I have “Max simultaneous backups = 4”
Sometimes a client will offline before backup starts. They will continue to use a backup slot while throwing “Failed to connect to client. Retrying in 10s”.
I’d like an option to limit how many times the server retries. 2 or 3 times should be sufficient to figure out the client is off and clear the slot.
Thanks for any help. Great product!
The only time ive had clients go offline if there on the LAN is due to firewall issues on the client. If they are outside on WAN that can be a connection issue down to your ISP not liking a data stream.
Are these LAN or WAN based clients (Windows?)
It’s due to the client going to sleep/shut down.
The retries happen while the server waits for the client to finish indexing. It reconnects every 10 seconds until 10 minutes pass without progress. While a backup is running, the client is never marked offline, so the slot stays taken for that whole time.
I’d be happy to work on this. Martin, which approach would you prefer?
Give up after a fixed number of failed reconnects in a row (e.g. 3). Simplest, but a short network drop would then fail the backup.
Same as 1, but make the number a server setting.
Release the backup slot while reconnecting and take it back once the client answers. Most correct, but more invasive.