> Hi everyone,
> 
> I wonder if someone could help me find a solution. We are running
Bacula
> for
> a couple months and from time to time (at least 2 or 3 a week) we have
> failed run with the following error message. Clients and occurrences
are
> random.
> 
> 
> -- start of message --
> 15-Dec 23:26 xxxxx-dir: Start Backup JobId 2771,
> Job=yyyyy_Backup.2008-12-15_23.05.30
> 
> 15-Dec 23:29 xxxxx-dir: yyyyy_Backup.2008-12-15_23.05.30 Fatal error:
> Unable
> to authenticate with File daemon on "x.x.x.x:9102". Possible causes:
> Passwords or names not the same or
> Maximum Concurrent Jobs exceeded on the FD or
> FD networking messed up (restart daemon).
> Please see
http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/faq.html#AuthorizationErrors
> for
> help.
> 
> 15-Dec 23:29 xxxxx-dir: yyyyy_Backup.2008-12-15_23.05.30 Error: Bacula
> 2.0.3
> (06Mar07): 15-Dec-2008 23:29:20
> -- snip --
> 
> 
> I took a look at the URL above and did a number of google searches,
but
> I'm
> unable to find a definitive solution. I'm sure it is not the password
as
> it
> works most of the time. I don't think it is the Max concurrent jobs
> either,
> but maybe someone can confirm, here is our config about that:
> 
> 
> -- Start config --
> # The Bacula Director
> Director {                            # define myself
>   Name = xxxxx-dir
>   DIRport = 9101                # where we listen for UA connections
>   QueryFile = "/etc/bacula/scripts/query.sql"
>   WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/bacula"
>   PidDirectory = "/var/run/bacula"
>   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
>   Password = "somepass"         # Console password
>   Messages = Daemon
>   DirAddress = x.x.x.x
> }
> 
> Storage {                             # definition of myself
>   Name = xxxxx-sd
>   SDPort = 9103                  # Director's port
>   WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/bacula"
>   Pid Directory = "/var/run/bacula"
>   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
>   SDAddress = x.x.x.x
>   HeartbeatInterval = 30
> }
> 
> Storage {
>   Name = File
>   # Do not use "localhost" here
>   Address = somehost.example.com     # N.B. Use a fully qualified name
> here
>   SDPort = 9103
>   Password = "somepass"
>   Device = FileStorage
>   Media Type = File
>   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
> }
> 
> Storage {
>   Name = Tape
>   # Do not use "localhost" here
>   Address = somehost.example.com     # N.B. Use a fully qualified name
> here
>   SDPort = 9103
>   Password = "somepass"
>   Device = IBM-ULTRIUM-TD3
>   Media Type = LTO-3
>   AutoChanger = yes
> }
> 
> Client {
>   Name = Client1
>   Address = client1.example.com
>   FDPort = 9102
>   Catalog = MyCatalog
>   Password = "somepass"           # password for FileDaemon
>   File Retention = 30 days        # 30 days
>   Job Retention = 6 months        # six months
>   AutoPrune = yes                 # Prune expired Jobs/Files
>   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
> }
> 
> NOTE: All clients are configured the same way
> 
> FileDaemon {                          # this is me
>   Name = client1-fd
>   FDport = 9102                  # where we listen for the director
>   WorkingDirectory = /var/lib/bacula
>   Pid Directory = /var/run/bacula
>   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
>   FDAddress = x.x.x.x
> }
> 
> NOTE: All File Daemon are configured the same way
> -- End config --
> 
> 
> Now, that only left the "FD networking messed up" as an option. So I
can
> say
> that we use monitoring for all our hosts and nothing is reported about
> network failure. I can also tell that I don't need to restart the FD
for
> the
> next backup to be successful...
> 
> Here are other information you might be interested in:
> 
> OS: Ubuntu 7.10
> Bacula version: 2.0.3
> 

Are all the daemons definitely the same version?

The 'status client' command will also perform the connection and
authentication step, so you may be able to use that repeatedly to
establish a pattern to when it fails and when it doesn't...

James

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