Wanderlei:

 

Thanks for the reply!

 

I’ll upgrade. I was just using the Debian repo versions because that was what was there.

 

I already had to downgrade the Windows client because it wouldn’t connect to 5.6.2.

 

So, now, I’ll re-upgrade everything to 7.4

 

Michael Munger, dCAP, MCPS, MCNPS, MBSS
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Microsoft Certified Professional
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michael AT highpoweredhelp DOT com

 

From: Wanderlei Huttel [mailto:wanderleihuttel AT gmail DOT com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 4:32 PM
To: Michael Munger
Cc: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Remote backup through NAT?

 

Hello Michael

 

I'm not sure if is it possible in older versions like yours.

Take a look below

 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

New Features in 7.2.0

 

FD Storage Address

 

When the Director is behind a NAT, in a WAN area, to connect to the StorageDaemon, the Director uses an ``external'' ip address, and the FileDaemon should use an ``internal'' IP address to contact the StorageDaemon.

 

The normal way to handle this situation is to use a canonical name such as ``storage-server'' that will be resolved on the Director side as the WAN address and on the Client side as the LAN address. This is now possible to configure this parameter using the new directive FDStorageAddress in the Storage or Client resource.

 

Storage {

     Name = storage1

     Address = 65.1.1.1

     FD Storage Address = 10.0.0.1

     SD Port = 9103

     ...

}

 Client {

      Name = client1

      Address = 65.1.1.2

      FD Storage Address = 10.0.0.1

      FD Port = 9102

      ...

 }

Note that using the Client FDStorageAddress directive will not allow to use multiple Storage Daemon, all Backup or Restore requests will be sent to the specified FDStorageAddress.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Bacula is already in 7.4.0 version.

It's highly recommended upgrading.

 

Best Regards

Wanderlei

 

 

2016-01-26 19:00 GMT-02:00 Michael Munger <michael AT highpoweredhelp DOT com>:

Hello everyone, this is my first time mailing this list, so guidance on etiquette is welcomed.

TLDR; = I have a server outside the firewall (john-fd is on 173.165.161.165) trying to backup to a storage daemon inside my LAN (d8-sd is on 192.168.250.202). I have port forwarded (in my Monowall) tcp/9103, and I can successfully telnet from the remote server to the local sd. But, the console is forever saying: "...waiting on storage file" when I run the job.

What I've done:
* Scoured the docs and tutorials
* Exhausted Google (and DuckDuckGo)
* Confirmed The software versions are all 5.6.2 (learned that one the hard way dealing with a Windows client!)
* Shutdown bacula-sd and confirmed telnet no longer connects, and when I restart bacula-sd it DOES connect.
* shutdown the firewall (everywhere - for testing) no joy
* opened 9101 and 9102 on our firewall and forwarded them to 192.168.250.202 just in case any bacula service wants to communicate.
* used netstat -tanop to watch the telnet connections come in from the remote server to confirm that NAT is working properly.

What I think is going on:
D8-FD (the file director on the server where bacula-sd, the pools, and volumes reside) can connect to the remote server, and can issue commands to run the backup job. But, when the remote fd tries to connect back (through the firewall from "outside -> in") to the storage daemon, it's failing - despite the fact that the NAT is setup properly, and I can telnet through it.

That doesn't make sense to me because it should either work or be broken. So, I'm thinking that if I can telnet to it, then the remote fd should also be able to work with it. Nmap also shows the port as open and reachable.

How else can I troubleshoot this "waiting on storage" problem?

PS. I am about 18 hours in to working with Bacula. Fantastic product, but don't be afraid to assume I have missed something rudimentary. I have two machines on the LAN working and backing up, so I have had some success, but it's still possible I've missed something simple...

Michael Munger, dCAP, MCPS, MCNPS, MBSS
High Powered Help, Inc.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist
Digium Certified Asterisk Professional
michael AT highpoweredhelp DOT com


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