Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie Question

2022-11-18 Thread Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users
On 11/18/22 13:14, Don Hammer wrote: I have got Bacula 13.01 installed and am able to run backups. I have HP autoloader configured with the volumes labeled with the tape barcodes. I have created a new backup schedule and I need to perform full backups so I can take the tapes offsite for disaste

[Bacula-users] Newbie Question

2022-11-18 Thread Don Hammer
I have got Bacula 13.01 installed and am able to run backups. I have HP autoloader configured with the volumes labeled with the tape barcodes. I have created a new backup schedule and I need to perform full backups so I can take the tapes offsite for disaster recovery. For some reason when I try

[Bacula-users] Newbie question about label

2013-04-29 Thread Gustavo Fiore
Hello, i'm a newbie with Bacula and I'm trying to understand all its concepts but I'm still struggling with some things. I have this scenario: Since today it's monday I want to start from zero my daily backups. I have a clean tape and I purged all volumes in the pools. If I understood correctly

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about labelling tapes for certain days

2011-06-03 Thread Stefan Günther
Hi, >Remember that the schedule will override the Pool and Level in the job. >http://bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Configuring_Director.html#SECTION00185 > GREAT! Thanks, Stefan ___ Schon gehört? WEB.DE hat einen g

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about labelling tapes for certain days

2011-06-03 Thread John Drescher
> Schedule { >  Name = "Daily" >  Run = Level = Incremental Pool = Monday  mon at 18:00 >  Run = Level = Incremental Pool = Tuesday tue at 18:00 >  Run = Level = Incremental Pool = Wednesday  wed at 18:00 >  Run = Level = Incremental Pool = Thursday thu at 18:00 >  Run = Level = Incremental Pool =

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about labelling tapes for certain days

2011-06-03 Thread John Drescher
2011/6/3 "Stefan Günther" : > Hi, > >>If you do label each day I would use separate pools otherwise at some >>point (holiday, missed backup ...) you will get out of sync and bacula >>will ask for a Friday tape on Monday.. >> > just to sum it up: > > 1. I would have to create separate pools for ever

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about labelling tapes for certain days

2011-06-03 Thread Stefan Günther
Hi, >If you do label each day I would use separate pools otherwise at some >point (holiday, missed backup ...) you will get out of sync and bacula >will ask for a Friday tape on Monday.. > just to sum it up: 1. I would have to create separate pools for everyday. 2. I would have to create an entry

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about labelling tapes for certain days

2011-05-31 Thread John Drescher
2011/5/31 "Stefan Günther" : > Hi, > > °Why do you want to do that? Lets Bacula manages all the tapes. > ° > Well, I would, but my client want's to have a visible prove that the monday > backup has been saved on the corresponding tape. > > °° Do I have to create a single pool for every single day

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about labelling tapes for certain days

2011-05-31 Thread Stefan Günther
Hi, °Why do you want to do that? Lets Bacula manages all the tapes. ° Well, I would, but my client want's to have a visible prove that the monday backup has been saved on the corresponding tape. °° Do I have to create a single pool for every single day together with a single entry for every day

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about labelling tapes for certain days

2011-05-31 Thread Radosław Korzeniewski
Hello, 2011/5/31 "Stefan Günther" > > I already wrote the days Mon-Sun on the tapes. > > Good for you. > My question now is, who do I tell Bacula to use the "monday" tape in slot 1 > for the backup on monday evening and so on? > > Why do you want to do that? Lets Bacula manages all the tapes.

[Bacula-users] Newbie question about labelling tapes for certain days

2011-05-31 Thread Stefan Günther
Hello, I have a tapeloader with 8 slots, filled with 7 backup tapes and a cleaning tape. I already wrote the days Mon-Sun on the tapes. My question now is, who do I tell Bacula to use the "monday" tape in slot 1 for the backup on monday evening and so on? Do I have to create a single pool for

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Randy Katz
Hi Dan, The link you last provided seems to be the solution to my original question, I will give it a whirl from there, thank you so much: http://www.freebsddiary.org/bacula.php Be well, Randy -- Protect Your Site and C

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Randy Katz
Mark, No sense of entitlement here. I like to run things and then figure them out. If there is nothing available then I'll pick through the docs until I get it, eventually. As for lecturing me about what a web hosting company is supposed to do, save your breath, been hosting a long time and nev

