Ok, thanks. It should be safe to remove the extra directories, but you should run BackupPC_refCountUpdate afterwards just to be sure the reference counts are correct.
Here are the steps: - su backuppc_user - cd localhost - rm -rf 9[4-8] - rm -f 93/rsyncTmp* - BackupPC_refCountUpdate -h localhost -f Craig On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 3:00 PM McDonald, Peter George < pmcdon...@thorntontomasetti.com> wrote: > Nothing past 93 appears in the cgi - they all got stuck at duplicate and I > had to restart the service. > > 93 is a full/filled and was done with v4. > > -Peter > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Craig Barratt <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net> > *Sent:* Sunday, October 4, 2020 10:57 pm > *To:* General list for user discussion, questions and support > *Cc:* McDonald, Peter George > *Subject:* Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc v4 hanging when starting backup > > Does the localhost/backups file contain entries (rows) for backups > #94-#98? Do those backups appear in the CGI summary for that host? > > Is #93 a full/filled backup done using V4? > > Craig > > On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 2:45 PM McDonald, Peter George via BackupPC-users < > backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> I believe the migration was done, the last good backup I have is a full >> at number 93 (I'm at 98 now, after 5 failed attempts). In the 93 folder, >> the rsyncTmp files (of which there are two) are 13Gb each. In these new >> folders, rsyncTemp is zero size. >> >> What would you need to see - we could possibly arrange something. >> >> -Peter >> >> Peter G. 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The rsyncTmp.* files could be very large. >> They can be safely deleted. In fact, I should >> have BackupPC_backupDuplicate ignore them. >> >> I can't answer your question about whether it's safe to delete the copies >> without knowing more. Did you run bin/BackupPC_migrateV3toV4? What is the >> last full/filled backup that you think is complete/correct? >> >> It would be helpful to see the backups file. >> >> Craig >> >> On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 1:32 PM McDonald, Peter George < >> pmcdon...@thorntontomasetti.com> wrote: >> >> It seems to be getting stuck here - not sure if this is enlightening at >> all ? >> >> >> Creating directory >> /tt-archive/backuppc/pc/localhost/96/./f%2fshare%2fhome%2fcfd/finstallation_packages >> >> Got path = >> ./f%2fshare%2fhome%2fcfd/finstallation_packages/attrib_88b274e4b7832babbbe8f66bb4571c31, >> name = attrib_88b274e4b7832babbbe8f66bb4571c31, e,d,f = 1,0,1 >> Got path = >> ./f%2fshare%2fhome%2fcfd/attrib_3b5fcb164e6ca5bf3afa64b234c6e072, name = >> attrib_3b5fcb164e6ca5bf3afa64b234c6e072, e,d,f = 1,0,1 >> Got path = ./backupInfo, name = backupInfo, e,d,f = 1,0,1 >> Got path = ./rsyncTmp.9948.0.4, name = rsyncTmp.9948.0.4, e,d,f = 1,0,1 >> >> Is It safe to delete /tt-archive/backuppc/pc/localhost/96/ - and the >> other ones that have started to duplicate and hung ? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Peter G. McDonald >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Craig Barratt <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net> >> *Sent:* 03 October 2020 19:44 >> *To:* General list for user discussion, questions and support < >> backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> *Cc:* McDonald, Peter George <pmcdon...@thorntontomasetti.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc v4 hanging when starting backup >> >> [External Sender] >> >> Not sure why this should happen. It's just copying a tree of directories >> that contain one empty file, so that shouldn't be a problem. >> >> I'd recommend manually running BackupPC_backupDuplicate as the BackupPC >> user with $Conf{XferLogLevel} set to 5. First make sure a backup isn't >> running on localhost. Then: >> >> su backuppc_user >> >> /usr/local/bin/BackupPC_backupDuplicate -h localhost >> >> >> You should see one line of output for each file/directory it encounters. >> That should allow you to see where it stalls or fails. >> >> Craig >> >> On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 4:51 AM McDonald, Peter George via BackupPC-users < >> backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Apologies if this is not the correct place for this. >> >> We recently upgraded from v3 to v4 in order to try and get better >> performance, v3 worked fine. Since upgrading to v4 whenever a new scheduled >> backup starts >> it sits at the 'copy' stage. For example : >> >> >> Host <http://localhost:8881/backuppc?action=status#> Type >> <http://localhost:8881/backuppc?action=status#> User >> <http://localhost:8881/backuppc?action=status#> Start Time >> <http://localhost:8881/backuppc?action=status#> Command >> <http://localhost:8881/backuppc?action=status#> PID >> <http://localhost:8881/backuppc?action=status#> Xfer PID >> <http://localhost:8881/backuppc?action=status#> Status >> <http://localhost:8881/backuppc?action=status#> Count >> <http://localhost:8881/backuppc?action=status#> >> localhost <http://localhost:8881/backuppc?host=localhost> backup backuppc >> 10/3 >> 08:59 BackupPC_dump -i localhost 12647 12650 copy #93 -> #95 1008 dirs >> >> From here, it does not continue, and nothing is being written to the >> logs, and the a top of the PID shows nothing happening.. >> >> >> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ >> COMMAND >> 12647 backuppc 20 0 175228 15124 2708 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.07 >> BackupPC_dump >> >> >> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ >> COMMAND >> 12650 backuppc 20 0 164548 9572 2496 D 0.0 0.0 0:00.86 >> BackupPC_backup >> >> Any suggestions where to look ? I attempted to launch a backup manually >> from the command line with :- >> >> /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump -i localhost >> >> Which worked, although seemed to overwrite my last previous backup. After >> that I was able to launch jobs manually via the CGI interface, but after a >> scheduled attempt everything gets stuck again. >> >> Any suggestions appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Peter G. 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