Might be reaching a bit, but do you have the NFS share configured such that
the root user on a remote system can access it? Normally that capability is
disabled by default (see no_root_squash option.)

Matt

On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Richard Robbins <rerobb...@itinker.net>
wrote:

> But I am able to access the share outside of Bacula with ease, so the NFS
> share is mounted.
>
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 6:25 AM, Kern Sibbald <k...@sibbald.com> wrote:
>
>> Run the SD with debug level set to about 200.  I suspect that the NFS
>> share is not mounted, so when the SD attempts to open it, it is blocked by
>> the OS, which is what happens when you try to access an NSF volume that is
>> not mounted.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Kern
>>
>> On 04.12.2015 15:19, Richard Robbins wrote:
>>
>> I am new to Bacula and would like to run the Bacula director on a CentOS
>> 7 virtual machine with the FQDN of bacula.itinker.net and use a NAS
>> device as my storage repository.  For now, my NAS is a somewhat dated
>> Netgear ReadyNAS device that I'm going to replace with a new Synology box
>> in the not-too-distant future.
>>
>> I've got Version 7.0.5 of the Bacula components runnning on the Centos
>> machine and can backup and restore to a local directory without
>> difficulty.  I'm struggling to get the NAS into the mix.
>>
>> In my all local configuration I backup to /bacula/backup and restore to
>> /bacula/restore.
>>
>> I had hoped that I could tweak the system so that I mount an NFS v3 share
>> at /bacula/backup.
>>
>> The OS mounts the NFS share at that point and I'm able to read and write
>> files without difficulty but when I fire up Bacula the program hangs with
>> accompanying warning messages "Warning:  bsock.c:112 Could not connect to
>> Storage daemon on bacula.itinker.net:9103. ERR=Connection refused.
>>
>> Since I'm able to read and write the NFS share outside of Bacula I'm
>> stumped as to what's getting the way when Bacula runs.
>>
>> In a perfect world I suppose I'd run the director and SD on the NAS
>> itself, but I'm not up to attempting to build the current Bacula system on
>> my older NAS.  Maybe I should try to compile the storage daemon but not the
>> director on the NAS and then point the director on my VM to a daemon
>> running on the NAS.  But that too is more work than just mounting the NFS
>> share as I am doing at the moment.
>>
>> Another approach would be to create an iSCSI target and pass that to my
>> VM as a virtual disc which would just be embedded in the virtual hardware
>> prior to system boot time, but I'd like to avoid that if possible.
>>
>> Your thoughts and guidance will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> -- Rich
>>
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