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Oct 4 09:01:24 slocum kernel: pid 1409 (check_bacula), uid 181: exited on signal 11

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I’ve been getting these messages in /var/log/messages on slocum for as long as I can remember. Today I found out why those errors are occurring. They are logged on the FreeBSD jail host for a Nagios instance I run. Nagios runs in a jail on that host. I’ve just been ignoring the messages, but today it got me. I was having trouble getting a new FreeBSD port to work, so I was easily […]

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Moving bacula-sd into a FreeBSD jail

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In this post: Bacula 7.4 FreeBSD 11.1 py-iocage 0.9.9.2 I recently wrote about Converting a Dell R710 into a ZFS-based FreeBSD 11.1 tape library bacula-sd and then about getting the drives ready. That system, henceforth referred to as the r710 is now ready for the Bacula setup. Last night I created a jail and installed the software I’ll need. Most of this was done via Ansible. I also configured Bacula both on the

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Converting a Dell R710 into a ZFS-based FreeBSD 11.1 tape library bacula-sd

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If you’ve read even a little of what I’ve written, the following points will not come as a surprise: I like FreeBSD I’m a fan of backups I use Bacula I like ZFS I have tape libraries In this post, I will cover all of the above and more. Photos will be included. New gear Full disclosure: the following links contain my Amazon referrer code. On the left is the ICY DOCK 2.5″

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Bacula – ran out of space, moved some volumes to another zpool

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I’m using Bacula 9.0.3 for this post, on FreeBSD 10.3 and 11.1. I did not document this as I went along, however, the details should be enough to get you started. NOTE: when I refer to the bacula-sd configuration, I mean the bacula-sd in question, not necessarily on the same server as bacula-dir. This will hopefully make you think carefully about which file you are modifying. NOTE: I am moving a whole Bacula

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Bacula – copy to tape by job size

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Backups are pretty amazing. The things you can do with them can be both highly entertaining and surprisingly easy. Today, we will venture into the easy part. Yesterday was the first Sunday of the month, which, according to my Bacula installation’s schedule is the day for full backups. Today, now that that is done, is copy-to-tape day according to my schedule. I do this manually because I don’t want the tape library, and

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Using a Dell TL4000 with Bacula’s bacula-sd on FreeBSD with ZFS

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Last night, I managed to install new (but used) SAS cables for my Dell TL4000 on the tape01 server. I managed to get bacula-sd running, but I was unable to communicate with it from bacula-dir, via bconsole on my laptop. Eventually, I ran bacula-sd from the command line in the foreground and with debugging and saw things which needed to be corrected. In this post, I will adjust permissions on devices get bacula-dir

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Dell TL4000 tape library: running btape and configuring Bacula’s mtx-changer

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In this post, I am using FreeBSD 10.2 and Bacula 7.4.0. I am now the proud second-hand owner of a Dell TL4000. The first thing I did was add an air filter. Why? Because I can. I got one made, with custom dimensions, by DEMCiflex. You can see that filter here in this photo. My next task is configuring the tape library to work with Bacula. The first part of that is mtx-changer

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Bacula btape test of Dell TL4000 LTO-4 tape drives

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I hooked up the Dell TL4000 tape library tonight. I have bacula-sd.conf configured, but I do not have the autochanger configured or tested. I just wanted to run a btape test. A btape test is an essential part of setting up your tape drive with Bacula as it is the initial testing of tape drive compatibility I will do the other tape drive another day.

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More Bacula Excludes with Jails and FreeBSD

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Following on from my post about excluding the base OS with a Bacula FileSet, I decided to exclude some more. The starting point Here are the baselines: What else will I exclude? I decided to exclude the following as well: Adding iocage support Along the way, I extended the Exclude to work on server using the iocage jail management tool. I also split the Exclude out into its own file. Here is the

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