like to run a script before all my scheduled jobs start and another one after they all end, as opposed to before/after a single job runs. Id like the after script to run immediately after the jobs are done, otherwise Id just use the Windows task scheduler. I figured Id be able to create a before job and an after job, but it appears that jobs must perform some actual Bacula task. So is my only alternative to put the before directive in the first job and the after directive in the last job? No, not necessarily. If I understand you correctly, you'd use two admin jobs: One scheduled a minute before the first backup job, the other a minute after the last backup. Those admin jobs can execute commands like regular jobs - that's their main purpose - and if you set the priority numerically lower and higher, respectively, than the backup jobs, the order should be correct. Arno In other words, these scripts arent specific to a particular job so I want to disassociate them from the individual jobs if possible. -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann Sandstr. 6, 49080 Osnabrück www.its-lehmann.de -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] waiting for a mount request
My external hard drive wasn't plugged in when backups started last night, so I plugged it in and according to the status the jobs seem to be waiting (as opposed to failed), so while the hard drive is now plugged in, I still see is waiting for a mount request so it doesn't seem to recognize that the volume is now available. What do I need to do to jump start the jobs that are waiting? -- Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge conference! Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: $250. Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] suppress these warnings?
So is this impossible? Just to be a little bit more clear, My FileSet includes drives A-Z in order to back up whatever drives are present on a system. I may just change it to drive C only, especially if there is no way to suppress these error messages, but ideally email report contents shouldn't influence FileSet definitions. :) From: Jeff Shanholtz [mailto:jeffs...@shanholtz.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 2:48 PM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Bacula-users] suppress these warnings? Is it possible to suppress warnings that relate to drives that don't exist in the email reports? Examples (which occur for every drive letter from H-Z on my system)... 09-Jun 12:38 jeff-fd JobId 1: Warning: Generate VSS snapshot of drive H:\ failed. VSS support is disabled on this drive. 09-Jun 14:20 jeff-fd JobId 1: Could not stat H:/: ERR=The system cannot find the path specified. -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] getting the exchange plugin to work with 2007
I've got the 64 bit client installed (3.0.1) and it is loading the exchange
plugin (as verified by looking at the loaded dll's with Process Monitor),
but I think the syntax for the FileSet's Plugin line must be different for
Exchange 2007 than for Exchange 2003 (I've only seen an example for 2003).
Here's my FileSet definition:
FileSet {
Name = Exchange
Include {
File = C:/Program Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox
Plugin = exchange:/@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store
}
Exclude {
File = C:/Program Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox/*
}
}
When I run with this, I get all the other VSS stuff (which I don't want!!!),
but not a backup of the Exchange information store. In fact, the job only
took 3 minutes, so obviously it's not backing up the store. Here's a snippet
of what I see in the report:
09-Jun 22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: Truncated database logs for Storage Group First
Storage Group 09-Jun 22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: Truncated database logs for
Storage Group Second Storage Group 09-Jun 22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS Writer
(BackupComplete): System Writer, State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE) 09-Jun 22:57
mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): SqlServerWriter, State: 0x1
(VSS_WS_STABLE) 09-Jun 22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS Writer (BackupComplete):
MSDEWriter, State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE) 09-Jun 22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS
Writer (BackupComplete): Event Log Writer, State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
09-Jun 22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): Registry Writer,
State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE) 09-Jun 22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS Writer
(BackupComplete): COM+ REGDB Writer, State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE) 09-Jun
22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): Microsoft Exchange
Writer, State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE) 09-Jun 22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS Writer
(BackupComplete): Dhcp Jet Writer, State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE) 09-Jun 22:57
mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): FRS Writer, State: 0x1
(VSS_WS_STABLE) 09-Jun 22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS Writer (BackupComplete):
WMI Writer, State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE) 09-Jun 22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS
Writer (BackupComplete): NTDS, State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE) 09-Jun 22:57
mcp-fd JobId 8: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): IIS Metabase Writer, State:
0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE) 09-Jun 22:57 mcp-sd JobId 8: Job write elapsed time =
00:02:45, Transfer rate = 4.728 M bytes/second 09-Jun 22:57 mcp-dir JobId 8:
Bacula mcp-dir 3.0.1 (28Apr09): 09-Jun-2009 22:57:38
Any idea what's wrong?
