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Legacy Forums => General Discussion (Legacy) => Topic started by: Daniel on November 06, 2001, 04:14:42 AM
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I know there have been previous posts about this but I have tried to do what they recommened and it didn't work.
Essentially, I have a backup from a server and a fresh V5 install and I can't reinstall my mail and accounts. Not one account is working.
I guess I could reinstall 4.1.2 but isn't this a major problem rather than a small one?
How come this hasn't been addressed by someone other than others that have been screwed by the problem?
Let me say this a different way. Right now I might as well have lost everything. If I can't restore the backup then what is the point?
Someone please throw me a rope.
Daniel
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I too am having the same problems.
I can do a 1GB backup from the V5 server to desktop no problems but when I do a verify or restore the browser timesout after around 5 minutes with a "page cannot be displayed" error and all LAN activity between the V5 server and my XP client machine stops.
I have also also installed E-Smith Monitor and this too times out before or at the time the page refreshes which is set to 5 min
I have scoured the forums for an answer, tried changing browser (IE6) settings etc.
These functions definately used to work under 4.1.2 with the same client.
Cheers,
Jon
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same problem here. I did a restore on a fresh install of sme5, and none of my user settings etc carried over. I only had 12 users, so I just recreated their accounts. I did lose the wesite, but that too was small.
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Ok, I think I have it sussed. There are two methods of getting around this.
First and simplest I found was to use the URL http://serverIP:980 eg http://192.168.2.1:980 instead of the URL http://your_server/server-manager. This worked a treat and allowed me verify my 1GB backup file which took around an hour.
Second and more difficult is to modify httpd.conf. There is a template called 45Timeout which has the timeout set for 300 sec or 5 min which is how long I got before timeout.
To modify this, log in as root
# pico /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/45Timeout
you will see
UW PICO(tm) 4.0 File: /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/45Timeout
#Timeout:The number of seconds before receives and sends time out
Timeout 300
I changed the timeout value to 5400 sec or 1.5 hours.
Expand the template and restart httpd
# /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
Of course the proper way of doing this is to create a custom template fragment.
I can now use the URL httpd://servername/server-manager to restore or verify without the browser timing out.
When I started out the first thing I decided to do was to remove all the MP3's out of one of the Ibays (this was close to 1GB in itself) to make the backup file smaller. I re-ran backup but the size of it didn't change and when I unpacked it on my desktop, the MP3's were still in the backup.
Is there a copy of the backup file stored on the server that it has been using.??
Hope this helps
Cheers,
Jon
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Are you using a backup from 4.1.2 to restore to sme v 5.0? Is this right???? I wouldn't think that this should or would work. (Kinda like if you restored windoze 2000 with a backup of your NT 4.0.) If you have a backup from 4.1.2...try a fresh 4.1.2 build. Then restore the backup. Maybe then try an upgrade to sme v 5.0. For some strange reason this may work ;-) BTW..I have very good luck with the backups.
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Jon,
Thank you so much for that help. I actually solved the problem by installing 4.1.2 and then restoring the backup. I then did an upgrade to V5 and then used Blades to appy update2.
I really appreciate the help with this issue. It is good to know that there are workarounds until they get the problem fixed.
danielrm26