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
> On 1/17/2011 2:00 PM, Dan Langille wrote: >> On 1/17/2011 4:35 PM, Randy Katz wrote: >>> Dan, if you don't want me on the list I understand, I know where the >>> On 1/17/2011 7:52 AM, Dan Langille wrote: On 1/17/2011 10:42 AM, Randy Katz wrote: > Hi, new to list, saw a bunch of docs, can

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Mark
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Randy Katz wrote: > Dan, I said I compiled and installed the program but had not done > configuration, implies > I had some exposure to some docs somewhere. If you care to help here is > a reply to a > guy that gave me an off-list reply of sorts, as of yet I have

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Randy Katz
Dan, I said I compiled and installed the program but had not done configuration, implies I had some exposure to some docs somewhere. If you care to help here is a reply to a guy that gave me an off-list reply of sorts, as of yet I have not received what he spoke about which might prove to be par

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 4:35 PM, Randy Katz wrote: > Dan, if you don't want me on the list I understand, I know where the > On 1/17/2011 7:52 AM, Dan Langille wrote: >> On 1/17/2011 10:42 AM, Randy Katz wrote: >>> Hi, new to list, saw a bunch of docs, can anyone recommend a quick >>> start, with mysql, that i

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread John Drescher
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Randy Katz wrote: > Dan, if you don't want me on the list I understand, I know where the > docs are, if they told me > how to get a quick start test up and running I wouldn't have asked the > stupid newbie question, this > guide tells me about doing it but not what

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Randy Katz
Dan, if you don't want me on the list I understand, I know where the docs are, if they told me how to get a quick start test up and running I wouldn't have asked the stupid newbie question, this guide tells me about doing it but not what to do just says I need to modify the conf files but does'n

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Jeremy Maes
Op 17/01/2011 16:42, Randy Katz schreef: Hi, new to list, saw a bunch of docs, can anyone recommend a quick start, with mysql, that includes a run through of backing up a remote server. I have already compiled and installed bacula with mysql, have not done any configuration yet. Thank you in adva

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
On 1/17/2011 10:42 AM, Randy Katz wrote: > Hi, new to list, saw a bunch of docs, can anyone recommend a quick > start, with mysql, that includes a run > through of backing up a remote server. I have already compiled and > installed bacula with mysql, have not done > any configuration yet. Thank you

[Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-17 Thread Randy Katz
Hi, new to list, saw a bunch of docs, can anyone recommend a quick start, with mysql, that includes a run through of backing up a remote server. I have already compiled and installed bacula with mysql, have not done any configuration yet. Thank you in advance. -

[Bacula-users] newbie question

2011-01-15 Thread Randy Katz
Hi, new to list, saw a bunch of docs, can anyone recommend a quick start, with mysql, that includes a run through of backing up a remote server. I have already compiled and installed bacula with mysql, have not done any configuration yet. Thank you in advance. -

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about volumes and label command

2009-12-19 Thread Tom Epperly
V*list media pool=Windows-Full-Pool +-+---+---+-+---+--+--+-+--+---+ ---+-+ | MediaId | VolumeName| VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | VolRetention |

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about volumes and label command

2009-12-19 Thread Ralf Gross
Tom Epperly schrieb: > Ralf Gross wrote: >> Tom Epperly schrieb: >> >>> I don't understand why bacula seems to automatically create volumes >>> for some pools, but forces me to use the "label" command for others. >>> I've tried increasing the "Maximum Volumes" setting, but it doesn't >>> se

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about volumes and label command

2009-12-19 Thread Tom Epperly
Ralf Gross wrote: Tom Epperly schrieb: I don't understand why bacula seems to automatically create volumes for some pools, but forces me to use the "label" command for others. I've tried increasing the "Maximum Volumes" setting, but it doesn't seem to help. Have set 'LabelMedia =

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about volumes and label command

2009-12-19 Thread Ralf Gross
Tom Epperly schrieb: > I don't understand why bacula seems to automatically create volumes for > some pools, but forces me to use the "label" command for others. I've > tried increasing the "Maximum Volumes" setting, but it doesn't seem to > help. Have set 'LabelMedia = yes' in the Device co

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about volumes and label command

2009-12-18 Thread John Drescher
2009/12/18 Tom Epperly : > I don't understand why bacula seems to automatically create volumes for some > pools, but forces me to use the "label" command for others. I've tried > increasing the "Maximum Volumes" setting, but it doesn't seem to help. > > For example, these pools seem to automaticall

