On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 08:57:14AM +0900, candr wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to get Edge to BackUp to a local FTP Server, but the
> Initialise Media fails, despite all the various combinations I've
> tried.
>
> There is no problem with directories, firewalls etc since I can
> connect with the SCO FTP client and transfer data.
>
> From the server logs this seems to be failing because the inital ctl
> file that Edge writes is size 0, so nothing actually gets written, so
> nothing gets retrieved and it fails.
>
> Anyone know what I haven't done correctly ? Why is this ctl file size
> 0 ?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> PS I have exchanged several emails with microlite support but these
> haven't been helpful.
>
> (To reply use candr AT iinet.net.au)


Hmm. I went through the support log and didn't see anything
but questions being asked to try to move the support process along.

The next questions we'd probably have would be:

1 - Have you tried using a fully qualified hostname?

2 - Can you try adding ",p" after the hostname to try passive mode?

Based on your resource information, BackupEDGE will authenticate to your
system (not showing the name here) and do a:

cd /edge

not a "cd edge" or a "cd ~edge".

So you'd want to make sure this is correct.


Last step would be to remove the ctl file and try re-initializing.

The size of the ctl file after initialization but before any files
are written is 0. The file (as well as the entire directory) must
have read and write permission, and there should be nothing in the
directory but BackupEDGE-created files.

Apologies to the people here for whom this will be out of context. Hope it
gets you running ok. Please respond to the support alias if you have any
additional questions.

--
Tom
D. Thomas Podnar
Microlite Corporation
2315 Mill Street
Aliquippa PA USA 15001-2228
724-375-6711
888-257-3343 Sales
Developers of Microlite BackupEDGE