It's been so long ago I set this up I had to go look... Heartbeat Interval = 300
... Try that out. Erich On Jan 7, 2007, at 10:35 PM, Charles Galpin wrote: > Thanks Erich, > > On Jan 7, 2007, at 11:05 AM, Erich Prinz wrote: > >> >> We can't expect Bacula to resolve our networking issues! > > Hehe, I knew that would come out wrong. > >> >>> >>> Are there any configuration options that might help it handle >>> whatever network problem it's exposing? Maybe longer timeouts or >>> additional retries? >> >> YES! Two things: >> >> 1. Set the Heartbeat option in the client section for the laptops >> in the bacula-dir configuration file and in the SD config file. >> >> Bacula's default is set to time out based on a LAN environment. >> When the FD <--> SD is talking over a WAN segment, it is too slow >> for the default setting and the jobs terminate. I had this very >> issue when first setting up Bacula - 99% of what I backup are >> remote clients over a WAN. Adding the Heartbeat option completely >> cleared that issue up. The only times there is an issue now is when >> a client is off line. I've not even had so much as a FD hang - it's >> been bullet proof. > > I added a Heartbeat Interval of 60 (i assume seconds - docs just say > its a time interval) and an incremental succeeded. But I just saw > tonight's full backup failed. What interval do you use? > > thanks > charles > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