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Re: [Bacula-users] getting the exchange plugin to work with 2007
Looks like I was getting thrown off by all the VSS stuff (I figured that would be off by default - guess not), and didn't realize Outlook was removing the line breaks, making it hard to read. It does appear to be working, and the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer is no longer complaining about the store never having been backed up! :D Those file specifications came from my research on setting this up. It was in a thread I found on the subject (which I think you were a part of IIRC), and the purpose was to get the directory itself without the files. 2007 has a significantly different directory structure than 2003 and it was unclear to me what I should/shouldn't back up. But now that I can see what the plugin is backing up it appears that I should just exclude the edb and log files from the normal FileSet file specs. In fact, I think I should configure it to back up the whole Exchange Server directory (rather than letting my normal backup job do that), minus the edb's and log's. Thanks! | C:/Program Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox/ | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/Mailbox Database/DatabaseBackupInfo | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/Mailbox Database/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database.edb | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/Mailbox Database/ | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\E000836.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\E000837.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\E000838.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\E000839.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\E00083A.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\E00083B.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\E00083C.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\E00083D.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\E00083E.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/First Storage Group/ | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/Second Storage Group/Public Folder Database/DatabaseBackupInfo | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/Second Storage Group/Public Folder Database/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\Second Storage Group\Public Folder Database.edb | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/Second Storage Group/Public Folder Database/ | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/Second Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\Second Storage Group\E01014D.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/Second Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\Second Storage Group\E01014E.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/Second Storage Group/C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\Second Storage Group\E01014F.log | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/Second Storage Group/ | | /@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store/ | | /@EXCHANGE/ | -Original Message- From: James Harper [mailto:james.har...@bendigoit.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:29 AM To: Jeff Shanholtz; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Bacula-users] getting the exchange plugin to work with 2007 I've got the 64 bit client installed (3.0.1) and it is loading the exchange plugin (as verified by looking at the loaded dll's with Process Monitor), but I think the syntax for the FileSet's Plugin line must be different for Exchange 2007 than for Exchange 2003 (I've only seen an example for 2003). Your fileset looks okay wrt the plugin line. I'm not aware of any changes in 2007 that would prevent it working like that. Why are you including and excluding the same C:\... path? (it shouldn't be a problem, I'm just curious) When I run with this, I get all the other VSS stuff (which I don't want!!!), but not a backup of the Exchange information store. I think you use vss=0 or something like that to turn off vss. It's documented. In fact, the job only took 3 minutes, so obviously it's not backing up the store. Here's a snippet of what I see in the report: 09-Jun 22:57 mcp-fd JobId 8: Truncated database logs
Re: [Bacula-users] getting the exchange plugin to work with 2007
Interesting. I was thinking in terms of restoring the entirety of exchange in a disaster scenario such as hard drive failure. But it sounds like you're talking about handling a more localized problem with exchange itself. So then would you suggest letting my normal system backup handle all but the edb's and log's, and having a job for *only* the exchange information store (i.e. no file specs whatsoever)? I do think I like that idea. On a related note, when I did a test run of backing up the entirety of exchange, I realized I would need VSS for the in use files. That got me to wondering if there is a way to limit the VSS usage to a single VSS writer, or is it all or none when turning on VSS? -Original Message- From: James Harper [mailto:james.har...@bendigoit.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:08 PM To: Jeff Shanholtz; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Bacula-users] getting the exchange plugin to work with 2007 Looks like I was getting thrown off by all the VSS stuff (I figured that would be off by default - guess not), and didn't realize Outlook was removing the line breaks, making it hard to read. It does appear to be working, and the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer is no longer complaining about the store never having been backed up! :D Those file specifications came from my research on setting this up. It was in a thread I found on the subject (which I think you were a part of IIRC), and the purpose was to get the directory itself without the files. 2007 has a significantly different directory structure than 2003 and it was unclear to me what I should/shouldn't back up. But now that I can see what the plugin is backing up it appears that I should just exclude the edb and log files from the normal FileSet file specs. In fact, I think I should configure it to back up the whole Exchange Server directory (rather than letting my normal backup job do that), minus the edb's and log's. I think all the files in the exchange data directory (or directories) should be excluded from the backup. When doing a restore of the exchange databases, having leftover files there can cause problems. At some point in the future (when the bacula plugin infrastructure supports it), the exchange plugin should be able to hand bacula a list of files to exclude from the backup, eg all the files it backed up (or is going to back up) itself. Thanks for the feedback. James -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] client side file exclusions?
