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\section*{Bacula Frequently Asked Questions}
\ilink{the bugs section}{_ChapterStart4} of this document for a list
of known bugs and solutions.
-\subsection*{Frequently Asked Questions}
-\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Frequently Asked Questions}
-
\begin{description}
\label{what}
-
+\subsection*{What is Bacula?}
\item [What is {\bf Bacula}? ]
\index[general]{What is Bacula? }
{\bf Bacula} is a network backup and restore program.
+\subsection*{Does Bacula support Windows?}
\item [Does Bacula support Windows?]
\index[general]{Does Bacula support Windows? }
Yes, Bacula compiles and runs on Windows machines (Win98, WinMe, WinXP,
\label{lang}
+\subsection*{What language is Bacula written in?}
\item [What language is Bacula written in?]
\index[general]{What language is Bacula written in? }
It is written in C++, but it is mostly C code using only a limited set of
adding a larger subset of C++.
\label{run}
+\subsection*{On what machines does Bacula run?}
\item [On what machines does Bacula run? ]
\index[general]{On what machines does Bacula run? }
{\bf Bacula} builds and executes on RedHat Linux (versions RH7.1-RHEL 3.0,
\label{stable}
+\subsection*{Is Bacula Stable?}
\item [Is Bacula Stable? ]
\index[general]{Is Bacula Stable? }
Yes, it is remarkably stable, but remember, there are still a lot of
\end{enumerate}
\label{AuthorizationErrors}
+\subsection*{I'm Getting Authorization Errors. What is Going On? }
\item [I'm Getting Authorization Errors. What is Going On? ]
\index[general]{I'm Getting Authorization Errors. What is Going On? }
For security reasons, Bacula requires that both the File daemon and the
Bacula component will reject all new connections.
\label{AccessProblems}
-
+\subsection*{Bacula Runs Fine but Cannot Access a Client on a Different Machine.
+ Why? }
\item [Bacula Runs Fine but Cannot Access a Client on a Different Machine.
Why? ]
\index[general]{Bacula Runs Fine but Cannot Access a Client on a Different
\end{itemize}
\label{startover}
-
+\subsection*{My Catalog is Full of Test Runs, How Can I Start Over?}
\item [My Catalog is Full of Test Runs, How Can I Start Over? ]
\index[general]{My Catalog is Full of Test Runs, How Can I Start Over? }
If you are using MySQL do the following:
where you need to adjust the device name for your system.
\label{restorehang}
+\subsection*{I Run a Restore Job and Bacula Hangs. What do I do?}
\item [I Run a Restore Job and Bacula Hangs. What do I do?]
\index[general]{I Run a Restore Job and Bacula Hangs. What do I do? }
On Bacula version 1.25 and prior, it expects you to have the correct tape
sessions (jobs) will be completely blocked from using the drive unmounted,
so
be sure to do a {\bf mount} after your unmount. If in doubt, do a second
-{\bf
- mount}, it won't cause any harm.
+ {\bf mount}, it won't cause any harm.
\label{windowstart}
+\subsection*{I Cannot Get My Windows Client to Start Automatically? }
\item [I Cannot Get My Windows Client to Start Automatically? ]
\index[general]{I Cannot Get My Windows Client to Start Automatically? }
You are probably having one of two problems: either the Client is dying due
manual.
\label{windowsdie}
-
+\subsection*{My Windows Client Immediately Dies When I Start It}
\item [My Windows Client Immediately Dies When I Start It ]
\index[general]{My Windows Client Immediately Dies When I Start It }
The most common problem is either that the configuration file is not where it
system.
\label{nobackup}
+\subsection*{My backups are not working on my Windows
+ Client. What should I do?}
+
\item [I didn't realize that the backups were not working on my Windows
Client. What should I do? ]
\index[general]{I didn't realize that the backups were not working on my Windows
FAQ for how to do so.
