Hi, On 5/17/2007 6:55 PM, Naufal Sheikh wrote: > Hi Arno, > > I added the "Max Wait Time = 900" in the jobDefs section of the firector > file. But last night again due to some error bacula got stuck on the > firsdt client and never moved on. I have a complex backup > infrastructure, and i really want that if one client cannot be backed up > regardless of whatever the error is, bacula should move to the next > client. I hope I am not missing out something.
Depending on when in the jobs lifetime it got stuck you will need the other timeout settings, too. Also, configure Bacula to run multiple jobs concurrently, then the other jobs can continue and won't be blocked by one single stuck job. Arno > Thanks and Regards > > On 5/15/07, *Arno Lehmann* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > On 5/15/2007 7:29 PM, Naufal Sheikh wrote: > > Hey, > > > > thanks for your help. Just few clarifications. For the "Max Wait > Time", > > the time specified is in min or sec? Or can I just write 25 min > or 300 > > sec. > > Hmm. I'm unsure... there was some problem with these times a while ago > where it didn't honor the time units, but also didn't abort with an > error when parsing the configuration. I think this as been fixed, > though. > > I'm using, for example, "Max Start Delay = 23h" and this works as > expected. > > If unsure, simply don't use a qualifier like 'hours' and Bacula will > interpret your numbers as seonds. > > So, '300' should be identical to '5 min'. > > > Secondly if i want this to be global parameter for all the jobs, I > > should be mentioning it in the jobdefs right? > > Yes. > > Arno > > > Thanks > > > > On 5/14/07, *Arno Lehmann* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On 5/14/2007 5:04 PM, Naufal Sheikh wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > i was running bacula and then went on vacations. In the > meantime > > due to > > > some error which required human intervention, bacula just got > > stuck on > > > that job and please correct me if I am wrong bacula does not > > carry on to > > > next jobs if it get stuck in case of any error. > > > > Depends... the above is one good reason for allowing multiple > concurrent > > jobs, and there are configuration directives to limit the > time a job can > > wait and run before it's automatically cancelled. > > > > All three options might be useful in your situation. > > > > > when I do "list jobs" it > > > shows me lot of jobs which haven't been started but are > there in the > > > list. Should I just cancel them to start the bacula at the > point of > > > today's schedule? > > > > That depends on what you want, but it's definitely an option. > > > > > I believe otherwise it will first attempt to complete > > > all the jobs which had been pending for the past one week > first > > before > > > moving on. > > > > Correct, unless configured otherwise. > > > > > This kind of behaviour does not make sense, is there anything > > > I am missing? > > > > In the manual, chapter "Configuring the Director", look at > the job > > resources. You'll find some "Max something Delay" and "Max > something > > Time" directives. These probably are what you need for the > future. > > > > Arno > > > > > If some one can please help. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express > and take > > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. 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