On 12/2/2010 10:01 PM, rauch.hol...@googlemail.com wrote: > Hi Dan, > > first of all, thanks a lot for your reply! Please see my answer below. > > On Thu, 02 Dec 2010, Dan Langille wrote: > >> On 12/1/2010 8:52 PM, rauch.hol...@googlemail.com wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm running Bacula 5.0.2 on a Debian Lenny AMD64 system and I'm trying to >>> back up data to a HP 1/8 G2 autoloader equipped with a HP Ultrium 920 drive. >>> I get the above message when backing up a particular host; the other ones >>> work without any problem. Interestingly enough, before I get this message, >>> spooling all files from the host to be backed up (on which bacula-sd runs) >>> to the host on which bacula-sd runs works without problems. Also, the >>> *initial* spooling of data works, as shown by this message from "status >>> * storage" run from within bconsole a few mintues before the error occurred: >>> >>> Running Jobs: >>> Writing: Full Backup job QNAP_backup JobId=1194 Volume="ADE887L3" >>> pool="WeeklyBackups" device="HPUltrium920LTO3" (/dev/nst0) >>> spooling=0 despooling=1 despool_wait=0 >>> Files=147,033 Bytes=107,330,630,244 Bytes/sec=77,945,265 >>> FDReadSeqNo=2,758,023 in_msg=2380019 out_msg=14 fd=6 >>> >>> and also >>> >>> Autochanger "HPStorageWorks18G2Autoldr" with devices: >>> "HPUltrium920LTO3" (/dev/nst0) >>> Device "HPUltrium920LTO3" (/dev/nst0) is mounted with: >>> Volume: ADE887L3 >>> Pool: WeeklyBackups >>> Media type: LTO-3 >>> Slot 4 is loaded in drive 0. >>> Total Bytes=1,854,145,536 Blocks=7,073 Bytes/block=262,144 >>> Positioned at File=0 Block=7,074 >>> >>> and >>> >>> Used Volume status: >>> ADE887L3 on device "HPUltrium920LTO3" (/dev/nst0) >>> Reader=0 writers=1 devres=0 volinuse=1 >>> >>> Two minutes later the error message mentioned above appeared. What might be >>> the cause for such an error (Network send error to SD. ERR=Connection timed >>> out)? >> >> It might be a TCP connection dropped by a firewall. Try adding a >> heart beat to the configuration. It can be added to both FD and SD >> I think, not sure. Check the docs via google. See also the FAQ >> and/or the wiki. I'm sure this is talked about there. > > No, there's no packet filter installed/active. Besides, bacula-sd starts > writing to the tape (as it should). An active packet filter wouldn't allow > access to bacula-sd's port from the very beginning.
There is a frequently encountered problem where a firewall etc drops a connection even though it is still active. This is what heart beat is designed to help with. That a firewall allows the connection to start is not relevant to that situation. > At least bacula-sd has the heart beat option in there. You're right that > this is mentioned in the FAQ, but it doesn't help in my particular case. > (Ok, I could try adding the heart beat option also to bacula-fd but this has > not been necessary in the past. The problem only occurs on one host, all > other hosts in the same subnet work flawlessly. > > Apart from that, the only mail I found via Google in the archives was one > that pointed out that Bacula once had problems with certain device > files. Here's the link: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07821.html > > Unfortunately, in my output the currently processed file is not mentioned. > Any way I can fix this in order to gain more insight? The output is from status client. You see no file name mentioned there? -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
