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Unable to perform incremental backups

ADB_Taipei
Level 2

Hi All,

I've installed the remote agent on one of our Linux machine on the DMZ. In the beginning there were network-related issues that prevented the backups from running. I've ironed them out using the knowledge base articles. The full backups are now running on this machine; however the incremental backups are failing.

The weird thing is that when I do run it on the backup exec server manually, the incremental backup ran successfully.

I've attached the debug logs I've gathered, please could someone help me to figure this out.

Thanks very much in advace for your help and advise.

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ADB_Taipei
Level 2

Hi All,

I was able to sort this problem out by following these steps:

  • On the Backup server, click on the Backup Exec icon -> Configuration and Settings -> Backup Exec Settings.
  • Click on Network and Security on the left.
  • Tick "Enable TCP dynamic port range", and define a range. I used 65510 to 65535 .
  • Click on OK to save the settings.
  • On the server where the remote agent is installed, I opened the above-mentioned port range (65510 to 65535) to be opened to the backup exec server, the example I use are for iptable rules:
  • -A INPUT -s [backup exec server IP] -p tcp --dport 65510:65535 -j ACCEPT

The backup jobs had been running like champions.

Thanks for all the input and suggestions.

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ADB_Taipei
Level 2

Here's the failed job log as well, sorry I should have attached this.

pkh
Moderator
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What backup methods are you using?  The archive bit method is not supported on Linux servers.  You should be using the modified time method.

Also, check the SCL below and make sure that your Linux variant is supported.

BE 2012 SCL

Vishal_Shinde
Level 5
Employee Accredited Certified

Hi,

As the job log suggest, it seems you still have issues with the communication, as evident from the beremote debug log you have attached.

The error pointing to the fact, is as follows:

BETCPConnection::CreateConnectionFromHostAndPort: Could not create a connection to "ADBCHBACK02" because attempts with both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols failed

84da3700 Tue Nov 19 22:34:37 2013 : Could not create a BETCPConnection object from address: ADBCHBACK02 error=An error occurred during a socket connect operation: Error Code: 110, System Error Message: Connection timed out

Please re-check the port availabilities for the backup process.

Try re-creating the FULL and INCR Backup, and do change the Backup method to "modified time stamp" ,instead of "archive bit" as suggested.

Regards,

S

pkh
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Disable IPv6 on the Linux server and make sure that no other application is using port 10000

ADB_Taipei
Level 2

Hi All,

I was able to sort this problem out by following these steps:

  • On the Backup server, click on the Backup Exec icon -> Configuration and Settings -> Backup Exec Settings.
  • Click on Network and Security on the left.
  • Tick "Enable TCP dynamic port range", and define a range. I used 65510 to 65535 .
  • Click on OK to save the settings.
  • On the server where the remote agent is installed, I opened the above-mentioned port range (65510 to 65535) to be opened to the backup exec server, the example I use are for iptable rules:
  • -A INPUT -s [backup exec server IP] -p tcp --dport 65510:65535 -j ACCEPT

The backup jobs had been running like champions.

Thanks for all the input and suggestions.