X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=inline;f=docs%2Fmanual%2Fwin32.tex;h=00b8e6d27768707987789c419f2e9dae6985888f;hb=c957321e0c7ff8d440bcc1fd5755536e9c53b8a8;hp=9e146292695e98e8128eb0b26eaf988b6dbb6527;hpb=2d3dfa206ce81704d98b6322b9d2ed47b42ba98c;p=bacula%2Fdocs diff --git a/docs/manual/win32.tex b/docs/manual/win32.tex index 9e146292..00b8e6d2 100644 --- a/docs/manual/win32.tex +++ b/docs/manual/win32.tex @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ Bacula, so we don't recommend that option. \addcontentsline{lof}{figure}{Win32 Component Selection Dialog} \includegraphics{./win32-pkg.eps} +\index[general]{Upgrading} \item If you are installing for the first time, you will be asked to enter some very basic information about your configuration. If @@ -176,6 +177,19 @@ Windows Add/Remove Programs dialog found on the Control panel. \index[general]{Win32!Dealing with Problems} \index[general]{Dealing with Win32 Problems} +Sometimes Win32 machines the File daemon may have very slow +backup transfer rates compared to other machines. To you might +try setting the Maximum Network Buffer Size to 32,768 in both the +File daemon and in the Storage daemon. The default size is larger, +and apparently some Windows ethernet controllers do not deal with +a larger network buffer size. + +Many Windows ethernet drivers have a tendency to either run slowly +due to old broken firmware, or because they are running in half-duplex +mode. Please check with the ethernet card manufacturer for the latest +firmware and use whatever techniques are necessary to ensure that the +card is running in duplex. + If you are not using the portable option, and you have VSS (Volume Shadow Copy) enabled in the Director, and you experience problems with Bacula not being able to open files, it is most @@ -189,7 +203,13 @@ the backup is running. If turning off anti-virus software does not resolve your VSS problems, you might have to turn on VSS debugging. The following link describes how to do this: -\elink{http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887013/en-us}{http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887013/en-us}. +\elink{http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887013/en-us}{\url{http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887013/en-us}}. + +In Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 the VSS Writer for Exchange +is turned off by default. To turn it on, please see the following link: +\elink{http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q838183}{\url{ +http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q838183}} + The most likely source of problems is authentication when the Director attempts to connect to the File daemon that you installed. This can occur if @@ -581,7 +601,7 @@ suggestion, which looks very promising. It looks like Bart PE Builder, which creates a Windows PE (Pre-installation Environment) Boot-CD, may be just what is needed to build a complete disaster recovery system for Win32. This distribution can be found at -\elink{http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/}{http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/}. +\elink{http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/}{\url{http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/}}. \section{Windows Restore Problems} \index[general]{Problems!Windows Restore} @@ -642,7 +662,7 @@ if you run as administrator. In principle, Microsoft supplies you with the way to cease the ownership of those files and thus change the permissions. However, a much better solution to working with and changing Win32 permissions is the program {\bf SetACL}, which can be found at -\elink{http://setacl.sourceforge.net/}{http://setacl.sourceforge.net/}. +\elink{http://setacl.sourceforge.net/}{\url{http://setacl.sourceforge.net/}}. If you have not installed Bacula while running as Administrator and if Bacula is not running as a Process with the userid (User Name) SYSTEM, @@ -830,5 +850,6 @@ some of the .bat files that have been created for your use. Some users like to shutdown their Windows machines after a backup using a Client Run After Job directive. If you want to do something similar, you might take the shutdown program from the -\elink{apcupsd project}{http://www.apcupsd.com} or one from the -\elink{Sysinternals project}{http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psshutdown.shtml}. +\elink{apcupsd project}{\url{http://www.apcupsd.com}} or one from the +\elink{Sysinternals project} +{\url{http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psshutdown.shtml}}.