Hello,

Note: for Windows, the FD can probably backup the files, but it may not
be backing up everything so you might have
restore problems later.  There have been a *lot* of fixes for the
Windows FD since version 5.2.x

It seems that on 6 April, you were running the SD as bacula:bacula, and
now you are running it as bacula:tape.
That could be the source of your problem.

On 5/2/19 5:14 PM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi Kern,
>
> Thank you for your response.
>
> On Thursday 02 May 2019 14:23:54 Kern Sibbald wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Sorry you are having problems.  I note the following things:
>>
>> 1. You are running on a *very* old Bacula version.
> I am aware of this, but it is the latest version that installs from the 
> Centos repositories, and more importantly is only a few revisions higher than 
> was on the old (dead) box ensuring that the database format etc would be 
> compatible.
>
>> 2. I am not sure that version of Bacula supports Windows 7, where you
>> are getting failures.
> This version has successfully worked on Win-Xp, Win7, Win8 and Win10.  I have 
> approc 150 workstations all with one of these versions. I also have various 
> ages of Linux server which all also work
>
>> 3. As for the errors, it looks like the SD does not have permission to
>> open /var/bacula/crownest
> When this was first set up I had forgotten to set the owner:group on the 
> directory. I did fix this, and the files that are now in that directory have 
> the correct owner:group, and were written by the SD (see OP). 
>
> I am aware that this is what the errors are saying, but that does not explain 
> how the files are still being created.
>
>
>> 4. Is /var/bacula/crownnest a network mount (this could explain the
>> failures).
> This is a file  storage device configured in the SD on the same box as the 
> Director.  The directory itself is local to that box
>
>> 5. It looks like it is taking a bit over 2 hours for the SD to mount the
>> volume for the backup, and
>>     this is approximately the network inactivity timeout period.  So
>> possibly the FD<->SD connection
>>     is timing out
> The client device and the storage device are on different sites, with a 30GB 
> connection, doing a 18GB full backup. This would explain the 2 hour run time.
>
>> 6. Try adding HeartBeatInterval = 300 to the Dir, FD, and SD.  I think
>> there are 5 places where it must
>>     be done (note this is the default in more recent Baculas).
> I will investigate where this needs to go and will apply it.
>
>> Recommendations:
>> 1. Make sure the SD either has full permissions on all disk files or
>> runs as root.
> The SD runs as bacula:tape which is the default configuration from the RPM's 
> and matches the old box.
>
> As you can see from the directory structure, this should be correct.
> [root@lou bacula]# ls -ld / /var/ /var/bacula/ /var/bacula/crownest/ 
> /var/bacula/crownest/* /var/bacula/hales/ /var/bacula/hales/*
> dr-xr-xr-x. 18 root   root          281 Apr  5 11:13 /
> drwxr-xr-x. 27 root   root         4096 Mar  8 13:59 /var/
> drwxr-xr-x. 14 bacula bacula       8192 Apr 30 11:28 /var/bacula/
> drwxr-xr-x.  2 bacula bacula       4096 May  2 15:43 /var/bacula/crownest/
> -rw-r-----.  1 bacula tape   5368688828 Apr 30 17:20 
> /var/bacula/crownest/crownest72930
> -rw-r-----.  1 bacula tape   5368688851 Apr 30 17:21 
> /var/bacula/crownest/crownest72931
> -rw-r-----.  1 bacula tape   5368688789 Apr 30 17:21 
> /var/bacula/crownest/crownest72932
> [snip]
> -rw-r-----.  1 bacula tape   1745617753 May  2 15:43 
> /var/bacula/crownest/crownest72965
> drwxr-xr-x.  3 bacula bacula      12288 May  1 23:41 /var/bacula/hales/
> -rw-r-----.  1 bacula bacula 5368705600 Apr  6 03:29 
> /var/bacula/hales/hales68076
> -rw-r-----.  1 bacula bacula 5368688843 Apr  6 03:29 
> /var/bacula/hales/hales68078
> -rw-r-----.  1 bacula bacula 5368670610 Apr  6 03:51 
> /var/bacula/hales/hales68082
>
> (Hales is the storage device that was used previously)
>
>> 2. Make sure any network mounts (NFS, CIFS) are mounted prior to running
>> a job
> I do not use network mounts
>
>> 3. Add the Heart Beat Interval = 300 in all the required resources --
>> this may be documented  in one of the white papers, but is surely documented 
>> in the manual,
>> look in the index ...
> I have added this line to the Director, client and storage resources. I 
> cannot see where else it wuold be needed.
>
>> 4. When you get it running think seriously about upgrading.  Though
>> RedHat releases an older version
>>    of Bacula the builders do create packages for newer version -- or
>> look on www.bacula.org for binaries.
> I am aware that I am running an old version. Is there a documented upgrade 
> path?  I believe the Centos 8 is imminent, and would prefer to stick to 
> standard RPM's where possible
>



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