Hi, On 6/7/2007 2:42 PM, Steve Campbell wrote: > 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,
It should terminate almost immediately. > and I was wondering how to kill it immediately, as it wasn't > going to find the client. The cancel command... > 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. Erm, which was the question? :-) Arno > 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 -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
