Bacula – show configuration, status and information with bconsole tool

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The following list of commands could be used to get a brief or detailed view of a Bacula backup server from the management utility

bconsole

. These commands are extremely useful for getting information on the backup process and policy and Bacula troubleshooting – could be used for fast debugging of an error, problems or misconfiguration.

the following commands give information for

  • Jobs

    list jobtotals Lists stats for all jobs, it also shows all jobs’ names
    show jobs Lists all jobs with their full configurations – show all jobs and for each job show detail explanation of what represent. The detail output includes full configuration of a job including client, catalog, fileset,schedule,pool,message. This will show all relationships between the different components of bacula system, how and which clients,storages,pools,schedules,filesets relate to. You’ll a thoroughly view of how let’s say a server is made the backup.
    show job=[job_name] shows full configuration for a job, the name could be taken by the two above commands
    list jobs Lists all jobs’ status – ID, StartTime, Type (backup?), Level (Full, increment, differential?), Files and bytes processed and the status of the job (Terminated normally, Running,Fatal error and so on)
    list files jobid=[ID] which files were included in the backup? Lists all paths and files included in the backup, not a configuration set but real physical path and filenames.
    status dir if you want to find all scheduled jobs for the next day (or more if you add a parameter). This will show the status of the director process.

  • Storages

    status storage list storage devices and their status – you can see the physical path on the filesystem where the Devices will put backup files

  • Clients

    show client show all clients’ names and backup policy
    status client=[client_name] show client status and what is doing, check the network connection between the director and the client, last terminated jobs and their status.

  • Filesets

    show fileset show all filesets, a fileset is a set with files and directories to include or exclude from a backup.

  • Schedule

    show schedule shows all registered schedulers and details for each one (Run Level=Full,Differential,Incremental), months, days, minutes.
    show schedule=[scheduler_name] shows details for a schedule with name scheduler_name (Run Level=Full,Differential,Incremental), months, days, minutes. It’s like the schedule backup plan of a server

  • Director

    message shows the last message of the backup process. If empty all logs of the backup process could be found in “/var/log/bacula/bacula.log”
    reload the director will re-read its all configuration files. Should be used when adding configuration files.

And here is the example output of the above commands with a little bit of explanation:

  • Jobs

    1) Get the stats and the jobs’ names, the names could be used in many other commands!

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    srvbkp@local # bconsole
    Connecting to Director localhost:9101
    1000 OK: 1 srvbkp-dir Version: 7.0.5 (28 July 2014)
    Enter a period to cancel a command.
    *list jobtotals
    Automatically selected Catalog: allbackup
    Using Catalog "allbackup"
    +------+-----------+-------------------+--------------------------------+
    | Jobs | Files     | Bytes             | Job                            |
    +------+-----------+-------------------+--------------------------------+
    |   90 |        90 |   123,665,584,337 | BackupCatalog                  |
    |    5 |         5 |   281,593,737,603 | RestoreFiles                   |
    |   13 | 1,232,316 |   118,480,634,434 | srv1-media                     |
    |   32 |        12 |             3,674 | srv1-dns                       |
    |   32 |        10 |             3,064 | srv2-dns                       |
    |   32 |        10 |             3,064 | srv3-dns                       |
    |   32 |        10 |             3,086 | srv4-dns                       |
    |   32 |        10 |             3,084 | srv5-dns                       |
    |   26 | 3,837,536 |   587,812,183,466 | srv1-images                    |
    +------+-----------+-------------------+--------------------------------+
    +-------+------------+-------------------+
    | Jobs  | Files      | Bytes             |
    +-------+------------+-------------------+
    | 1,474 | 14,925,321 | 5,475,024,028,957 |
    +-------+------------+-------------------+
    *

    2) Get all configurations for all jobs, here are included only two for clarity. All needed information for taking a backup of a server. You can see the files, which will be included (or excluded), where the backup will be stored when will happen in time, and how many different types of backup will be done – full, incremental, and differential. And this whole information is for all clients (servers).

