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Re: [Bacula-users] disk full, need to reset and upgrade
2009-08-07 13:48:51
Thomas Manson wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
>
> I would make a move instead of a delete so I keep the data, and dump
> the mysql schema.
>
> To reset bacula, I just need to drop the database and recreate the
> schema ? (and change the data location to my NAS)
>
Yes. But you are best advised to stop the bacula director before doing this.
Regards
Richard
> Thanks for the advice, I'll try this this weekend... I've my file
> system filled up to 96% but still have 33GB left... ;)
>
> I'll even try to truly restore the backup, to test the restore ;)
>
>
> Regards,
> Thomas.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 18:11, Richard Mortimer <richm AT oldelvet.org DOT uk
> <mailto:richm AT oldelvet.org DOT uk>> wrote:
>
>
>
> Thomas Manson wrote:
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> My current backup have loads of un necessary data...
>
> That's why I'd like to reset my bacula.
>
> That makes sense. I suggested that you might copy the backup data as an
> interim precaution to ensure that you were not without a backup of
> your data whilst making the changes. If you are comfortable just
> deleting the data (and removing it from the database too) then I
> will not argue against it.
>
>
>
> Also to re-work the exclude list I've setup and that doesn't
> work, I need to know what file was backup during the last job.
>
> How I do that ?
>
> I see that no-one has jumped in with ideas yet and I must claim the
> my bacula setup has been fairly static for a while (why break
> something that works!) but my suggestion would be to use bconsole to
> setup a restore job. Once in the restore job you can move around the
> directory tree and look at what is in there. You don't need to
> complete the restore operation but you can look around.
>
> If you have the jobId of the last backup handy (look in the email
> that bacula sends when a backup completes) the select option 3
> (Enter list of comma separated JobIds to select) from the restore
> command and enter the jobId.
>
> One you have selected the job bacula will drop you into the file
> selection mode where you can use the cd command to move around and
> ls to list things. If you use the mark command to mark a specific
> directory then you can use the estimate command to show you the
> total data selected in that directory. If you unmark those file then
> you can estimate other directories. It can be slow going if you have
> lots of folders to look at but it does work. Others may have better
> suggestions.
>
> Below is an example from one of my incremental backups for a small host.
>
> Regards
>
> Richard
>
> *restore
>
> First you select one or more JobIds that contain files
> to be restored. You will be presented several methods
> of specifying the JobIds. Then you will be allowed to
> select which files from those JobIds are to be restored.
>
> To select the JobIds, you have the following choices:
> 1: List last 20 Jobs run
> 2: List Jobs where a given File is saved
> 3: Enter list of comma separated JobIds to select
> 4: Enter SQL list command
> 5: Select the most recent backup for a client
> 6: Select backup for a client before a specified time
> 7: Enter a list of files to restore
> 8: Enter a list of files to restore before a specified time
> 9: Find the JobIds of the most recent backup for a client
> 10: Find the JobIds for a backup for a client before a specified time
> 11: Enter a list of directories to restore for found JobIds
> 12: Cancel
> Select item: (1-12): 3
> Enter JobId(s), comma separated, to restore: 3791
> You have selected the following JobId: 3791
>
> Building directory tree for JobId 3791 ...
> 1 Job, 17 files inserted into the tree.
>
> You are now entering file selection mode where you add (mark) and
> remove (unmark) files to be restored. No files are initially added,
> unless
> you used the "all" keyword on the command line.
> Enter "done" to leave this mode.
>
> cwd is: /
> $ ls
> var/
> $ cd var
> cwd is: /var/
> $ ls
> spool/
> $ mark spool
> 17 files marked.
> $ estimate
> 17 total files; 17 marked to be restored; 185,790,882 bytes.
> $ unmark spool
> 17 files unmarked.
> $ estimate
> 17 total files; 0 marked to be restored; 0 bytes.
> $
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I've tryed to browse the mysql database, but filename are in
> blob which is not handy for browesing.
>
> Thomas.
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:47, Richard Mortimer
> <richm AT oldelvet.org DOT uk <mailto:richm AT oldelvet.org DOT uk>
> <mailto:richm AT oldelvet.org DOT uk <mailto:richm AT oldelvet.org
> DOT uk>>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> It isn't clear from your message what you are asking for help
> with.
> That said I have made some comments inline below.
>
> Thomas Manson wrote:
>
> One other thing :
>
> I've set to 40 volumes.
> When all volume were filled up, I was expecting bacula to
> recycle the first volume... but it didn't, I had to
> increase the
> number of volume...
>
> Thomas.
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 09:58, Thomas Manson
> <dev.mansonthomas AT gmail DOT com
> <mailto:dev.mansonthomas AT gmail DOT com>
> <mailto:dev.mansonthomas AT gmail DOT com
> <mailto:dev.mansonthomas AT gmail DOT com>>
> <mailto:dev.mansonthomas AT gmail DOT com
> <mailto:dev.mansonthomas AT gmail DOT com>
> <mailto:dev.mansonthomas AT gmail DOT com
> <mailto:dev.mansonthomas AT gmail DOT com>>>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been using bacula to backup remote hosts
> through ssh
> connection.
>
> It works well except that :
>
> * a lot of data is backed up on remote host
> uselessly (as log
> file ...)
> * I need to upgrade to bacula 3.x to have the exclude
> feature...
> but I'm running on ubuntu and would like to keep the
> apt-get
> update feature working for bacula
> * My hardrives are full. While I didn't have a NAS
> ready,
> I set
> the backup directory to /backup on my primary disks
> (raid1).
> I now have 2.7TB in Raid5 on a nas mounted in
> /mnt/backup
>
>
> What I would like is :
>
> * upgrade to v3 and backup only what is needed
> (with the
> exclude
> feature)
>
> It isn't clear if Exclude is the only reason why you want to
> upgrade
> to v3 but the Exclude directive in FileSet has been there for
> a long
> time and it certainly exists in the 2.x series. There is no
> need to
> upgrade to get that functionality.
>
> * delete all existing backup in /backup (150GB)
>
> * start backing up on /mnt/backup
>
> Why not just copy/move the data from /backup into /mnt/backup and
> then change your -sd configuration to point to /mnt/backup.
> That way
> you can keep all of your existing backups and get your setup
> correctly configured without too much disruption.
>
> Before you copy the data you should ensure that no backups are
> currently running and stop the -sd before moving the files.
> Once you
> have moved the files edit you bacula-sd.conf to point to the new
> location and restart the sd daemon.
>
> Regards
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> my filesystem is almost full (96%) ...
>
> Thanks for any help ;)
> Thomas.
>
>
>
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