Topic: Backup2ws help needed....

[Mjohnson]

I am having difficulties with the Backup2ws contrib.  I believe it is installed correctly, ect, I just cannot get it to mount a windows share to save the backup.  Help!!!  I am attempting to transfer my server and really need this to work:

Specifics:  SME 6.01 fresh install

Trying for a Disaster Recovery Backup Job with the following inputs:
Standard input:  no changes to the default settings
Destination:  //susiecomp/smebackup
username:  admin
password:  *****


Log File:

Sep  1 21:54:47 cosmo e-smith[18412]: Processing event: pre-backup2ws
Sep  1 21:54:47 cosmo e-smith[18412]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup2ws/S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables
Sep  1 21:54:47 cosmo e-smith[18412]: S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables=action|Event|pre-backup2ws|Action|S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables|Start|1125629687 469550|End|1125629687 511513|Elapsed|0.041963
Sep  1 21:54:47 cosmo e-smith[18412]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup2ws/S20mysql-dump-tables
Sep  1 21:54:47 cosmo e-smith[18412]: S20mysql-dump-tables=action|Event|pre-backup2ws|Action|S20mysql-dump-tables|Start|1125629687 511814|End|1125629687 860298|Elapsed|0.348484
Sep  1 21:54:47 cosmo e-smith[18412]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup2ws/S30gentle-ldap-dump
Sep  1 21:54:48 cosmo e-smith[18412]: S30gentle-ldap-dump=action|Event|pre-backup2ws|Action|S30gentle-ldap-dump|Start|1125629687 860530|End|1125629688 200558|Elapsed|0.340028
Sep  1 21:54:48 cosmo e-smith-bg: ERROR: Badly formed boolean in configuration file: "".
Sep  1 21:54:48 cosmo e-smith-bg: ERROR: Badly formed boolean in configuration file: "".
Sep  1 21:54:49 cosmo e-smith-bg: 18425: Connection to Susiecomp failed
Sep  1 21:54:49 cosmo e-smith-bg: SMB connection failed
Sep  1 21:54:49 cosmo e-smith-bg: Error occured mounting //Susiecomp/SMEbackup at /sbin/e-smith/backup2ws-backup line 64.


The line 64 in the /sbin/e-smith/backup2ws-backup is:
system("/bin/mount -t smbfs -o username=$Username,password=$Password $Destination /mnt/backup2ws.$BackupJob") == "0"
   or die("Error occured mounting $Destination");



The destination is a W2K desktop in the Domain/Workgroup.  I have specifically set the share to be accessible to the user name.  

What am I missing?  By the way, the Backup to Desktop feature works flawlessly.

[raem]

Mjohnson

Try a a small backup first.
Create a backup job that only includes say /root
and then try that. It should only take a few minutes to complete (at most).
If that does not work then something is wrong with your config or your share.

[Mjohnson]

Thanks for the quick reply Ray, but no joy.

Same result, same log file entries.

How would I test the ability of the server to mount the share??  That seems to be what the message is saying is failing.

MJ

[raem]

Mjohnson

Can you browse to and access the share
//susiecomp/smebackup
using Windows Explorer from a workstation ?

[geo]

You must enter in Username: user/domain

[raem]

Mjohnson

> Can you browse to and access the share
> //susiecomp/smebackup

The error mesage says
//Susiecomp/SMEbackup

check your spelling, upper or lower case is the same for Windows but Linux is case sensitive
ie
//susiecomp/smebackup
is not the same as
//Susiecomp/SMEbackup

[Mjohnson]

Gentlemen,

Thank you kindly for your prompt and very helpful advice.  It is now working quite well.  The solution was:

1.  I double checked the accessability via browser from another computer.  It required resetting my client network setup.  I had MS Print and Filesharing turned off.  That was a biggie.  I also did the windows equivalent of chmod 777 to the folder.

2.  I confirmed the spelling and capitalization issues.  I was aware of Linux sensitivity.  I was not sure if the mounting designation was correct using // forward strokes in lieu of the Windows preference to \\ backward strokes.  The successful setup used // forward strokes, just as recommended in the panel.

3.  User Name:  I changed the user name to include the Domain.  That was the icing on the cake.

All better now and again thank you all for the assist.  

MJ