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    *show jobs
    Job: name=srv1-dns JobType=66 level= Priority=10 Enabled=1
         MaxJobs=1 Resched=0 Times=0 Interval=1,800 Spool=0 WritePartAfterJob=1
         Accurate=0
      --> Client: name=srv1-dns address=192.168.0.100 FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1
          JobRetention=1 month  FileRetention=1 month  AutoPrune=1
      --> Catalog: name=allbackup address=localhost DBport=0 db_name=bacula
          db_driver=*None* db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0
      --> FileSet: name=bind
          O MZ6
          N
          I /var/lib/named
          N
      --> Schedule: name=bind
      --> Run Level=Full
          hour=20
          mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
          wday=0
          wom=0
          woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
          mins=0
      --> Run Level=Differential
          hour=20
          mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
          wday=0
          wom=1 2 3 4
          woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
          mins=0
      --> Run Level=Incremental
          hour=20
          mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
          wday=1 2 3 4 5 6
          wom=0 1 2 3 4 5
          woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
          mins=0
      --> Storage: name=bind address=192.168.0.10 SDport=9103 MaxJobs=10
          DeviceName=bind MediaType=File StorageId=17
      --> Pool: name=Default PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1
          max_vols=100 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=1 year
          VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=*None*
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=53687091200
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Pool: name=bind-full PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=1 cat_files=1
          max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=2 months
          VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=bind-full
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=0
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Pool: name=bind-incr PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1
          max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=7 days
          VolUse=23 hours  recycle=1 LabelFormat=bind-incr
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=0
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Pool: name=bind-diff PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1
          max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=1 month 1 day
          VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=bind-diff
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=0
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Messages: name=Standard
          mailcmd=/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f "(Bacula) <%r>" -s "Bacula: %t %e of %c %l" %r
          opcmd=/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f "(Bacula) <%r>" -s "Bacula: Intervention needed for %j" %r
    Job: name=srv2-dns JobType=66 level= Priority=10 Enabled=1
         MaxJobs=1 Resched=0 Times=0 Interval=1,800 Spool=0 WritePartAfterJob=1
         Accurate=0
      --> Client: name=srv2-dns address=192.168.0.101 FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1
          JobRetention=1 month  FileRetention=1 month  AutoPrune=1
      --> Catalog: name=allbackup address=localhost DBport=0 db_name=bacula
          db_driver=*None* db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0
      --> FileSet: name=bind
          O MZ6
          N
          I /var/lib/named
          N
      --> Schedule: name=bind
      --> Run Level=Full
          hour=20
          mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
          wday=0
          wom=0
          woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
          mins=0
      --> Run Level=Differential
          hour=20
          mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
          wday=0
          wom=1 2 3 4
          woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
          mins=0
      --> Run Level=Incremental
          hour=20
          mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
          wday=1 2 3 4 5 6
          wom=0 1 2 3 4 5
          woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
          mins=0
      --> Storage: name=bind address=192.168.0.10 SDport=9103 MaxJobs=10
          DeviceName=bind MediaType=File StorageId=17
      --> Pool: name=Default PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1
          max_vols=100 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=1 year
          VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=*None*
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=53687091200
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Pool: name=bind-full PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=1 cat_files=1
          max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=2 months
          VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=bind-full
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=0
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Pool: name=bind-incr PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1
          max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=7 days
          VolUse=23 hours  recycle=1 LabelFormat=bind-incr
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=0
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Pool: name=bind-diff PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1
          max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=1 month 1 day
          VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=bind-diff
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=0
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Messages: name=Standard
          mailcmd=/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f "(Bacula) <%r>" -s "Bacula: %t %e of %c %l" %r
          opcmd=/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f "(Bacula) <%r>" -s "Bacula: Intervention needed for %j" %r

    3) You can get the full configuration information of a job (the information is the same as above, but for a given job name, which could be taken from the first command above, it is not necessary to output all the configurations every time):

