On 12/14/2012 10:16 AM, John Drescher wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Jan Martin <fyzz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm having trouble with my new bacula setup. I had it running fine on
>> Linux Mint 13, went to Mint 14, set up the configuration files as I had
>> them set up before, and now cannot talk to the storage daemon. Here's
>> the status from bconsole:
>>
>> *status
>> Status available for:
>> 1: Director
>> 2: Storage
>> 3: Client
>> 4: All
>> Select daemon type for status (1-4): 2
>> Automatically selected Storage: File-trinity
>> Connecting to Storage daemon File-trinity at 192.168.0.4:9103
>>
>> Failed to connect to Storage daemon File-trinity.
>>
>> When I try to run a backup, I get a bunch of messages:
>>
>> 12-Dec 03:30 trinity-dir JobId 11: shell command: run BeforeJob
>> "/etc/bacula/scripts/make_catalog_backup.pl MyCatalog"
>> 12-Dec 03:30 trinity-dir JobId 11: Start Backup JobId 11,
>> Job=BackupCatalog.2012-12-12_03.30.00_03
>> 12-Dec 03:30 trinity-dir JobId 11: Warning: bsock.c:127 Could not
>> connect to Storage daemon on 192.168.0.4:9103. ERR=Connection refused
>> Retrying ...
>> 12-Dec 03:35 trinity-dir JobId 11: Warning: bsock.c:127 Could not
>> connect to Storage daemon on 192.168.0.4:9103. ERR=Connection refused
>> Retrying ...
>>
>> A bunch of these, then it errors out:
>>
>> 12-Dec 04:00 trinity-dir JobId 11: Fatal error: bsock.c:133 Unable to
>> connect to Storage daemon on 192.168.0.4:9103. ERR=Connection refused
>> 12-Dec 04:00 trinity-dir JobId 11: Error: Bacula trinity-dir 5.2.6
>> (21Feb12):
>>
>>
>> bconsole connects to bacula-dir just fine, and it can talk to bacula-fd
>> just fine. The passwords in the config files for dir and sd match, and
>> the names also match:
>> bacula-dir.conf:
>> Director { # define myself
>> Name = trinity-dir
>> DIRport = 9101 # where we listen for UA connections
>> QueryFile = "/etc/bacula/scripts/query.sql"
>> WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/bacula"
>> PidDirectory = "/run/bacula"
>> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
>> Password = "YYYYY" # Console password
>> Messages = Daemon
>> DirAddress = 127.0.0.1
>> }
>>
>>
>> # Definition of file storage device
>> Storage {
>> Name = File-trinity
>> # Do not use "localhost" here
>> Address = 192.168.0.4 # N.B. Use a fully qualified
>> name here
>> SDPort = 9103
>> Password = "XXXXX"
>> Device = FileStorage-trinity
>> Media Type = File1
>> }
>>
>> bacula-sd.conf:
>>
>> Storage { # definition of myself
>> Name = trinity-sd
>> SDPort = 9103 # Director's port
>> WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/bacula"
>> Pid Directory = "/run/bacula"
>> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
>> SDAddress = 127.0.0.1
>> }
>>
>> # List Directors who are permitted to contact Storage daemon
>> #
>> Director {
>> Name = trinity-dir
>> Password = "XXXXX"
>> }
>>
>> Device {
>> Name = FileStorage-trinity
>> Media Type = File1
>> Archive Device = /media/jmm/Backup/bacula
>> Device Type = File
>> LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
>> Random Access = Yes;
>> RemovableMedia = no;
>> Requires Mount = no
>> }
>>
>> I am somewhat of a noob, but XXXXX is of course not actually the
>> password - but they do match!
>>
>> Does anyone here have any ideas why the director can't talk to the sd?
>> There's no firewall on this machine, ufw is inactive (this is a pretty
>> plain vanilla Mint 14 install).
>>
>> Many thanks for any and all help on this, since bacula has been my
>> primary backup method for the past several years, and has really saved
>> my butt a couple of times.
>>
> Get rid of 127.0.0.John Drescher <dresche...@gmail.com>1 and replace it with
> an external ipaddress.
>
> John
>
Bingo! That was the location of the problem. I just commented out the
SDAddress line in the storage definition, and it ran and started
communicating with the director. Thanks very much!
-Jan
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