Bacula Common Connection Errors

Bad response from stored to open command

This error is normally caused by the name in the Bacula configuration not being a fully qualified hostname. Make sure the Name field is set to whatever the hostname is set as, for example: 94.229.161.106.example.com

Connection Error

Check that Bacula is listening on port 9102 on the client

Windows

netstat -ano | find ":9102"

Linux

lsof -i :9102

Check the backup server can telnet to port 9102 on the client.

The storage daemon (bacula-sd) listens on port 9103 on the backup server. Ensure you can telnet from the client to the backup server on this port.