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    srvbkp@local # bconsole
    Connecting to Director localhost:9101
    1000 OK: 1 srvbkp-dir Version: 7.0.5 (28 July 2014)
    Enter a period to cancel a command.
    *show jobs=srv2-dns
    Job: name=srv2-dns JobType=66 level= Priority=10 Enabled=1
         MaxJobs=1 Resched=0 Times=0 Interval=1,800 Spool=0 WritePartAfterJob=1
         Accurate=0
      --> Client: name=srv2-dns address=192.168.0.101 FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1
          JobRetention=1 month  FileRetention=1 month  AutoPrune=1
      --> Catalog: name=allbackup address=localhost DBport=0 db_name=bacula
          db_driver=*None* db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0
      --> FileSet: name=bind
          O MZ6
          N
          I /var/lib/named
          N
      --> Schedule: name=bind
      --> Run Level=Full
          hour=20
          mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
          wday=0
          wom=0
          woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
          mins=0
      --> Run Level=Differential
          hour=20
          mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
          wday=0
          wom=1 2 3 4
          woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
          mins=0
      --> Run Level=Incremental
          hour=20
          mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
          wday=1 2 3 4 5 6
          wom=0 1 2 3 4 5
          woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
          mins=0
      --> Storage: name=bind address=192.168.0.10 SDport=9103 MaxJobs=10
          DeviceName=bind MediaType=File StorageId=17
      --> Pool: name=Default PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1
          max_vols=100 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=1 year
          VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=*None*
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=53687091200
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Pool: name=bind-full PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=1 cat_files=1
          max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=2 months
          VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=bind-full
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=0
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Pool: name=bind-incr PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1
          max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=7 days
          VolUse=23 hours  recycle=1 LabelFormat=bind-incr
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=0
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Pool: name=bind-diff PoolType=Backup
          use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1
          max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=1 month 1 day
          VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=bind-diff
          CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0
          RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0
          MaxVolJobs=0 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=0
          MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0
          JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs
      --> Messages: name=Standard
          mailcmd=/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f "(Bacula) <%r>" -s "Bacula: %t %e of %c %l" %r
          opcmd=/usr/sbin/bsmtp -h localhost -f "(Bacula) <%r>" -s "Bacula: Intervention needed for %j" %r

    4) Lists all jobs’ status – ID, StartTime, Type (backup?), Level (Full, increment, differential?), Files and bytes processed and the status of the job (Terminated normally, Running,Fatal error and so on). Found out if you have backups of a server or the backup process failed!

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    srvbkp@local # bconsole
    Connecting to Director localhost:9101
    1000 OK: 1 srvbkp-dir Version: 7.0.5 (28 July 2014)
    Enter a period to cancel a command.
    *list jobs
    +-------+--------------------------------+---------------------+------+-------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
    | JobId | Name                           | StartTime           | Type | Level | JobFiles  | JobBytes        | JobStatus |
    +-------+--------------------------------+---------------------+------+-------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
    |   128 | srv1-test                      | 2016-12-04 23:05:00 | B    | F     |    17,506 |      52,116,400 | T         |
    |   178 | srv1-test                      | 2016-12-09 23:05:01 | B    | I     |        13 |           1,509 | T         |
    |   188 | srv1-test                      | 2016-12-10 23:05:01 | B    | I     |        13 |           1,509 | T         |
    .........................................................................................................................
    | 8,927 | srv2-images                    | 2018-03-04 20:00:00 | B    | F     |         0 |               0 | f         |
    | 8,928 | srv1-media                     | 2018-03-04 20:00:00 | B    | F     |         3 |             978 | T         |
    | 8,930 | srv1-dns                       | 2018-03-04 20:00:01 | B    | F     |         6 |           1,843 | T         |
    | 8,932 | srv2-dns                       | 2018-03-04 20:00:01 | B    | F     |         6 |           1,837 | T         |
    | 8,931 | srv3-dns                       | 2018-03-04 20:00:03 | B    | F     |         5 |           1,542 | T         |
    | 8,933 | srv4-dns                       | 2018-03-04 20:00:04 | B    | F     |         4 |           1,258 | T         |
    | 8,934 | srv5-dns                       | 2018-03-04 20:00:04 | B    | F     |         4 |           1,258 | T         |
    +-------+--------------------------------+---------------------+------+-------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+

    5) Which files were included in a backup job? Lists all paths and files included in the backup job (the ID is from the above command):

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    +----------+
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    | /var/lib/named/ |
    | /var/lib/named/root.cache |
    | /var/lib/named/sec |
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    | /var/lib/named/sec/example2.net.db |
    | /var/lib/named/pri |
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    | JobId | Name     | StartTime           | Type | Level | JobFiles | JobBytes | JobStatus |
    +-------+----------+---------------------+------+-------+----------+----------+-----------+
    | 8,934 | srv5-dns | 2018-03-04 20:00:20 | B    | F     |        6 |    1,851 | T         |
    +-------+----------+---------------------+------+-------+----------+----------+-----------+

    6) Get the scheduled jobs. Which jobs will be executed and when:

