On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:26 AM, hymie! <hymie AT lactose.homelinux DOT net> 
wrote:
>
> John Drescher writes:
>>On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:59 PM, hymie! <hymie AT lactose.homelinux DOT net> 
>>wrot=
>>e:
>>>
>>> Short question -- can a running Bacula Console dump out what it thinks
>>> my configuration is?
>
>>I am confused at the question. I mean you should have edited the
>>configuration. And it is a simple text file. If you do not know what
>>it is how on earth did you setup bacula?
>
> Since you bring it up, it was set up by a former co-worker.  It apparantly
> worked for a while, stopped in December 2009, and now I have to get it
> running again.  So no, I didn't edit the configuration.
>
> I currently have 3 instances of Bacula running on various machines /
> network / locations.  I set one of them up myself and it is working
> correctly.  The other 2 I inherited from a former co-worker; 1 works fine,
> the other is acting just a little strange.  I'm guessing the most likely
> reason is that there is a mistake in the config file, perhaps a missing
> equal sign or mismatched curly-brackets.  I've checked the config
> file and it looks fine to me, but it wouldn't be the first time I couldn't
> find my own mistake.
>
> /usr/sbin/bacula-dir -t shows no errors, so I need something more.
>

Then there is no errors in the config file.

> So if Bacula can tell me, in full excruciating detail, "This is how I think
> the GP01-Backup job is configured" then I can compare it to how I wanted
> the backup to be configured, and hopefully find and fix the mistake.
>

The main config file is

/etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf

look at this. And also explain exactly what it is doing that you do
not think it should be doing along with posting this file.

John

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