Take backup from command line

[Sam Lalonde]

I am having trouble taking backups from the command line:

[root@monkey data]# ndb_mgm -e start backup
Unable to connect with connect string: nodeid=0,backup:1186
Retrying every 5 seconds. Attempts left: 2 1, failed.

I am able to connect using ndb_mgm:

[root@monkey data]# ndb_mgm -e connect
Connected to Management Server at: localhost:1186

I am also able to do a backup from the ndb_mgm menu:

[root@vachel data]# ndb_mgm
-- NDB Cluster -- Management Client --
ndb_mgm> start backup
Connected to Management Server at: localhost:1186
Waiting for completed, this may take several minutes
Node 2: Backup 1 started from node 1
Node 2: Backup 1 started from node 1 completed
StartGCP: 700 StopGCP: 701
#Records: 4110 #LogRecords: 0
Data: 91356 bytes Log: 0 bytes

Any ideas? I want to script the backup.

sam