Hi, 26.11.2009 09:45, Sascha Retzki wrote: > Arno Lehmann wrote: >> Hi, >> >> 25.11.2009 14:20, Sascha Retzki wrote: >> >>> Hello List, >>> >>> I've got a best practice question. When a Job is started it changes >>> to Status=Running and the FD tries to connect to the SD. Let's assume >>> this fails due to network outages, or in my case I configured an IP >>> for the SD which is not accessible from the Client. >>> >> >> I suggest to first upgrade... the versions you're running are really >> old, and espcially regarding the different max ... time settings, much >> has been improved in between. >> >> > On an interesting sidenote, after playing arround with the syntax > (changed it to "1 min" everywhere) bacula indeedly automatically > canceled the job, but after 30 minutes and not 1 minute. As 30 Minutes > beeing the default I kinda figured the same, maybe I was just running > into some kind of bug.
Possible... > So to get this straight I am doing all right, yeah? I am kinda puzzled > by the syntax as the Documentation is vague on it on this case: > SD Connect Timeout = 1 min > FD Connect Timeout = 1 min > > and in the SD config I got: > Client Connect Wait = 1 min That should be ok. If it's using 30 minute timeouts, it's surely not what is supposed to happen, but filing a bug agains a version prior to 3.x will definitely not help. > > >> Furthermore, it's unlikely anybody has a 2.2.8 reference installation >> available any more :-) >> >> > > Derailing my own thread, what's the best practice for Bacula regarding > upgrading? Do you guys just follow your Distributions/Packet Managements > and upgrade the Bacula server? Do you compile from source and read the > Bacula docs? Do you upgrade at all or do you just upgrade when you need > new features/bugfixes? As most distros don't have reasonably up-to-date packages, I usually compile from source. For my own site :-) Customers get the project-provided packages, or the ones Bacula Systems offers. Cheers, Arno >> Cheers, >> >> Arno >> >> > > -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann Sandstr. 6, 49080 Osnabrück www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users