On Wed, 04 May 2011 09:49:45 -0400 Bob Hetzel <b...@case.edu> wrote: > > I am trying to install the latest Win64 client downloaded from > > bacula.org on a Windows 2008 server. The application does appear to > > install correctly, but when trying to start the service it fails to > > start and generates "Error 1067: The process terminated > > unexpectedly". > > > > I actually have gotten this error, on multiple client > > versions, on all my different version (2k, 2k3, 2k8) Windows > > servers for over 2 years now. I've not EVER been able to run Bacula > > on Windows and really need some help figuring out why this is. > I believe the bacula win64 client installer (and possibly the win32 > one too) is broken if you do a "Custom (not recommended)" install > rather than the "Automatic" install. It even says you'll have to > edit the bacula-fd.conf file manually if you do that. > > The problem is that the resulting config file has the placeholders > rather than the values it's supposed to write into the file. After > running it, if you open the config file and replace the items > surrounded by @ characters with meaningful values you should then be > able to start the service and have it stay running. I think Kern > mentioned at some point the next version of Bacula will have an > improved windows installer. I'd like to second this -- I faced the same problem (with win32 and win64 stable installers).
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