[Bacula-users] Newbie question about volumes and label command

2009-12-18 Thread Tom Epperly
I don't understand why bacula seems to automatically create volumes for some pools, but forces me to use the "label" command for others. I've tried increasing the "Maximum Volumes" setting, but it doesn't seem to help. For example, these pools seem to automatically generate named files named U

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie Question: Re-Catalog media

2007-12-13 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 See the manual and read about bscan. Michael S. Bailey wrote: > I’m probably being very dumb here, but how to I re-catalog media? That > is, say I have a file on disk, or a tape whose records have been purged > from my MySQL DB, or my DB goes sour, h

[Bacula-users] Newbie Question: Re-Catalog media

2007-12-13 Thread Michael S. Bailey
I'm probably being very dumb here, but how to I re-catalog media? That is, say I have a file on disk, or a tape whose records have been purged from my MySQL DB, or my DB goes sour, how do I cause the application to examine the file/tape and re-discover those entries? I'm using Version 2.2.6 on W

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question

2007-06-19 Thread Steven Taylor
Thanks, I have gotten several suggestions for alternatives that might be better for what I want. Bacula looks like a great program but with more capabilities than what I need right now. Steve On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:26:42 -0700, Steven Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have just

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question

2007-06-19 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Tuesday 19 June 2007 12:26:42 Steven Taylor wrote: > Hi, > > I have just started looking for back-up software for a specific > application. I have an Athlon 64 X2 3800, 1G ram, Windows 2000 computer > where I process my music files and them copy them over the network to an > small Celeron 433, 5

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question

2007-06-19 Thread Chris Shelton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steven, On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 at 10:26am, Steven Taylor wrote: > I have just started looking for back-up software for a specific > application. I have an Athlon 64 X2 3800, 1G ram, Windows 2000 computer > where I process my music files and them cop

[Bacula-users] Newbie question

2007-06-19 Thread Steven Taylor
Hi, I have just started looking for back-up software for a specific application. I have an Athlon 64 X2 3800, 1G ram, Windows 2000 computer where I process my music files and them copy them over the network to an small Celeron 433, 512M ram, Xubuntu system to act as a music server running

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question about full/inc on differents jobs/pools

2007-06-15 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:58:32 +0200, ballester [EMAIL PROTECTED] com said: > > Hi to all: > > I'm trying to fit in this scenario: > > One pool per day with one LTO-2 tape per day > > >From monday to Thuesday Incremental backup of 4 servers > Weekend ( Sunday ) Full Backup of each one > >

[Bacula-users] Newbie question about full/inc on differents jobs/pools

2007-06-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi to all: I'm trying to fit in this scenario: One pool per day with one LTO-2 tape per day >From monday to Thuesday Incremental backup of 4 servers Weekend ( Sunday ) Full Backup of each one Every backup will be retained for 6 days and then reuse the daily trape corresponding to each day. I'v

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie Question: Experiencing Problems backing up remote client

2005-11-06 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, On 03.11.2005 23:32, Eric Langheinrich wrote: Sorry that I answer only now. I'm rather busy at the moment. This might be a network problem - in that case, try the Heartbeat interval directive in all relevant configuration files. In case some router in between your DIR and FD drops the

RE: [Bacula-users] Newbie Question: Experiencing Problems backing up remote client

2005-11-04 Thread Eric Langheinrich
>This might be a network problem - in that case, try the Heartbeat >interval directive in all relevant configuration files. In case some >router in between your DIR and FD drops the connection while that large >file is stored, this should resolve the problem. > >Arno Okay, figured out that th

RE: [Bacula-users] Newbie Question: Experiencing Problems backing up remote client

2005-11-03 Thread Eric Langheinrich
>This might be a network problem - in that case, try the Heartbeat >interval directive in all relevant configuration files. In case some >router in between your DIR and FD drops the connection while that large >file is stored, this should resolve the problem. >Arno Okay, figured out that th

RE: [Bacula-users] Newbie Question: Experiencing Problems backing up remote client

2005-11-03 Thread Eric Langheinrich
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 2:12 PM To: Eric Langheinrich Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie Question: Experiencing Problems backing up remote client Hello, On 03.11.2005 21:30, Eric Langheinrich wrote: > I'm trying to remotely backup a serve

