slocum

This post has been replaced by a newer one. For reference, the previous post on this server is still available. This system was recently converted to a beadm layout. For future reference, this is the slocum server, which I use for various jails and services. The filesystems, well, some of them: And dmesg:

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Please give me your LTO-4 or better tape library

I’ve been a contributor to the Bacula project since 2004 (about 10 years). My contributions have mostly in the PostgreSQL backend, regression testing, maintainer of the FreeBSD ports, and how-to guides and blog entries. My current tape library is a donated SDLT 220 unit and I am looking to upgrade it. Can I have your LTO-4/5/6 tape library please? I’m asking for a donation but I’m also being choosy. Space and power considerations

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Another zroot install

I just converted another server from UFS to ZFS. I used this script as my starting point. I dropped to a shell as soon as I booted from the live CD. Then I fetch my script: fetch –no-verify-peer http://bit.ly/1MvhRXH mv 1MvhRXH install.sh I didn’t run the script. I modified it to suite my new conditions. The install files were not available. I put and exit around line 84. Then I ran my script:

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zfs send | zfs receive as non-root

In this post, I am using FreeBSD 9.3 but what I do here should have wide application, especially the errors I encounter. I believe in backups. Not just rsync, but multiple copies and in multiple places. RAID is not a backup. rsync is not a backup. The goal of this post is to send a copy of a ZFS filesystem to a remote server. The server in question is already backed up in

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Cannot find any appendable volumes – Bacula

A problem arose today which I have never seen before. I do not know what caused it and I do not know precisely how I fixed it. I am using Baclua 7.0.5 on FreeBSD 9.3 I found this email today: This is Bacula asking for more ‘tape’. I say tape, because that is an easy analogy to follow. In effect, the tape library has no tapes to which Bacula can place this backup.

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