Testing the DLT Now that my tape labels have arrived, it’s time to run those tapes through Bacula. In this article, you’ll see: a list slots command fail a command line mtx-changer command fail the fix via device permissions a label barcodes fail a script to test tapes Oh, that script isn’t actually in this …
DLT labels The new labels are in! On Wednesday of last week, I ordered some labels from get-it-low on eBay. They shipped on Thursday, and they arrived today (Monday). The item is listed as New Quantum ATL SDLT DLT Bar Code Labels Tag 6210201-02 and sold for $9.99 plus $5.84 shipping, for a total of …
Replacing a DLT drive – selecting the right drive The tape drive in my Digital DLT MiniLibrary (Model DS-TL891-NE) has died. Not totally dead. It just doesn’t respond to the library. It ends up with three flashing lights (Write Protected, Tape In Use, and Use Cleaning Tape) and the system can’t load a tape. Fortunately, …
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Integrating the Tape Library with an existing Bacula installation In a recent article, I wrote about how to setup the various tools, such as mtx-changer, to allow your tape library to work with Bacula. In this article, I’ll show how I integrated this tape library into my existing Bacula configuration. Given the previous work, I …
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Tape Libraries & Bacula I am attempting to revive a long unused-tape library. I want it active so I can go away on holiday and not worry about changing tapes. At present, I use a single DLT-7000 drive, which needs a new tape every three or four days. My strategy includes filling each tape, then …
Using newsyslog to rotate backups newsyslog(8) allows you to maintain system log files to manageable sizes. Log files record various system activities and can be useful when diagnosing problems. The system adds to the end of the file and they can be read in chronological order from top to bottom. If this growth is not …
Bacula – Transport Layer Security (TLS) Bacula is a very robust and feature-rich network backup solution. Whether you are backing up two computers or two hundred, Bacula can do it. Backup solutions are many and varied. Make sure you choose the right backup software. I’ve been using Bacula since late 2003. The use of Bacula …
How I test tapes and tape drives I’ve written a number of articles about backups and about Bacula. With anything, you must test it to ensure it works properly. Do you test your tape drives? Do you test your tapes? Do you test the backup process by also doing a restore? In this article, I’ll …
Bacula – Digital DLT MiniLibrary – TL891 For backups, especially network backups, I have been using, developing, and advocating Bacula, the Network Backup Tool for Unix and Windows. Bacula backs up to tape, disk, DVD, CD, etc. The server runs on Unix operating systems, yes, including Mac OS/X. The client runs on Unix, and on …
Bacula fund raising for encryption Bacula is a strong network backup solution. It has gained wide use over the past few years. More and more people are finding out about this great set of tools. If you haven’t looked at it, you should. Find out why people are moving to Bacula from other open source …