Network mount backup path

Hi,

Assuming I've got a NFS server/share in place and the relevant entry under fstab to be auto-mounted under /var/backup.
What does the option "Backup directory is a mount?" has to do with the above? Does it check if is mounted and if not it tries via the fstab entry?
I've read some old posts about it but wasn't clear about its behavior.

Thanks

 

Thanks Thom, I bought the manual but somehow missed that.

 

By the way how to umount afterwards the directory when the backup finishes?

 

So actually what it does is just to check if is mounted in order to avoid writing the files to the local file system. What about if the mount fail, let's say when the remote backup server is down. Does it stops & throws an error or it starts writing to the filesystem?

 

That is great to know.
Thanks

 

Where is stored the relevant log file to see why the backup mount isn't created properly.
I've test the mount by running my /usr/local/ispconfig/server/scripts/backup_dir_mount.sh and worked fine. Then I run a manual backup and nothing is happening; no backup, no mount.

 

Even if I mount the remote storage manually and then run a manual backup of DB nothing is happening. Backup of DBs are not happening at all.
On my web1 server (I've got multiple web/db servers) under:
/usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/mysql_clientdb.conf
it has the localhost mysql settings.
Should I put there the remote db server as well?
If yes, I have to put more than 1. How is the proper syntax for that?
At the moment it has:

Code:

root@web2:~# cat /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/mysql_clientdb.conf
<?php

$clientdb_host            = 'localhost';
$clientdb_user            = 'root';
$clientdb_password        = 'mypass';

 

It doesn't help much; here is the output:

Code:

root@db2:~# /usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh
24.10.2020-23:50 - DEBUG - Remove Lock: /usr/local/ispconfig/server/temp/.ispconfig_lock
finished server.php.
root@db2:~# ls -la /usr/local/ispconfig/server/temp/.ispconfig_lock
ls: cannot access '/usr/local/ispconfig/server/temp/.ispconfig_lock': No such file or directory

 

Here is my setup:
server1 - controlpanel
server2 - web
server3 - web
server4 - db
server5 - db
etc
Web files are backing up correct, no problems at all. It is only the DB backups that don't work; no errors and no files are creating either under /var/backup.
The directory /var/backup on the DB servers is empty.

 

This is very bizarre. Yes, I just tried without been mounted and nothing is happening; no error, no email, no DB backup.

 

Further to my post, even from cli it doesn't work.
php /usr/local/ispconfig/server/cron_debug.php --cronjob=500-backup.inc.php

Does not show anything just "finished" but, in the backup list on user panel I just see the web files not any DB backups.

 

I confirm that I run the debugging within the db server. I did also a manual back from the mysqldump just to double-check that I can write to the remote storage and all was ok.
It just doesn't work through the GUI.