Do you have any examples for the heartbeat directive? Where does it belong
in each of the conf files? I looked that the documentation and am still not
quite sure where in each file it belongs.

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To: Eric Langheinrich
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Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Newbie Question: Experiencing Problems backing
up remote client

Hello,

On 03.11.2005 21:30, Eric Langheinrich wrote:
> I'm trying to remotely backup a server that I have collocated.
> Unfortunately, I have not been able to perform a full backup. The director
> is able to properly connect to the client and the backup process starts
> okay, but after running for a while the backup keeps failing. 
> 
> The messages look like so:
> 
> 03-Nov 10:56 localhost-dir: No prior Full backup Job record found.
> 03-Nov 10:56 localhost-dir: No prior or suitable Full backup found. Doing
> FULL backup.
> 03-Nov 10:56 localhost-dir: Start Backup JobId 65,
> Job=Lola.2005-11-03_09.00.13
> 03-Nov 10:56 localhost-sd: Volume "Default-Volumes0001" previously
written,
> moving to end of data.
> 03-Nov 13:07 localhost-dir: Lola.2005-11-03_09.00.13 Fatal error: Network
> error with FD during Backup: ERR=Connection timed out
> 03-Nov 13:07 localhost-dir: Lola.2005-11-03_09.00.13 Fatal error: No Job
> status returned from FD.
> 03-Nov 13:07 localhost-dir: Lola.2005-11-03_09.00.13 Error: Bacula 1.36.3
> (22Apr05): 03-Nov-2005 13:07:57
> 
> 
> Running "status" of the client I see the following:
> 
> Terminated Jobs:
>  JobId  Level     Files         Bytes  Status   Finished        Name
> ======================================================================
>     50  Full     41,811  2,717,158,626 Error    01-Nov-05 16:01 Lola
>     51  Full     41,813  2,990,307,124 Error    01-Nov-05 18:26 Lola
>     52  Full     41,813  2,990,307,132 Error    01-Nov-05 21:12 Lola
>     55  Full     41,813  2,971,751,391 Error    02-Nov-05 04:28 Lola
>     61  Full     41,813  2,967,194,415 Error    03-Nov-05 05:29 Lola
>     63  Full     41,813  2,904,806,463 Error    03-Nov-05 09:54 Lola
>     65  Full     41,813  2,990,307,137 Error    03-Nov-05 14:19 Lola
> ====
> 
> The file it is attempting to backup each time is a rather large file. I
> copied the file to a local server and ran a full backup of that server
> within problem.
> 
> I'm not sure what the best way to troubleshoot the problem from here is.
It
> seems strange to me how close the Byte size is each time when it fails. 
> 
> Any suggestions on what I can try that will point me in the right
direction?

This might be a network problem - in that case, try the Heartbeat 
interval directive in all relevant configuration files. In case some 
router in between your DIR and FD drops the connection while that large 
file is stored, this should resolve the problem.

Arno

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