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    *status dir
    Scheduled Jobs:
    Level          Type     Pri  Scheduled          Job Name           Volume
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    Incremental    Backup    10  06-Mar-18 20:00    srv1-dns           *unknown*
    Incremental    Backup    10  06-Mar-18 20:00    srv2-dns           *unknown*
    Incremental    Backup    10  06-Mar-18 20:00    srv3-dns           *unknown*
    Incremental    Backup    10  06-Mar-18 20:00    srv4-dns           *unknown*
    Incremental    Backup    10  06-Mar-18 20:00    srv5-dns           *unknown*
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    Incremental    Backup    10  06-Mar-18 23:05    srv1-media         *unknown*
    Full           Backup    10  06-Mar-18 23:05    srv1-images        *unknown*
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    Running Jobs:
    Console connected at 06-Mar-18 13:36
    No Jobs running.
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    Terminated Jobs:
     JobId  Level    Files      Bytes   Status   Finished        Name
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      9006  Incr        472    296.8 M  OK       05-Mar-18 23:05 srv1-dns
      9007  Incr     10,547    194.8 M  Error    05-Mar-18 23:05 srv2-dns
      9002  Incr         37    133.0 M  OK       05-Mar-18 23:05 srv3-dns
      8995  Incr         57    372.2 M  OK       05-Mar-18 23:06 srv4-dns
      9000  Incr        391    1.195 G  OK       05-Mar-18 23:07 srv5-dns
      9008  Full        832    7.139 G  OK       05-Mar-18 23:49 srv1-images
      9009  Full          1    1.493 G  OK       05-Mar-18 23:50 srv1-media
      9011  Full    315,027    121.6 G  OK       06-Mar-18 03:44 srv2-images
      9012  Full    314,804    93.85 G  OK       06-Mar-18 04:18 srv2-media
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  • Storages

    • Where are the backup files on your system? Trace the bacula media devices to the real path of your backup files.

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    Automatically selected Storage: bind
    Connecting to Storage daemon bind at 192.168.0.10:9103
    srvbkp-sd Version: 7.0.5 (28 July 2014) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu ubuntu 16.04
    Daemon started 06-Nov-17 17:25. Jobs: run=5025, running=0.
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    Running Jobs:
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    Terminated Jobs:
     JobId  Level    Files      Bytes   Status   Finished        Name
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      9071  Incr          0         0   OK       06-Mar-18 20:00 srv1-dns
      9074  Incr          0         0   OK       06-Mar-18 20:00 srv2-dns
      9073  Incr          0         0   OK       06-Mar-18 20:00 srv3-dns
      9075  Incr          5    2.043 K  OK       06-Mar-18 20:00 srv4-dns
      9078  Incr          5    2.042 K  OK       06-Mar-18 20:00 srv5-dns
      9077  Incr          0         0   OK       06-Mar-18 20:00 srv1-media
      9079  Incr          0         0   OK       06-Mar-18 20:00 srv1-images
      9076  Incr          0         0   OK       06-Mar-18 20:00 srv2-images
      9057  Full          0         0   Other    06-Mar-18 20:31 srv2-media
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    Device status:
    Device "localstorage" (/mnt/storage1/bacula-storage/local) is not open.
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    Device "media" (/mnt/storage1/bacula-storage/media) is not open.
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    Device "bind" (/mnt/storage1/bacula-storage/bind) is not open.
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    Device "image" (/mnt/storage1/bacula-storage/image) is not open.
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    Used Volume status:
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    Attr spooling: 0 active jobs, 34,753 bytes; 120 total jobs, 34,753 max bytes.
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  • Clients

    1) Show all client names in the bacula system, this could be useful to link a client name with a server and then to use the name in the next command (below in 2):