\label{sched}
+\subsection*{All my Jobs are scheduled for the same time. Will this cause
+ problems?}
\item [All my Jobs are scheduled for the same time. Will this cause
problems? ]
\index[general]{All my Jobs are scheduled for the same time. Will this cause
leave this set to {\bf 1} for the Director.
\label{disk}
+\subsection*{Can Bacula Backup My System To Files instead of Tape?}
\item [Can Bacula Backup My System To Files instead of Tape? ]
\index[general]{Can Bacula Backup My System To Files instead of Tape? }
Yes, in principle, Bacula can backup to any storage medium as long as you
chapter to read.
\label{bigfiles}
+\subsection*{Can Bacula Backup and Restore Files Greater than 2 Gigabytes?}
\item [Can Bacula Backup and Restore Files Greater than 2 Gigabytes in
Size? ]
\index[general]{Can Bacula Backup and Restore Files Greater than 2 Gigabytes in
supported by Bacula can handle files larger than 2 Gigabytes.
\label{cancel}
+\subsection*{I want to stop a job. Is
+ there a better way than {\bf ./bacula stop} to stop it?}
\item [I Started A Job then Decided I Really Did Not Want to Run It. Is
there a better way than {\bf ./bacula stop} to stop it?]
\index[general]{I Started A Job then Decided I Really Did Not Want to
{\bf mount} command before it will be canceled.
\label{trademark}
+\subsection*{Why have You Trademarked the Name
+ Bacula\raisebox{.6ex}{{\footnotesize \textsuperscript{\textregistered}}}?}
\item [Why have You Trademarked the Name
Bacula\raisebox{.6ex}{{\footnotesize \textsuperscript{\textregistered}}}?]
\index[general]{Why have You Trademarked the Name
in all respects with the program defined here.
\label{docversion}
-\item [Why is Your Online Document for Version 1.35 of Bacula when the
- Currently Release Version is 1.34?]
-\index[general]{Why is Your Online Document for Version 1.35 of Bacula when the
-Currently Release Version is 1.34? }
+\subsection*{Why is Your Online Document for Version 1.37 but the Released Version is 1.36?}
+\item [Why is Your Online Document for Version 1.37 of Bacula when the
+ Currently Release Version is 1.36?]
+\index[general]{Why is Your Online Document for Version 1.37 but Released Version is 1.36? }
As Bacula is being developed, the document is also being enhanced, more often
than not it has clarifications of existing features that can be very useful
to our users, so we publish the very latest document. Fortunately it is rare
please use the one distributed in the source code.
\label{sure}
-
+\subsection*{Does Bacula really save and restore all files?}
\item [How Can I Be Sure that Bacula Really Saves and Restores All Files? ]
\index[general]{How Can I Be Sure that Bacula Really Saves and Restores
All Files? } It is really quite simple, but took me a while to figure
of the same type.
\label{upgrade}
+\subsection*{I want an Incremental but Bacula runs it as a Full backup. Why?}
\item [I did a Full backup last week, but now in running an Incremental,
Bacula says it did not find a FULL backup, so it did a FULL backup. Why?]
\index[general]{I did a Full backup last week, but now in running an
or selecting a FileSet. For more on backup levels see below.
\label{filenamelengths}
+\subsection*{Do you really handle unlimited path lengths?}
\item [How Can You Claim to Handle Unlimited Path and Filename Lengths
when All Other Programs Have Fixed Limits?]
\index[general]{How Can You Claim to Handle Unlimited Path and Filename
restriction in later versions of Bacula.
\label{unique}
+\subsection*{What Is the Really Unique Feature of Bacula?}
\item [What Is the Really Unique Feature of Bacula?]
\index[general]{What Is the Really Unique Feature of Bacula? } Well, it
is hard to come up with unique features when backup programs for Unix
implemented, this will enormously reduce tape usage.
