Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Problem with estimate command ignoring client

2008-05-23 13:44:12
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Problem with estimate command ignoring client
From: Martin Simmons <martin AT lispworks DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 18:44:00 +0100
I think it is a bug, but only in the printing.

In svn head at least, it prints the client name from the job definition, but
it connects to the client given on the command line.

__Martin


>>>>> On Fri, 23 May 2008 13:29:50 -0400, Ryan Novosielski said:
> 
> Can someone else try this for me and see if it is the case with their setup?
> 
> =R
> 
> Ryan Novosielski wrote:
> > Any ideas what's going on here? I'm running Bacula 2.2.8 with MySQL, and
> > I'm attempting the following command:
> > 
> > *estimate job=SystemArchive client=arcturus-fd
> > 
> > ...you can see what happens next:
> > 
> > Using Catalog "umd_CATALOG"
> > Connecting to Client catalyst-fd at catalyst:9102
> > 
> > From the manual, this IS correct syntax:
> > 
> > ---
> > estimate
> >     Using this command, you can get an idea how many files will be
> > backed up, or if you are unsure about your Include statements in your
> > FileSet, you can test them without doing an actual backup. The default
> > is to assume a Full backup. However, you can override this by specifying
> > a level=Incremental or level=Differential on the command line. A Job
> > name must be specified or you will be prompted for one, and optionally a
> > Client and FileSet may be specified on the command line. It then
> > contacts the client which computes the number of files and bytes that
> > would be backed up. Please note that this is an estimate calculated from
> > the number of blocks in the file rather than by reading the actual
> > bytes. As such, the estimated backup size will generally be larger than
> > an actual backup.
> > 
> >     Optionally you may specify the keyword listing in which case, all
> > the files to be backed up will be listed. Note, it could take quite some
> > time to display them if the backup is large. The full form is:
> > 
> >     estimate job=<job-name> listing client=<client-name>
> >            fileset=<fileset-name> level=<level-name>
> > 
> >     Specification of the job is sufficient, but you can also override
> > the client, fileset and/or level by specifying them on the estimate
> > command line.
> > 
> > http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Bacula_Console.html#SECTION002150000000000000000
> > ---
> > 
> > Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks for any help you can provide.
> > 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft
Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.
http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/
_______________________________________________
Bacula-users mailing list
Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users