> Thanks for your reply. Yes, the MySQL database is working as identified from
> the shell and webmin.

I am not talking about installing MySql. I am talking about running
the bacula scripts to create the catalog database. I do not use your
distribution but for me I had to create the database using the
create_bacula_database script.

>Bacula-dir does say start [OK] from the shell but from
> then, how do I see if it is running from the shell?
>

ps -f | grep bacula-dir

If you get no results start bacula from the shell with

bacula-dir -d 100 -c /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf

>
> When I run bconsole, the following happens, i.e. nothing. It tries to
> connect but fails it would appear.
>
> [root@backup ~]# bconsole
> Connecting to Director 109.169.48.9:9101
> [root@backup ~]#
>
> Any ideas why it can get this far and then drop?
>

That happens when bacula-dir is not running.

John

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