Yes, I found that option last night and it seems to work well (though
apparently you only use double backslashes if you're quoting it). I also saw
a reference to a directive called IgnoreDir (not in the manual), but I
couldn't seem to get that to work.
Thanks!
-Original Message-
From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:52 AM
To: Jeff Shanholtz
Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] client side file exclusions?
2009/6/8 Jeff Shanholtz jeffs...@shanholtz.com:
I'm sure it's not uncommon for a workstation to have user-defined folders
that simply don't need to be backed up. Is there a way that those folders
can be added to the file service's conf file as exclusions? Forcing the
server to keep track of these folders isn't ideal when they are arbitrary
folders as opposed to well known folders like c:\temp.
How about a client side file list in the Exclude section of the fileset
http://bacula.org/manuals/en/install/install/Configuring_Director.html#SECTI
ON0067
FileSet {
Name = Full Set
Include {
Options {
Compression=GZIP
signature=SHA1
Sparse = yes
}
@/etc/backup.list
}
Include {
Options {
Exclude = yes
}
File = \\some_file_on_the_client.txt
}
}
I have never tested this however.
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[Bacula-users] suppress these warnings?
Is it possible to suppress warnings that relate to drives that don't exist in the email reports? Examples (which occur for every drive letter from H-Z on my system)... 09-Jun 12:38 jeff-fd JobId 1: Warning: Generate VSS snapshot of drive H:\ failed. VSS support is disabled on this drive. 09-Jun 14:20 jeff-fd JobId 1: Could not stat H:/: ERR=The system cannot find the path specified. -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive
I had quite a bit of trouble getting a mix of 64 bit file service and 32 bit director/storage services. Trying to run 2 installs just doesn't seem to work. What I think will work is doing a full install of 32 bit, and then manually copying the 64 bit binaries (I copied from an XP x64 client machine) and changing the service in the registry to point to the 64 bit executable instead. I haven't actually tried a backup with it yet, but the service does start fine. Only problem is if I try to view the status window for the file service, I just get a blank window. Is that broken for 64 bit clients? The problem happens on both of my 64 bit machines. Good news though: I'm currently backing up from my 64 bit client machine! :) So now it's on to fine tuning my jobs. -Original Message- From: James Harper [mailto:james.har...@bendigoit.com.au] Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 9:11 PM To: Jeff Shanholtz; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive I'm new to bacula so please bear with me. I've installed the 32 bit bacula on x64 windows (because it's the server). First thing I had to do was run make-tables.cmd in order to get the director service to start. Then without modifying the conf files at all, I get this status message for the storage service: Device FileStorage (C:\Tmp) is not open Even though C:\Tmp exists. Actually, I've done a lot of modifying/tweaking of conf files (not to mention googling and reading of the docs) to try to get this working in my environment and never could, so I'm starting over from a known simple state (I uninstalled and reinstalled). So this is certainly my first hurdle - getting the storage service to be happy about the File device type (ultimately I'll be backing up to an external hard drive). I understand that running the server on windows is not officially supported, and I imagine that running it on x64 windows (server 2003 x64 to be precise) may be double trouble. So are people able to get the server running under x64 windows? And if so, how do I get past this storage service problem? I am running Bacula on a 2008 x64 server (small business server to be precise). The tape drive came with Acronis backup software but it doesn't work on that system and Acronis don't want to support it so I put Bacula on there instead. It was a bit tricky to set up but has been going perfectly since then. You will almost certainly want to install the x64 file daemon. I think I installed them in the wrong order (x32 dir and sd then x64 fd) as the consoles stopped working until I fixed up the shortcuts. If you install them the other way around you might have more luck. Without the x64 fd I don't think you'll get VSS working which means you won't get a full backup. If you just want to back up some user files that will always not be in use when you do the backup, or if you are just testing for now, the x32 fd will be fine. Can you post your config? You say 'C:\Tmp' above... bacula likes unix style filenames in filesets but I don't know if that applies to storage definitions. Or maybe you need double backslashes, eg 'C:\\Tmp'. What message do you get when you try and label a disk volume? James -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] client side file exclusions?