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    Client: name=srvbkp-fd address=192.168.0.5 FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1
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      --> Catalog: name=allbackup address=localhost DBport=0 db_name=bacula
          db_driver=*None* db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0
    Client: name=srv1-dns address=192.168.0.100 FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1
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      --> Catalog: name=allbackup address=localhost DBport=0 db_name=bacula
          db_driver=*None* db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0
    Client: name=srv2-dns address=192.168.0.101 FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1
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      --> Catalog: name=allbackup address=localhost DBport=0 db_name=bacula
          db_driver=*None* db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0
    Client: name=srv3-dns address=192.168.0.103 FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1
          JobRetention=1 month  FileRetention=1 month  AutoPrune=1
      --> Catalog: name=allbackup address=localhost DBport=0 db_name=bacula
          db_driver=*None* db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0
    Client: name=srv4-dns address=192.168.0.104 FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1
          JobRetention=1 month  FileRetention=1 month  AutoPrune=1
      --> Catalog: name=allbackup address=localhost DBport=0 db_name=bacula
          db_driver=*None* db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0
    Client: name=srv5-dns address=192.168.0.105 FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1
          JobRetention=1 month  FileRetention=1 month  AutoPrune=1
      --> Catalog: name=allbackup address=localhost DBport=0 db_name=bacula
          db_driver=*None* db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0
    Client: name=srv1-media address=192.168.0.106 FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1
          JobRetention=1 month  FileRetention=1 month  AutoPrune=1
      --> Catalog: name=allbackup address=localhost DBport=0 db_name=bacula
          db_driver=*None* db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0
    Client: name=srv1-images address=192.168.0.107 FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1
          JobRetention=1 month  FileRetention=1 month  AutoPrune=1
      --> Catalog: name=allbackup address=localhost DBport=0 db_name=bacula
          db_driver=*None* db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0
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    2) Show status of a client. We can use this command to check what is going on with the client at the moment of issuing the command, the last terminated backup jobs and their status. In addition we can check the connection between the Director daemon and the client daemon, because the Director connects at the moment we issue the command, so it is useful for debugging purposes:

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    *status client=srv1-dns
    Connecting to Client srv1-dns at 192.168.0.100:9102
     
    srv1-dns-fd Version: 7.0.5 (28 July 2014)  x86_64-pc-linux-gnu ubuntu 16.04
    Daemon started 23-Feb-18 00:43. Jobs: run=8 running=0.
     Heap: heap=98,304 smbytes=188,701 max_bytes=571,361 bufs=64 max_bufs=97
     Sizes: boffset_t=8 size_t=8 debug=0 trace=0 mode=0,0 bwlimit=0kB/s
     Plugin: bpipe-fd.so
     
    Running Jobs:
    Director connected at: 06-Mar-18 22:51
    No Jobs running.
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    Terminated Jobs:
     JobId  Level    Files      Bytes   Status   Finished        Name
    ===================================================================
      1832  Full          4    1.333 K  OK       01-Mar-18 23:48 srv1-dns
      1836  Incr          0         0   OK       02-Mar-18 00:01 srv1-dns
      1864  Incr          0         0   OK       02-Mar-18 20:30 srv1-dns
      1907  Incr          0         0   OK       03-Mar-18 20:00 srv1-dns
      1950  Full          4    1.333 K  OK       04-Mar-18 20:01 srv1-dns
      1994  Incr          0         0   OK       05-Mar-18 20:00 srv1-dns
      1037  Incr          0         0   OK       06-Mar-18 20:00 srv1-dns
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  • Filesets

    Which files will be included or excluded from the backup process. The lines starting with “I” mean “include”, the lines starting with “E” mean exclude.

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    FileSet: name=Full Set
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     E /proc
     E /tmp
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     I /
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     E /run
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  • Schedule

    1) The all timeline plans for taking backups

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    Schedule: name=WeeklyCycle
      --> Run Level=Full
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          mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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          wday=0
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          mins=5
      --> Run Level=Differential
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          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
          wday=0
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          mins=5
      --> Run Level=Incremental
          hour=23
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          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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          mins=5
    Schedule: name=WeeklyCycleAfterBackup
      --> Run Level=Full
          hour=23
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          mins=10
    Schedule: name=images
      --> Run Level=Full
          hour=10
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          month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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          mins=0
      --> Run Level=Differential
          hour=10
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          mins=0
      --> Run Level=Incremental
          hour=20
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    2) The schedule plan for one client or groups of clients (server/s):

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    Schedule: name=bind
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          mins=0
      --> Run Level=Incremental
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  • Director

    1) Show the last messages of the backup processes. As you can see there is an error in one of the jobs, this error means that the client did not connect to the backup daemon (probably the same server with the Director), the problem was the firewall did not allow connections from this client (IP):

