Hello, There is no need to run the FD in the background because it *automatically* by default runs in the background, unless you explicitly suppress it; typically to simplify debugging. In fact, if you try to run it in the background, it will surely fail as you have noted.
On Monday 26 September 2005 19:00, Joe Brunner wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to prepare a generic, fully-automated bare-bones recovery > process using a Knoppix CD with Bacula. I'm having problems getting the > file daemon to communicate with the storage daemon on our backup server > when the file daemon is backgrounded. When I run the file daemon in the > foreground, using the same flags and configuration file as when run in > the background, there are no communication errors and the restore > completes successfully. > > The backup server is running Debian and the machine to be restored is > booting off of a Knoppix CD. All machines are running Bacula versions > 1.36.2. I have tried starting the file daemon in the background via the > init scripts and from the command line. When started in the background, > I can connect to the file daemon using bconsole and get a status. > However, restore operations always fail unless the file daemon is run in > the foreground. > > The specific error I get when running the backgrounded file daemon is: > > 26-Sep 16:09 server-dir: Start Restore Job RestoreFiles.2005-09-26_16.09.44 > 26-Sep 16:09 server-dir: RestoreFiles.2005-09-26_16.09.44 Warning: > bnet.c:769 Could not connect to File daemon on client:9102. ERR=Connection > refused Retrying ... > 26-Sep 16:10 server-dir: RestoreFiles.2005-09-26_16.09.44 Error: Bacula > 1.36.2 (28Feb05): 26-Sep-2005 16:10:57 JobId: 137 > Job: RestoreFiles.2005-09-26_16.09.44 > Client: client-fd > Start time: 26-Sep-2005 16:09:46 > End time: 26-Sep-2005 16:10:57 > Files Expected: 2 > Files Restored: 0 > Bytes Restored: 0 > Rate: 0.0 KB/s > FD Errors: 0 > FD termination status: > SD termination status: Waiting on FD > Termination: *** Restore Error *** > > > Thanks in advance, > Joe > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. > Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very > own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
