[Bacula-users] Fwd: server on windows, trying to backup to hard drive
2009-06-07 23:59:13
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> 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,
>
Generally on most distributions and installations you must modify the
.conf files before you start bacula because they tend to be generic
and do not match your hardware and paths.
> I get this
> status message for the storage service:
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> Device "FileStorage" (C:\Tmp) is not open
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This is normal. When file storage is not in use it is not open.
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> 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).
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> 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).
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> 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 my backups under linux so I can not help you with that question.
John
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