Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Help Troubleshooting Windows FD

2011-05-04 09:31:53
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Help Troubleshooting Windows FD
From: "James Harper" <james.harper AT bendigoit.com DOT au>
To: "Konstantin Khomoutov" <flatworm AT users.sourceforge DOT net>, "Mingus Dew" <shon.stephens AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 23:29:12 +1000
> On Wed, 4 May 2011 08:17:18 -0400
> Mingus Dew <shon.stephens AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 
> >      I am trying to install the latest Win64 client downloaded from
> > bacula.org on a Windows 2008 server. The application does appear to
> > install correctly, but when trying to start the service it fails to
> > start and generates "Error 1067: The process terminated
unexpectedly".
> >
> >      I actually have gotten this error, on multiple client versions,
> > on all my different version (2k, 2k3, 2k8) Windows servers for over
2
> > years now. I've not EVER been able to run Bacula on Windows and
> > really need some help figuring out why this is.
> 
> Start with debugging.
> Assuming you have installed it under "%programfiles%\bacula", do this
> (supposedly you will need to do this using an administrative account):
> 1) Run cmd.exe
> 2) cd "%programfiles%\bacula"
> 3) Run: bacula-fd.exe -c "%programfiles%\bacula\bacula-fd.conf" -t
>    This should check your config file (specified via "-c"; you have to
>    specify it explicitly because otherwise Bacula tends to look for it
>    somewhere under your current user's %appdata%).
> If Bacula reports any errors, fix them.
> If it still doesn't work after fixing any errors detected,
> 4) Run: bacula-fd.exe -c "%programfiles%\bacula\bacula-fd.conf" -d 100
>    Which will create a trace file (called "whatever.trace" in the
>    bacula's installation directory with "whatever" being the name of
>    this FD instance read from the configuration file).
>    Look at that file to see what happens when bacula-fd starts up.
> 

>>From bconsole, "set debug level=100 trace=1" will do the same as the
above, prompting you for the client if you have more than one (or you
can specify it with client= I think.
 
James

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software
The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network 
management toolset available today.  Delivers lowest initial 
acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd
_______________________________________________
Bacula-users mailing list
Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users