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    06-Mar 20:00 srvbkp-dir JobId 1075: Start Backup JobId 1075, Job=srv1-bind.2018-03-06_20.00.01_05
    06-Mar 20:00 srvbkp-dir JobId 1075: Using Device "bind" to write.
    06-Mar 20:00 srvbkp-sd JobId 1066: Elapsed time=00:00:10, Transfer rate=0  Bytes/second
    06-Mar 20:00 srvbkp-dir JobId 1066: Bacula srvbkp-dir 7.0.5 (28Jul14):
      Build OS:               x86_64-pc-linux-gnu ubuntu 16.04
      JobId:                  1066
      Job:                    srv1-media.2018-03-06_20.00.00_56
      Backup Level:           Incremental, since=2018-03-06 20:00:14
      Client:                 "srv1-media" 7.0.5 (28Jul14) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu,ubuntu,16.04
      FileSet:                "bind" 2017-11-07 17:19:45
      Pool:                   "bind-incr" (From Job IncPool override)
      Catalog:                "allbackup" (From Client resource)
      Storage:                "bind" (From Job resource)
      Scheduled time:         06-Mar-2018 20:00:00
      Start time:             06-Mar-2018 20:00:15
      End time:               06-Mar-2018 20:00:26
      Elapsed time:           11 secs
      Priority:               10
      FD Files Written:       0
      SD Files Written:       0
      FD Bytes Written:       0 (0 B)
      SD Bytes Written:       0 (0 B)
      Rate:                   0.0 KB/s
      Software Compression:   None
      VSS:                    no
      Encryption:             no
      Accurate:               no
      Volume name(s):       
      Volume Session Id:      1025
      Volume Session Time:    1509989534
      Last Volume Bytes:      4,618 (4.618 KB)
      Non-fatal FD errors:    0
      SD Errors:              0
      FD termination status:  OK
      SD termination status:  OK
      Termination:            Backup OK
    06-Mar 20:01 srvbkp-dir JobId 1057: Using Device "bind" to write.
    06-Mar 20:05 srv2-dns-fd JobId 1057: Warning: bsock.c:112 Could not connect to Storage daemon on 192.168.0.5:9103. ERR=Connection timed out
    Retrying ...
    06-Mar 20:31 srv2-dns-fd JobId 1057: Fatal error: bsock.c:118 Unable to connect to Storage daemon on 192.168.0.5:9103. ERR=Interrupted system call
    06-Mar 20:31 srv2-dns-fd JobId 1057: Fatal error: job.c:1893 Failed to connect to Storage daemon: 192.168.0.5:9103
    06-Mar 20:31 srvbkp-dir JobId 1057: Fatal error: Bad response to Storage command: wanted 2000 OK storage
    , got 2902 Bad storage
    06-Mar 20:31 srvbkp-dir JobId 1057: Error: Bacula srvbkp-dir 7.0.5 (28Jul14):
      Build OS:               x86_64-pc-linux-gnu ubuntu 16.04
      JobId:                  1057
      Job:                    srv2-dns.2018-03-06_20.00.00_47
      Backup Level:           Full (upgraded from Incremental)
      Client:                 "srv2-dns" 7.0.5 (28Jul14) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu,ubuntu,16.04
      FileSet:                "bind" 2017-11-07 17:19:45
      Pool:                   "bind-full" (From Job FullPool override)
      Catalog:                "allbackup" (From Client resource)
      Storage:                "bind" (From Job resource)
      Scheduled time:         06-Mar-2018 20:00:00
      Start time:             06-Mar-2018 20:00:00
      End time:               06-Mar-2018 20:31:22
      Elapsed time:           31 mins 22 secs
      Priority:               10
      FD Files Written:       0
      SD Files Written:       0
      FD Bytes Written:       0 (0 B)
      SD Bytes Written:       0 (0 B)
      Rate:                   0.0 KB/s
      Software Compression:   None
      VSS:                    no
      Encryption:             no
      Accurate:               no
      Volume name(s):       
      Volume Session Id:      1201
      Volume Session Time:    1509989534
      Last Volume Bytes:      1 (1 B)
      Non-fatal FD errors:    2
      SD Errors:              0
      FD termination status:  Error
      SD termination status:  Waiting on FD
      Termination:            *** Backup Error ***

    2) reload – reload the configuration files of bacula system. The daemons will re-read all configuration files in “/etc/bacula”. Unfortunately there is no output:

    1
    2
    *reload
    *
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