Dear Arno Thanks for jolting my memory - dragged out W R Stevens TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1 read Chapter 23.
The timeout is 2 hours after last packet. This implies that Bacula does not have a tunable application keepalive timer and relies on the TCP default. You guessed correctly - I only waited about 40 minutes. Thanks Stephen Carr Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > Support schrieb: >> Dear All >> >> I am running Bacula 2.0.3 on a linux 2.6.21.1 server and backing up XP >> clients. >> >> There is a problem when the client is disconnected in the middle of a >> backup - powered off or cable disconnected. >> >> The storage daemon sits and waits for the client. >> >> Using bconsole you cannot cancel the job as it cannot connect to the >> File >> Daemon on the client. >> >> The only quick fix I know of is a bacula restart - Is there a kill type >> option? >> >> I have manually killed the bacula-sd daemons and restarted them as a >> temp >> fix. >> >> The ideal situation would be that the stroage daemon has a timeout so >> it >> cancels the job after NN minutes > > There is a timeout, but it's probably longer than you expected: 2 > hours. This is AFAIK the default TCP timeout. > > Arno > >> Regards >> Stephen Carr >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
