[[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Vandivier)] Writes:
>
> About a month ago we installed AFS on our network and a week ago
> I came up with the idea of attempting to learn how to backup under
> AFS. No one here has a clue how to do the backups.
You must not define "here" to include other organizations on your own
campus, because we certainly know how to do backups over here in
eos.ncsu.edu. :-)
> I got out the
> trusty AFS manual and started at how to set up a machine for backup.
> I did the ever so fun fms command that took the suggested several (26)
> hours to complete. Then I went on to running a interactive session
> of backup and after a minute or two of waiting it came back with:
>
> udbClientInit: server or network not responding : can't establish instance Id
> backup: server or network not responding ; Can't connect to database
> backup: server or network not responding ; Couldn't initialize VLDB library
Sounds like you didn't create the backup server (buserver) on your database
server(s). See your handy AFS Installation Guide for the how-to.
...
> Brian
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-chuck-
Chuck Kesler | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unix Systems Programmer | US Mail: Box 7901, NCSU Campus
Engineering Computer Operations | Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
North Carolina State University | Phone: +1 919 515 2458
