[gentoo-user] A suggestion for bacula

[gentoo-user] A suggestion for bacula

[Harry Putnam]

I've installed bacula from portage ( bacula-1.36.3-r2.ebuild) and
found virtually no documentation with it other than one thin README
and some release notes. Its not as if the documentaion is not
available.  There is quite a large manual for it.

But worse is that the gentoo install has removed things so that even
the available manual doesn't work for a gentoo user.

For example:
In the online manual: http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Contents.html

In the section on `Running a job' a gentoo user will not get the right
results because the bacula developers have expected there to be some
of the install of bacula files available for testing.

Bacula goes looking for them in /var/tmp/**bacula* and of course they
are long gone.

So a gentoo user will end up with nothing backed up and wondering what
they did wrong.  Especially if they don't notice the give away
address, and it isn't that obvious because `bconsole' output is pretty
primitive and it will not be on the screen long.  

It also means the restore part is a non starter too since nothing got
backed up.

Apparently someone maybe me needs to go thru the bacula ebuilds and
make them a little more like what bacula devel people expect. Or fix
it so it works for us.


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[gentoo-user] Re: A suggestion for bacula

[Francesco Talamona]

On Saturday 26 November 2005 02:47, Harry Putnam wrote:
[...]
> Bacula goes looking for them in /var/tmp/**bacula* and of course they
> are long gone.

Bacula relies on its temp directory for other interesting functions too, 
it can build a bootable ISO using your running kernel, for example.

I've written a little page in my personal wiki with an HOWTO for Gentoo 
to build a bootable cdrom using Bacula scripts, next week I can provide 
an english translation if anyone interested.

> So a gentoo user will end up with nothing backed up and wondering
> what they did wrong.  Especially if they don't notice the give away
> address, and it isn't that obvious because `bconsole' output is
> pretty primitive and it will not be on the screen long.
>
> It also means the restore part is a non starter too since nothing got
> backed up.
>
> Apparently someone maybe me needs to go thru the bacula ebuilds and
> make them a little more like what bacula devel people expect. Or fix
> it so it works for us.

Right, but maybe it's sufficient to replace original README with a 
Gentoo version; in other words, IMO it would be easier to document it, 
rather then tweak/patch ebuild.

ciao
	Francesco
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A suggestion for bacula

[Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman]

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Francesco Talamona wrote:
> I've written a little page in my personal wiki with an HOWTO for Gentoo 
> to build a bootable cdrom using Bacula scripts, next week I can provide 
> an english translation if anyone interested.

Well, I am interested. :) - Hope that meets the "anyone" requeriment :)

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[gentoo-user] Re: A suggestion for bacula

[Francesco Talamona]

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On Saturday 26 November 2005 13:46, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote:
> Francesco Talamona wrote:
> > I've written a little page in my personal wiki with an HOWTO for
> > Gentoo to build a bootable cdrom using Bacula scripts, next week I
> > can provide an english translation if anyone interested.
>
> Well, I am interested. :) - Hope that meets the "anyone" requeriment
In this case I dare to make a little abuse to the list, and will post a 
4KB attachment ! You don't have to wait fot the next week :-)

This is just a "worksforme" style howto, but I hope it can be considered 
useful. Of course any feedbacks are warmly welcomed.

Ciao
	Francesco
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