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rjrumfelt
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16 years ago
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How is it that a backup can complete successfully

yet fail misearably when it comes to bptestbpcd:

dcaburutsh003:root> ./bptestbpcd -client clientname-bk -verbose -debug
09:14:51.918 [11272] <2> bptestbpcd: VERBOSE = 0
09:14:51.923 [11272] <2> init_cache: vnet_hosts.c.915: host_cache_size: 200 0x000000c8
09:14:51.923 [11272] <2> init_cache: vnet_hosts.c.916: cache_time: 3600 0x00000e10
09:14:51.923 [11272] <2> init_cache: vnet_hosts.c.928: host_failed_cache_size: 40 0x00000028
09:14:51.923 [11272] <2> init_cache: vnet_hosts.c.929: cache_time: 3600 0x00000e10
09:14:51.924 [11272] <2> init_cache: vnet_hosts.c.915: host_cache_size: 200 0x000000c8
09:14:51.924 [11272] <2> init_cache: vnet_hosts.c.916: cache_time: 3600 0x00000e10
09:14:51.924 [11272] <2> init_cache: vnet_hosts.c.928: host_failed_cache_size: 40 0x00000028
09:14:51.924 [11272] <2> init_cache: vnet_hosts.c.929: cache_time: 3600 0x00000e10
09:18:36.625 [11272] <2> vnet_async_connect: vnet_vnetd.c.4217: getsockopt SO_ERROR returned: 145 0x00000091
09:18:56.641 [11272] <2> vnet_async_connect: vnet_vnetd.c.4217: getsockopt SO_ERROR returned: 145 0x00000091
09:22:31.556 [11272] <2> vnet_async_connect: vnet_vnetd.c.4217: getsockopt SO_ERROR returned: 145 0x00000091
09:22:52.363 [11272] <2> vnet_async_connect: vnet_vnetd.c.4217: getsockopt SO_ERROR returned: 145 0x00000091
09:26:26.251 [11272] <2> vnet_async_connect: vnet_vnetd.c.4217: getsockopt SO_ERROR returned: 145 0x00000091
09:26:49.075 [11272] <2> vnet_async_connect: vnet_vnetd.c.4217: getsockopt SO_ERROR returned: 145 0x00000091
09:29:52.655 [11272] <2> vnet_async_connect: vnet_vnetd.c.3801: ran out of time before connect: 901 0x00000385
09:29:52.655 [11272] <2> vnet_async_connect: vnet_vnetd.c.3801: ran out of time before connect: 901 0x00000385
09:29:52.655 [11272] <2> vnet_connect_to_service_or_vnetd: vnet_vnetd.c.3570: vnet_async_connect failed: 18 0x00000012
09:29:52.655 [11272] <2> nb_connect_to_vnetd_or_legacy: comm.c.2030: vnet_connect_to_vnetd_or_service failed: 18
09:29:52.655 [11272] <2> local_bpcr_connect: nb_connect_to_vnetd_service(clientname-bk) failed: 25
09:29:52.655 [11272] <2> local_bpcr_connect: Can't connect to client clientname-bk
09:29:52.655 [11272] <2> ConnectToBPCD: bpcd_connect_and_verify(clientname-bk, clientname-bk) failed: 25
<16>bptestbpcd main: Function ConnectToBPCD(clientname-bk) failed: 25
09:29:52.656 [11272] <16> bptestbpcd main: Function ConnectToBPCD(clientname-bk) failed: 25
<2>bptestbpcd: cannot connect on socket
09:29:52.656 [11272] <2> bptestbpcd: cannot connect on socket
<2>bptestbpcd: EXIT status = 25
09:29:52.657 [11272] <2> bptestbpcd: EXIT status = 25
cannot connect on socket
7.1.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    16 years ago
    Which media server is doing the backup? Master or another media server?
    Process flow for normal file system backups (not ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES) is as follows:
    master -> media -> client -> media -> master
    (full process flow diagram in Appendix A of Troubleshooting Guide)

    Only if you backup databases (using database extentions) or ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES, does the master and client need to communicate. Client directed restores also need comms to master.

    We have customers with DMZ's where clients are backed up to a media server inside the DMZ while there is no connectivity allowed between master and clients.

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  • MattS's avatar
    MattS
    Level 6
    16 years ago

    Can you

    telnet clientname-bk bpcd

    from the master?


    I would check hostname resolution with the bpclntcmd
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    16 years ago
    Which media server is doing the backup? Master or another media server?
    Process flow for normal file system backups (not ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES) is as follows:
    master -> media -> client -> media -> master
    (full process flow diagram in Appendix A of Troubleshooting Guide)

    Only if you backup databases (using database extentions) or ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES, does the master and client need to communicate. Client directed restores also need comms to master.

    We have customers with DMZ's where clients are backed up to a media server inside the DMZ while there is no connectivity allowed between master and clients.
  • lu's avatar
    lu
    Level 6
    16 years ago
    Maybe because the vnetd port is used, not bpcd.
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    16 years ago
    lu, this line is telling me that bptestbpcd is trying both vnetd and bpcd:

    09:29:52.655 [11272] <2> nb_connect_to_vnetd_or_legacy: comm.c.2030: vnet_connect_to_vnetd_or_service failed: 18
  • rjrumfelt's avatar
    rjrumfelt
    Level 6
    16 years ago
    we use only vnetd to connect for backups.  If I tried to telnet to bpcd it would not work.  Telnet to vnetd is working though.

    I'm thinking there is a disconnect between the client and the media, as Mvdb suggested.
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    16 years ago
    Are you doing bptestbpcd from the master or the media server that's doing the backup?
    Do the test on both master and media server.
    It is quite possible for backups to work with no connectivity between master and client.
    Do you have bpcd log on the client? Can you see if anything is logged there for the failed bptestbpcd attempt? Please post from where you see the incoming request up to where an error is reported.