On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:58 PM, S H <shdashb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a very large backup set (55M files, 1TB of data) that's > simply not backing up. This is always the failure message: > > 26-May 16:35 buny1-dir JobId 5223: Fatal error: Network error with FD > during Backup: ERR=Connection timed out > 26-May 16:35 buny1-dir JobId 5223: Fatal error: No Job status returned from > FD. > > I've set "Heartbeat Interval = 1 minute" on the FD, the SD, and the > Director to no avail. This was happening at random times during the > backup job until I enabled spooling -- then the job ran for 27 hours, > spooled up all of its data to the SD and failed with the above message > when it started to despool. It was heartbreaking to watch a terabyte > of data and 20+GB of attribute spool just disappear. > > The Director and SD both run on the same server: OpenBSD 4.6 (32-bit) > with Bacula 2.4.4. The client is FreeBSD 8.1 (64-bit) with Bacula > 2..4.4. I know these are outdated versions; I just inherited the > environment and they're working for everything else so I haven't > wanted to go through the pain of upgrading until I have some spare > cycles to dedicate to it. > > Compression and FD encryption are off but network traffic runs over > TLS everywhere. > > Is there anything I can possibly check that might help? > > -SH >
I added a network interface to the backup server on the same segment as the client and the timeout disappeared, so it seems my firewall was expiring a TCP session somewhere along the line. Unsure whether it's a configuration problem on the Bacula or firewall side -- I expected the heartbeat to prevent this. Anyhow, I'm not sure Bacula is the right solution for this type of backup: the attribute despool has been running for nearly three days straight now. Does anybody else have experience backing up tons of files? Any recommendations on making it not suck? -SH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
