[BackupPC-users] RFE: Report backup job runtmie and retry count
I'm trying to look for problems in my large backup list, like a job that runs too long and times out, or prevents other jobs from running soon enough. I'd then know to break that job up into smaller jobs. It would be useful to know the runtime of currently-running backup jobs. Additionally, if the job had failed on previous runs, I'd like to know how many times it has failed, ie. a retry count. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
[BackupPC-users] Reason for new RPM 4.4.0-5 available
I saw a new release in my daily yum update check on CentOS 7 and wondered what changed. It turns out to be a change to the systemd invocations in the RPM package scripts that start and stop the service. So nothing in the actual BackupPC code changed. It's just packaging cleanup. No need to rush to update. Here's the recent RPM changelog: * Wed Jul 21 2021 Fedora Release Engineering - 4.4.0-5 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild * Tue Mar 02 2021 Zbigniew J drzejewski-Szmek - 4.4.0-4 - Rebuilt for updated systemd-rpm-macros See https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/2583. * Mon Jan 25 2021 Fedora Release Engineering - 4.4.0-3 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild * Mon Jul 27 2020 Fedora Release Engineering - 4.4.0-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild * Sun Jun 21 2020 Richard Shaw - 4.4.0-1 - Update to 4.4.0. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Lost config.pl file during full backup
I highly recommend installing etckeeper. It puts all of /etc under revision control. I use CentOS which is based on yum/dnf/rpm and it will perform an auto-commit of changed files before updating. I disable that feature so that yum won't update until I manually commit any outstanding configuration changes, to make sure they get a proper change comment. etckeeper uses git by default but you can use another revision control system if you prefer. A minimal knowledge of git is handy for doing manual commits and inspecting your change history. Your distribution should include an etckeeper package. https://www.tecmint.com/manage-etc-with-version-control-using-etckeeper/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Lost config.pl file during full backup
Your warning is vague and completely unhelpful... Assuming you are using a well-maintained distro and a supported backuppc set of packages, it is extremely unlikely that running system updates and backuppc simultaneously would cause any problems. Since you didn't mention the distro or the maintainer of your backuppc packages, let alone the versions of each or let alone which specific updates were run and whether the problem is reproducible, your advice is vague to the point of irrelevancy... oetschi.ex...@bluewin.ch wrote at about 16:27:51 +0200 on Sunday, August 1, 2021: > Hello backuppc, > This is a message to warn all users: > During a full backup of all my clients the backuppc task went crazy and I > could read in the log file that backuppc wanted to start a backup every > minute until I stopped the task. After that backuppc did not start anymore. > After some days troubleshooting and an advice from google I checked all > client config.pl for correct permissions. I saw that there was only a > config.pl.old file with the creation date of that last full backup but there > was no config.pl file anymore. I copied back the config.pl.old file to > config.pl. and to my astonishment backuppc is running again. Somehow during > that "fatal" full backup the system installed some updates. So it could be > that system update and full backup don't like each other and do things they > shouldn't. > So backuppc users please do not make (full-) backups and system updates > together. You could lose some time in investigating and not be able to use > backuppc. > Kind regards > Chris Koenig > ___ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Lost config.pl file during full backup
On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 9:30 AM oetschi.ex...@bluewin.ch wrote: > > > So backuppc users please do not make (full-) backups and system updates > together. You could lose some time in investigating and not be able to use > backuppc. > This report might be more useful if you mentioned 'which' system you are talking about. I'd guess it was some linux distribution, but their packaging and updates work differently. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
[BackupPC-users] Lost config.pl file during full backup
Hello backuppc, This is a message to warn all users: During a full backup of all my clients the backuppc task went crazy and I could read in the log file that backuppc wanted to start a backup every minute until I stopped the task. After that backuppc did not start anymore. After some days troubleshooting and an advice from google I checked all client config.pl for correct permissions. I saw that there was only a config.pl.old file with the creation date of that last full backup but there was no config.pl file anymore. I copied back the config.pl.old file to config.pl. and to my astonishment backuppc is running again. Somehow during that "fatal" full backup the system installed some updates. So it could be that system update and full backup don't like each other and do things they shouldn't. So backuppc users please do not make (full-) backups and system updates together. You could lose some time in investigating and not be able to use backuppc. Kind regards Chris Koenig ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
[BackupPC-users] File include using "do" not working after V4 migration ?
Hello, I used to include common parameters using "do" in PCs .pl files, e.g: do "/etc/backuppc/template/default-retention.pl"; It seems to be ignored now with V4 versions, for instance I saw BackupPC deleting all backups because it ignored the retention set in included file and falled back to default FullCnt == 1. Is that expected ? Did I miss something ? Best regards, Adam.___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