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie Question: Experiencing Problems backing up remote client

2005-11-03 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, On 03.11.2005 21:30, Eric Langheinrich wrote: I'm trying to remotely backup a server that I have collocated. Unfortunately, I have not been able to perform a full backup. The director is able to properly connect to the client and the backup process starts okay, but after running for a whi

[Bacula-users] Newbie Question: Experiencing Problems backing up remote client

2005-11-03 Thread Eric Langheinrich
I'm trying to remotely backup a server that I have collocated. Unfortunately, I have not been able to perform a full backup. The director is able to properly connect to the client and the backup process starts okay, but after running for a while the backup keeps failing. The messages look like so

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question regarding errors

2005-04-11 Thread Alan Brown
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Slartibartfast wrote: At the risk of stating the obvious: Check ALL your scsi cables and terminators. Everything is brand new, 6ft cables. However I'll check everything Monday. Brand new also means "unproven/untested" :-) 6 feet is far too long unless you are using differe

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question regarding errors

2005-04-11 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi. Slartibartfast wrote: User error. :-) Try using /dev/nst0 as a first thing. Same results as with /dev/st0 Slightly different error, I'd say. ... Done filling tape at 219:0. Now beginning re-read of tape ... Reading the first 1000 records. 1000 records read now at 0:509 Reposition from 0:509 to

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question regarding errors

2005-04-11 Thread Slartibartfast
> User error. > > :-) > > Try using /dev/nst0 as a first thing. Same results as with /dev/st0 Wrote blk_block=3275000, dev_blk_num=5000 VolBytes=211,276,700,873 rate=27125.0 KB/s Wrote blk_block=328, dev_blk_num=1 VolBytes=211,599,260,817 rate=27131.6 KB/s Wrote blk_block=3285000, dev_

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question regarding errors

2005-04-11 Thread Slartibartfast
On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 08:55, Alan Brown wrote: > On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Slartibartfast wrote: > > > This morning I swapped out the tapes and tried again. Here is the > > resulting error message. Question is; is this a tape media, or drive > > error? > > At the risk of stating the obvious: > > Che

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question regarding errors

2005-04-09 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Slartibartfast wrote: This morning I swapped out the tapes and tried again. Here is the resulting error message. Question is; is this a tape media, or drive error? At the risk of stating the obvious: Check ALL your scsi cables and terminators. The single most common cause for

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question regarding errors

2005-04-09 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi. Slartibartfast wrote: Running 1.36.2 on a CentOS 3.4 server connected via SCSI to an Overland XpressLoader. No worries... don't see why it shouldn't work. btape test works fine with no errors. Have been trying to run the btape fill, both single and multi. I ran a successful single test yesterd

[Bacula-users] Newbie question regarding errors

2005-04-08 Thread Slartibartfast
Running 1.36.2 on a CentOS 3.4 server connected via SCSI to an Overland XpressLoader. btape test works fine with no errors. Have been trying to run the btape fill, both single and multi. I ran a successful single test yesterday which wrote 211GB onto the tape with no errors. Tried a multi to te

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2005-03-30 Thread viktorija
Thanks for answer :) In manual i didn't find any word about how to backup links which are to another mounted devices. I have such situation: logs -> /stor0/accounting.logs where stor0 is another mounted device. Bacula will backup /stor0/accounting.logs or only link to this place? v. On Tue,

Re: [Bacula-users] newbie question

2005-03-29 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:46:45 +0300, viktorija <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: V> now am reading manual and i have one question about @. V> Is it possible to use @ in the following way: V> Name = "news" V> Include { V> Options { V> compre

[Bacula-users] newbie question

2005-03-29 Thread viktorija
Hello, now am reading manual and i have one question about @. Is it possible to use @ in the following way: Name = "news" Include { Options { compression=GZIP wild = @exclude.list exclude = yes

Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie question

2005-03-29 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 28 March 2005 23:14, Slartibartfast wrote: > Been reading the docs on the website and came across the follow: > > "Bacula cannot backup or restore files from two or more different > storage devices or different media types." > > What I am attempting to do is manage backups of files on thr

[Bacula-users] Newbie question

2005-03-28 Thread Slartibartfast
Been reading the docs on the website and came across the follow: "Bacula cannot backup or restore files from two or more different storage devices or different media types." What I am attempting to do is manage backups of files on three separate servers to their attached tape drives. Each tape d