Backing up over VPN

[Dean_Meyer]

I have a BE 8.6 media server that is backing up a remote server over a slow VPN connection. Sometimes the backup is successful and sometimes not. When it is not, I get the following error; "The connection to the data to backup has been lost. Backup set canceled." I assume this is due to occasional disconnections over the public lines thus disconnecting the VPN connection momentarily and thus disconnecting the backup session.

Is there any way to solve or mitigate this problem?

Thanks,
Dean

[Me_You_3]

I would start by setting up a script to ping the far end as you were backing up the system and logging the output. Then you can see if the connection is dropping or delayed when the backup kicks out.

I usually do something like:
:top
ping far_end (one ping only) >> logfile
write the date/time >> logfile
sleep for about 10 seconds
Figure out if the script should stop and if so 'goto end'
go to top
:end

At least you will see if it is networking problems.

Good luck.
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