I'm sure it's not uncommon for a workstation to have user-defined folders that simply don't need to be backed up. Is there a way that those folders can be added to the file service's conf file as exclusions? Forcing the server to keep track of these folders isn't ideal when they are arbitrary folders as opposed to well known folders like c:\temp. -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive
I'm new to bacula so please bear with me. I've installed the 32 bit bacula on x64 windows (because it's the server). First thing I had to do was run make-tables.cmd in order to get the director service to start. Then without modifying the conf files at all, I get this status message for the storage service: Device FileStorage (C:\Tmp) is not open Even though C:\Tmp exists. Actually, I've done a lot of modifying/tweaking of conf files (not to mention googling and reading of the docs) to try to get this working in my environment and never could, so I'm starting over from a known simple state (I uninstalled and reinstalled). So this is certainly my first hurdle - getting the storage service to be happy about the File device type (ultimately I'll be backing up to an external hard drive). I understand that running the server on windows is not officially supported, and I imagine that running it on x64 windows (server 2003 x64 to be precise) may be double trouble. So are people able to get the server running under x64 windows? And if so, how do I get past this storage service problem? -- OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive
Thanks for the input guys. I thought that was sort of an error state, but knowing it's not means I can move on to the next problem. ;) I was actually going to ask next if I should install the 32 bit storage and director services, and the 64 bit file service, so glad I don't even need to ask that now. I'll do that next and see how far I can get. When I tried getting a backup to run earlier it wasn't working but I don't recall what it was telling me off hand. When I couldn't get it to work I figured I should first check to see if it's even *possible* to get it to work in my environment. :) -Original Message- From: James Harper [mailto:james.har...@bendigoit.com.au] Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 9:11 PM To: Jeff Shanholtz; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Bacula-users] server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive I'm new to bacula so please bear with me. I've installed the 32 bit bacula on x64 windows (because it's the server). First thing I had to do was run make-tables.cmd in order to get the director service to start. Then without modifying the conf files at all, I get this status message for the storage service: Device FileStorage (C:\Tmp) is not open Even though C:\Tmp exists. Actually, I've done a lot of modifying/tweaking of conf files (not to mention googling and reading of the docs) to try to get this working in my environment and never could, so I'm starting over from a known simple state (I uninstalled and reinstalled). So this is certainly my first hurdle - getting the storage service to be happy about the File device type (ultimately I'll be backing up to an external hard drive). I understand that running the server on windows is not officially supported, and I imagine that running it on x64 windows (server 2003 x64 to be precise) may be double trouble. So are people able to get the server running under x64 windows? And if so, how do I get past this storage service problem? I am running Bacula on a 2008 x64 server (small business server to be precise). The tape drive came with Acronis backup software but it doesn't work on that system and Acronis don't want to support it so I put Bacula on there instead. It was a bit tricky to set up but has been going perfectly since then. You will almost certainly want to install the x64 file daemon. I think I installed them in the wrong order (x32 dir and sd then x64 fd) as the consoles stopped working until I fixed up the shortcuts. If you install them the other way around you might have more luck. Without the x64 fd I don't think you'll get VSS working which means you won't get a full backup. If you just want to back up some user files that will always not be in use when you do the backup, or if you are just testing for now, the x32 fd will be fine. Can you post your config? You say 'C:\Tmp' above... bacula likes unix style filenames in filesets but I don't know if that applies to storage definitions. Or maybe you need double backslashes, eg 'C:\\Tmp'. What message do you get when you try and label a disk volume? James -- OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
