Backup task failed with exit code -1

Question

Hello all.
I have not been able to backup my Daylite database for almost 2 weeks. This is the error I am getting: "backup task failed with exit code -1"
I have a Mac Mini Server running 10.7.1 .    I have plenty of disk space available 140GB and the Daylite database is about 1.7GB.
I had a corrupt disk and repaired it w/ disk utility and also verified/repaired permissions. I have tried backing it up to another location with no luck.
Anyone had a similar problem ??

Answer 1

until you delete the previous version in zlm and do a rug ref... or is this as designed
When you make changes to the bundle you need to apply them. That creates a new version and then you need to deploy that new version. Apply and deploy are on the same page. But I guess you know that.
If you already did that and still had problems, it might be the zen loader that needs a little bit more time. Once you hit deploy, a zen queue entry gets created that informs the zen loader to update the bundle xml file in the file repository. That file is delivered to the managed device when it queries for bundle information. So if that bundle xml contains the old version, the client will see that.
Problems here can be that the zen loader simply needs a few seconds longer then when you change to the device and run rug ref. Or there can be other queue entries that get processed and the bundle xml update is just in the queue and waiting. The zen loader has 5 slots for processing queue entries.
On the zlm server you can run "zlman ql I" for in progress entries and "zlman ql N" for new state entries that ned to be processed.
Or you can use the short script I posted (Cool Solutions: Monitor ZLM queue entries with Nagios) that shows you in one line how many and what type of queue entries currently exist. This is what I always use to get a overview about the queue status.
Rainer