I had the same thought about time-outs just yesterday. I am new to Bacula, and was testing my second client backup, when I realized I had not defined the client in my host file. I run my backups on an internal network (non-public) so the DNS for this was not available either. I was using bconsole, and the job hung up due to not being able to find the client, and I was wondering how to kill it immediately, as it wasn't going to find the client. As a new user, I didn't know if there is a timeout value I could set, or how long it was going to run (maybe even forever?).
So, good question, Arno, and I hope someone provides the answer. Steve Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > On 6/6/2007 10:57 PM, Kyle Marsh wrote: > >> Howdy, >> >> I'm working on a bacula setup for my college and I have found that >> when a client goes down, whether it's firewalled, turned off, or >> otherwise disconnected from the network, bacula seems to hang for >> about 40 minutes >> > > Unusual timeout, in my experience... I'd expect nearly instantaneous job > failure or the IT-related two hours... > > >> before deciding that the client isn't there and >> stopping. This could become problematic if we have several machines >> down each night and could cause substantial problems if some backups >> don't start until people are back working. Is there a directive that >> allows me to specify something sane as the timeout period, and where >> does it need to go? >> > > > I prefer leaving the timeouts to Bacula, and instead use "Run Before > Job" scripts to ping the clients. Concurrent jobs are a reasonable > solution against long-running or stalled jobs. > > Arno > > >> Thanks, >> >> Kyle Marsh >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
