Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Confusion in setting up Bacula to Windows Clients

2009-10-08 13:03:32
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Confusion in setting up Bacula to Windows Clients
From: "John BORIS" <jboris AT adphila DOT org>
To: "John Drescher" <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:59:20 -0400
Yes. That was my first step. I opened 9102 and 9103 and 9101

>>> John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com> 10/8/2009 12:51 PM >>>
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:26 PM, John  BORIS <jboris AT adphila DOT org>
wrote:
> I had to rebuild my Bacula setup here and lost all of my setups.
> Currently I am trying to get the Windows client to talk to my Bacula
on
> my RHEL 5 setup. Looking at the manual I can't wrap my head around
the
> configuration. In my director I have this setup:
>
> Client {
>  Name = John
>  Address = 172.31.6.95
>  FDPort = 9102
>  Catalog = MyCatalog
>  Password = "XXXXXX2"         # password for FileDaemon 2
>  File Retention = 30 days            # 30 days
>  Job Retention = 6 months            # six months
>  AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired Jobs/Files
> }
>
> on the Windows machine I have
>
> # List Directors who are permitted to contact this File daemon
> #
> Director {
>  Name = jerome-dir
>  Password = "@client_password@"
> }
>
> #
> # Restricted Director, used by tray-monitor to get the
> #   status of the file daemon
> #
> Director {
>  Name = jen-a-sys2-mon
>  Password = "YYYYYYYYY"
>  Monitor = yes
>
>
> When I try to find the status using bconsole it keeps telling me
that
> it can't connect to the client here is the error message:
>
> Connecting to Client John at 172.31.6.95:9102
> Failed to connect to Client John.
> ====
> 08-Oct 12:24 jerome-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: Unable to authenticate
> with File daemon at "172.31.6.95:9102". 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/en/rel-manual/Bacula_Freque_Asked_Questi.html#SECTION003760000000000000000

> for help.
>
>
> Any help or pointer to an explanation would be appreciated.
>

Have you disabled windows firewall or allowed bacula-fd through the
firewall.

John

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