Topic: Flexbackup problems

[Jeff C]

I have enabled Flexbackup form the server-manager on a 5.1.2 box and am not getting backups or any log entries.

In /etc/cron.d there is a backup entry with the following text:
0 14 * * * root /bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 tell > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo 'Remember to load the backup tape!'
30 23 * * * root /sbin/e-smith/backup

When I run BackupNow the messages log shows:

May 15 06:24:02 strategy1 e-smith[11955]: Processing event: BackupNow
May 15 06:24:02 strategy1 e-smith[11955]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/BackupNow/S10BackupNow
May 15 06:24:02 strategy1 e-smith[11959]: Processing event: mysql-delete-dumps
May 15 06:24:02 strategy1 e-smith[11959]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/mysql-delete-dumps/S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables
May 15 06:24:02 strategy1 e-smith[11959]: S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables=action|Event|mysql-delete-dumps|Action|S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables|Start|1021469042 662846|End|1021469042 731911|Elapsed|0.069065
May 15 06:24:02 strategy1 e-smith[11963]: Processing event: mysql-dump-tables
May 15 06:24:02 strategy1 e-smith[11963]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/mysql-dump-tables/S10mysql-dump-tables
May 15 06:24:05 strategy1 e-smith[11963]: S10mysql-dump-tables=action|Event|mysql-dump-tables|Action|S10mysql-dump-tables|Start|1021469042 768133|End|1021469045 20483|Elapsed|2.25235
May 15 06:24:42 strategy1 e-smith[11973]: Processing event: mysql-delete-dumps
May 15 06:24:42 strategy1 e-smith[11973]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/mysql-delete-dumps/S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables
May 15 06:24:42 strategy1 e-smith[11973]: S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables=action|Event|mysql-delete-dumps|Action|S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables|Start|1021469082 910326|End|1021469082 947902|Elapsed|0.037576
May 15 06:24:53 strategy1 e-smith[11955]: S10BackupNow=action|Event|BackupNow|Action|S10BackupNow|Start|1021469042 503301|End|1021469093 250073|Elapsed|50.746772

But no tape action or error messages.  Also nothing in /var/log/flexbackup

Any ideas?

-jeff

[Des Dougan]

Jeff,

It looks very much like flexbackup is not fully enabled. Have you previously played with it and perhaps disabled one of the configuration DB entries?

Can you post (or email me if you prefer) your /sbin/e-smith/backup and /home/e-smith/configuration files?

Des Dougan

[Jeff C]

Des,

You were absolutely correct.  I had been playing with Arkeia and when I un-installed it I still had some code fragments left over.

Once those were cleared out, everything is working ok.

Thanks for the help.

-jeff