Mounting remote Windows storage host

Eugene

Good afternoon.I really liked this resource, it is quite clear and easy to install, but I have a problem mounting the file storage on a remote windows computer. I did everything according to the documentation on how to add file storage and everything worked. But now when I want to mount a new folder it writes an error:
Connecting to Director localhost:9101
1000 OK: 10002 jeezy-dir Version: 13.0.4 (12 February 2024)
Enter a period to cancel a command.
gui on
mount storage="FileStorage" drive=0 slot=0
Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
stored/initdev.c:148 [SE0001] Unable to stat device FileStorage at C:tmp: ERR=No
[SW0106] Device "FileStorage" requested by DIR could not be opened or does not exi 3999 Device "FileStorage" not founu or could not be opened.
Setting of storage:
NAME: FileStorage
Address: adress_of_my_remote_host
Password: .....
SdPort: 9103
Device: FileStorage
MediaType: File
Setting of Device
Name: FileStorage
DeviceType: File
ArchiveDevice: D:\test_backup
MediaType: FileStorage
RandomAccess: yes
AutomaticMount: yes
LabelMedia: yes

gani

Hello @Eugene,

I don't use the Windows storage daemon, but one issue that I am seeing wrong in your config is using \ backslashes in Windows paths. In Bacula all Windows, Linux, UNIX paths use slashes / as a path separator, not backslashes \.

So, on the Windows host you need to change in the storage daemon configuration:

FROM:

Archive Device = "D:\test_backup"

TO:

Archive Device =  "D:/test_backup"

After that you need to restart the storage daemon.

Best regards,
Marcin Haba (gani)

Eugene

I am very grateful 🙏
But it turned out to be simpler. For example, you need to specify E:test_backup in the device, and then everything is mounted.