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.harper AT bendigoit.com DOT au] 
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 9:11 PM
To: Jeff Shanholtz; bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT 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



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