[Bacula-users] Bacula version error and Fatal error: Could not open Catalog
Hello All,
I have set up bacula in the past, but am now installing the latest version
5.2.1.3 onto Ubuntu 12.04 with postgresql and am running into all sorts of
issues!
I setup bacula using the configuration files that I use on another server (lets
call this server B), and have edited the files in the appropriate places i.e.
the location of logs, address, and the catlog information.
I then checked for errors in the files by running commands such as bacula-dir
-t -c bacula-dir.conf . No issues, so started up bacula. I then did a dump of
the bacula database from server B, and restored the bacula database on the
server I just did the installation on. This worked fine, no issues.
I then noticed the next day that the bacula daemon had stopped. So i restarted
it, was fine, but then it stopped again. This kept happening.
I looked at the log file which stated:-
14-May 16:03 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: Could not open Catalog
MyCatalog, database bacula.
14-May 16:03 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: postgresql.c:248 Unable to
connect to PostgreSQL server. Database=bacula User=bacula
Possible causes: SQL server not running; password incorrect; max_connections
exceeded.
14-May 16:03 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION
But this error seemed to be occuring prior to my restore of the database.
I have since been playing with the dir configuration file and the postgresql
files but am not having any luck.
Currently, the error I have is:-
17-May 16:28 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: Version error for database
bacula. Wanted 14, got 11
17-May 16:28 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: Could not open Catalog
MyCatalog, database bacula.
17-May 16:28 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: Version error for database
bacula. Wanted 14, got 11
But I have upgraded using the command - sudo ./update_bacula_tables
which runs after giving me this error:-
/etc/bacula/update_postgresql_tables: 16: [: 14: unexpected operator
I have played around with the configuration file and currently, the lines which
may possibly be giving me trouble is:-
# Generic catalog service
Catalog {
Name = MyCatalog
# Uncomment the following line if you want the dbi driver
#dbdriver = dbi:postgresql; dbaddress =127.0.0.1; dbport =5432
dbname = bacula; dbuser = bacula; dbpassword = PASSWORD FOR USER
BACULA;
}
Altering those lines i.e. by inputting the address of my server would give me
the following error:-
17-May 15:04 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: Could not open Catalog
MyCatalog, database bacula.
17-May 15:04 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: postgresql.c:248 Unable to
connect to PostgreSQL server. Database=bacula User=bacula
Possible causes: SQL server not running; password incorrect; max_connections
exceeded.
17-May 15:04 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION
Also, another strange thing im noticing since doing the restore, is that the
bacula database is the exact same as server b's even though no backups are in
fact occuring on server A.
HEL???
T.
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