Hello,
On Thursday 25 September 2008 12:09:11 Riyas Y. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Actually this discussion went on for a while one month back..
> The problem was that I took the 64 bit build version of bacula 1.3x
> which is very old...(as per our requirement)
OK, thanks for clarifying this
> In that version the Visual Studio version was more synchronized with the
> buildable linux version..
> So I could complete the build in windows with much less effort even
> though I was totally new to Bacula..
Yes.
>
> In the latest Bacula source code the Visual Studio Configuration has
> fallen out of sync and taking a 64 bit build in windows using Visual
> Studio is not as easy..
Yes, keeping the Visual Stuido synchronized is not easy -- that is one reason
why we stopped using it. It required a lot of manual work then building the
release was manual, which is why we switched to cross-compiling.
It looks like finding someone that can work on the 64 bit cross-compiling is
really needed.
>
> I have not been touch with Bacula for the past one month.. and I think
> the two problems I pointed out still remains the same..
>
> 1. 64 bit vss machine..
I have integrated your patch, and perhaps I can even make the 32 bit version
find and use the 64 bit entry point.
> 2. Services/Daemons cannot display dialogs from Vista/Server 2008 and so
> we cannot get the status dialogs in these operating systems..
Yes, but you can get all the same information by running any console.
>
> I fear that since I am very busy with my current project I cannot help
> in this situation..
> I will try to associate with these problems as soon as I get time..
Please let me know if you start to work on them again so that we can
coordinate and not duplicate any effort.
Thanks for responding quickly to this ...
Best regards,
Kern
>
> Regards,
> Riyas
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kern Sibbald [mailto:kern@...]
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:21 PM
> To: bacula-devel@...
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-devel] bacula client for win 64bit needed
>
> Hello,
>
> On Thursday 25 September 2008 11:19:38 Andres Moya wrote:
> > Hello.
> > Maybe i wrong writing to developer mailing list. Sorry. I grep
>
> internet
>
> > about this problem, and I only seen here that some
> > people was able to compile bacula for win2008 64bit: Riyas Y. Fri, 08
> > Aug 2008 03:19:51 -0700: "Yesterday 64bit client was tested on 64 bit
> > windows server 2008, VSS was found to be working fine." I badly needed
> > it because in my case i unable to backup system with VSS support then
> > using 32bit binaries. Without VSS some system files not backed up as
> > they locked by operation system.
>
> Yes, clearly some solution to this problem is needed.
>
> > Well, i think restoring such backup will result in damaged operation
> > system and databases files. Going to backup by native tools of
>
> windows,
>
> > and then backup this backups once again by Bacula :(
> >
> > Can any one share that successfully compiled binaries?
>
> Well, the people who built the 64 bit version of Windows sent us the
> small
> patch that was needed because Microsoft's 64 bit API is not compatible
> with
> the 32 bit API, and we have put that patch into Bacula.
>
> However, they did not send us the build procedure they use (hopefully
> they
> will). So at this point, our binaries are still 32 bit.
>
> I will be exploring in the next month or so the possibility of either
> making
> our 32 bit version interface to the appropriate 64 bit VSS API, or
> finding a
> way to build a 64 bit version. Hopefully before then, someone will
> come
> forward with a 64 bit binary.
>
> > We are ruining virtualized servers, can provide any testing platform
>
> Thanks, I will keep you in mind for testing ...
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kern
>
> > Thank you
>
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