\label{sequence}
-\item [If I Do Run Multiple Simultaneous Jobs, How Can I Force One
+\subsection*{How can I force one job to run after another?}
+\item [If I Run Multiple Simultaneous Jobs, How Can I Force One
Particular Job to Run After Another Job? ]
-\index[general]{If I Do Run Multiple Simultaneous Jobs, How Can I Force One
+\index[general]{If I Run Multiple Simultaneous Jobs, How Can I Force One
Particular Job to Run After Another Job? }
Yes, you can set Priorities on your jobs so that they run in the order you
specify. Please see:
\ilink{the Priority record}{Priority} in the Job resource.
\label{nomail}
-
+\subsection*{I Am Not Getting Email Notification, What Can I Do? }
\item [I Am Not Getting Email Notification, What Can I Do? ]
\index[general]{I Am Not Getting Email Notification, What Can I Do? }
manual.
\label{periods}
-
+\subsection*{My retention periods don't work}
\item [I Change Recycling, Retention Periods, or File Sizes in my Pool
- Resource and they Still Don``t Work.]
+ Resource and they Still Don't Work.]
\index[general]{I Change Recycling, Retention Periods, or File Sizes in my
Pool
- Resource and they Still Don"t Work. }
+ Resource and they Still Don't Work. }
The different variables associated with a Pool are defined in the Pool
Resource, but are actually read by Bacula from the Catalog database. On
Bacula versions prior to 1.30, after changing your Pool Resource, you must
program.
\label{CompressionNotWorking}
+\subsection*{Why aren't my files compressed?}
\item [I Have Configured Compression On, But None of My Files Are
Compressed. Why?]
\index[general]{I Have Configured Compression On, But None of My Files Are
\end{itemize}
\label{LevelChanging}
+\subsection*{Incremental backups are not working}
\item [Bacula is Not Doing the Right Thing When I Request an Incremental
Backup. Why?]
\index[general]{Bacula is Not Doing the Right Thing When I Request an
there is not much we can do.
\label{WaitForever}
+\subsection*{I am waiting forever for a backup of an offsite machine}
\item [I am Backing Up an Offsite Machine with an Unreliable Connection.
The Director Waits Forever for the Client to Contact the SD. What Can I
Do?]
\end{itemize}
\label{sshHanging}
+\subsection*{SSH hangs forever after starting Bacula}
\item [When I ssh into a machine and start Bacula then attempt to exit,
ssh hangs forever.]
\index[general]{When I ssh into a machine and start Bacula then attempt to
and likewise for the other daemons.
\label{RetentionPeriods}
-
+\subsection*{I'm confused by retention periods}
\item [I'm confused by the different Retention periods: File Retention,
Job Retention, Volume Retention. Why are there so many?]
\index[general]{I'm confused by the different Retention periods: File
case.
\label{MaxVolumeSize}
+\subsection*{MaxVolumeSize is ignored}
\item [Why Does Bacula Ignore the MaxVolumeSize Set in my Pool?]
\index[general]{Why Does Bacula Ignore the MaxVolumeSize Set in my Pool? }
The MaxVolumeSize that Bacula uses comes from the Media record, so most
to change it.
\label{ConnectionRefused}
+\subsection*{I get a Connection refused when connecting to my Client}
\item [In connecting to my Client, I get ''ERR:Connection Refused. Packet
Size too big from File daemon:192.168.1.4:9102`` Why?]
\index[general]{In connecting to my Client, I get ``ERR:Connection
This will cause the FD to write a file {\bf bacula.trace} in the current
directory, which you can examine to determine the problem.
+\subsection*{Long running jobs die with Pipe Error}
\item [During long running jobs my File daemon dies with Pipe Error, or
some other communications error. Why?]
\index[general]{Communications Errors}
This will ensure that any Bacula traffic will not get terminated because
of high usage rates.
+\subsection*{How to I tell the Job which Volume to use?}
\item[I can't figure out how to tell the job which volume to use]
\index[general]{What tape to mount}
This is an interesting statement. I now see that a number of people new to
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